Community Speed Watch (CSW) volunteers teamed up with officers to reduce speeding following concerns raised by communities. In 2025, exceeding the speed limit and travelling too fast for conditions made up 67 per cent of contributory factors linked to fat...
Release date: 21/05/2026
A former Dorset Police officer has been found to have committed gross misconduct following an accelerated public misconduct hearing. The hearing was held at Dorset Police Headquarters in Winfrith on Tuesday 19 May 2026 in respect of former PC James McClem...
Release date: 20/05/2026
Officers are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward following a report of indecent exposure in Weymouth. A woman aged in her 20s was walking near to the bus stop by Littlemoor Shopping Centre on Littlemoor Road at around 12.30p...
Release date: 19/05/2026
Rates of knife crime in Dorset are continuing to decline, with ongoing efforts by the Force and partners to tackle these offences. Incidents of knife crime have continued to decrease in the county year on year, with rates between April 2025 and April 2026...
Release date: 18/05/2026
Two women have been arrested following a CCTV appeal in relation to a reported assault in Poole. It was reported that at around 12.05am on Saturday 2 May 2026 a woman was assaulted by two women who were not known to her outside Munchies in Old Orchard Roa...
Release date: 15/05/2026
Officers investigating a reported public order incident in Bournemouth are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward. At around 4.30pm on Monday 11 May 2026 Dorset Police received a third-party report of a man in possession of a k...
Release date: 14/05/2026
The Force is encouraging Dorset residents to take measures to keep their homes secure from burglars ahead of a Good Safe Summer. Burglaries over the summer months are often as a result of opportunity. Criminals target unoccupied homes as people jet off on...
Release date: 11/05/2026
Officers investigating a road related incident that left a man seriously injured in Weymouth are appealing for witnesses and anyone with dashcam footage to come forward. The incident occurred at around 8.30pm on Monday 4 May 2026 in Rodwell Road near to t...
Release date: 11/05/2026
Detectives are appealing for witnesses or anyone with relevant footage to come forward as they investigate a theft from a cash machine in Verwood. Dorset Police received a report at 11.23pm on Friday 8 May 2026 of an alarm sounding at the Tesco store in R...
Release date: 10/05/2026
Roads policing officers took part in a joint initiative with National Highways to use an unmarked heavy goods vehicle (HGV) to identify anyone committing a road traffic offence. Between Monday 27 April and Friday 1 May 2026, officers were carrying out tar...
Release date: 07/05/2026
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