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
An award-winning partnership set up in Weymouth to tackle street-based anti-social behaviour (ASB) by targeting the root causes is celebrating running for five years. The Safer Street Partnership works by identifying those committing street-based ASB and ...
Release date: 27/03/2025
Dorset Police is working with partners to ensure residents, visitors and businesses can enjoy a ‘good safe summer’. Earlier this week, the Force hosted two events alongside BCP Council, Dorset Council, Weymouth Town Council, Dorset & Wiltshire Fire a...
Release date: 21/03/2025
Dorset Police is urging people to speak out and spot the signs of child exploitation. To mark National Child Exploitation Awareness Day, the Force is highlighting the role members of the community have to play in raising concerns to police so they can inv...
Release date: 18/03/2025
Four warrants have been executed by officers in Sherborne after information was received in relation to suspected drug dealing. On the morning of Thursday 13 March 2025, officers simultaneously entered addresses in Amor's Drove and Lenthay Road and conduc...
Release date: 14/03/2025
Officers have teamed up with partners for a joint day of action targeting the theft of metal. Rural Crime Team officers took part in the operation, with patrols across the Purbeck area seeing a total of 30 vehicles stopped. The day was part of a nat...
Release date: 12/03/2025
Prolific offenders have been taken off the roads after targeted activity was carried out by the Roads Policing Team and special constables. Two intensification days took place on Tuesday 4 March and Wednesday 5 March 2025 covering the whole of the county ...
Release date: 10/03/2025
A woman has come forward and a man has been identified following a CCTV appeal in relation to an alleged serious assault in Bournemouth.It was reported that at around 12.50am on Sunday 10 November 2024 a man was punched in the face outside Buffalo Bar in ...
Release date: 04/03/2025
A large-scale training exercise took place at Poole Port to test the response of emergency services to a major terrorism incident. The exercise took place on Thursday 30 January and Friday 31 January 2025 and involved Dorset Police, Dorset & Wiltshire...
Release date: 19/02/2025
Dorset Police has strengthened its ongoing partnership with Premier League club AFC Bournemouth aimed at tackling issues around violence against women and girls (VAWG). Representatives from the Force recently visited the club to give a training input on V...
Release date: 06/02/2025
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