The Force is issuing important advice relating to investment fraud after national figures revealed victims of the crime lost an average of £1,675 every minute last year. In 2025, 34,673 people reported investment fraud to Report Fraud, marking a 31 per ce...
Release date: 07/04/2026
An unauthorised music event near East Lulworth has been successfully dispersed following intervention by officers. The incident was first reported to the Force at around 11.45pm on Saturday 4 April 2026. It is believed that around 2,000 people were in att...
Release date: 05/04/2026
A proactive road safety policing operation has led to a drug driver being banned from the roads for three years. In December 2025, the Force took part in a national campaign focused on drink and drug driving over the festive period. As part of this, offic...
Release date: 26/03/2026
The Roads Policing Team has launched an operation to target any drivers who have been drinking while travelling into the county by plane or ferry. The operation is taking place to target any travellers who were drinking on their journeys into the UK and p...
Release date: 24/03/2026
Two drug dealers who were stopped in Weymouth as part of a proactive operation cracking down on the supply of illegal drugs have been sentenced at court. Reece Terry Hill-Baden, aged 21, and Clara Amanda Jade Kerridge, aged 34, both of Weymouth, were stop...
Release date: 20/03/2026
Policing resources in Bournemouth town centre are set to increase, with 11 additional officers tackling issues that matter most to communities. The additional resources are part of a wider investment in neighbourhood policing by Dorset Police, which star...
Release date: 12/03/2026
A new project will see Dorset Police work with key charity partners to reach out into rural communities to raise awareness around violence against women and girls. The Force has been working with domestic abuse and stalking charity Paragon, The YOU Trust,...
Release date: 06/03/2026
A week of intensive proactive action to tackle child sexual abuse in Dorset has yielded positive results. As part of a national child sexual abuse intensification week, led by the National Crime Agency in partnership with the National Police Chiefs’ Counc...
Release date: 23/02/2026
Two men have been charged with drugs offences following their arrests in Bournemouth last month by officers from the South West Regional Organised Crime Unit (SWROCU). Zakaria El-Basir, 22, from Post Office Ro...
Release date: 18/02/2026
Dorset Police’s roads policing officers took park in a national initiative focusing on commercial vehicle safety. Every driver of a commercial vehicle has a responsibility to know how to keep their vehicle safe, secure their load and meet the necessary le...
Release date: 16/02/2026
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