An investigation is continuing into a fatal road traffic collision in Bournemouth involving a motorcyclist. Dorset Police received a report at approximately 2am on Wednesday 9 April 2025 of a road traffic collision involving a black Range Rover and a moto...
Release date: 10/04/2025
Dorset Police’s data-driven approach to tackling anti-social behaviour (ASB) and serious violent crime has delivered impressive results. The Force has been carrying out high-visibility patrols in hotspots across Bournemouth and Weymouth, after data analys...
Release date: 10/04/2025
Chief Constable Amanda Pearson has welcomed the publication of an inspection report into Dorset Police as a fair and constructive assessment of the Force’s progress. His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) publi...
Release date: 10/04/2025
Officers bravely apprehended a man who tried to start a fire at a petrol station in Bournemouth. At around 10.15pm on Friday 6 September 2024, a man was spotted trespassing on the railway tracks near to Bournemouth train station, which resulted in the pow...
Release date: 09/04/2025
A pioneering initiative allowing victims to speak to Dorset Police officers via video chat has led to quicker arrests and higher positive outcome rates. Enhanced Video Response (EVR) was launched in July 2024 and provides victims with the option of speaki...
Release date: 09/04/2025
Officers are appealing for witnesses or anyone with dashcam footage to come forward following a fatal road traffic collision in Bournemouth. Dorset Police received a report at approximately 2am on Wednesday 9 April 2025 of a road traffic collision involvi...
Release date: 09/04/2025
Detectives are issuing an investigation update as they continue to carry out enquiries into the death of a man in Poole. Dorset Police received a report at 8.12am on Thursday 3 April 2025 that a man had been found unresponsive in a tent in a wooded area o...
Release date: 08/04/2025
A targeted road safety operation was carried out to prevent road traffic collisions occurring along a beauty hotspot road in West Dorset. Between 2020 and 2024, there were 95 road traffic collisions on the B3157 between Chickerell and Bridport. Along this...
Release date: 08/04/2025
A serving police officer with Dorset had his conviction overturned at crown court following his request for a review of a magistrates’ court conviction for a public order offence.Due to Detective Inspector Mark Portelli – aged 45 – appealing his original ...
Release date: 08/04/2025
Detectives are appealing for anyone with information to come forward as they conduct enquiries into the death of a man in Poole. Dorset Police received a report at 8.12am on Thursday 3 April 2025 that a man had been found unresponsive in a tent in a woode...
Release date: 07/04/2025
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