Following recent media coverage, fifty policing and law enforcement leaders from across the UK have jointly written to the Prime Minister calling for him to prevent the early release of PC Andrew Harper's killers. The open letter also calls for stronger p...
Release date: 11/08/2026
Officers are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward following a reported assault in Weymouth. Dorset Police received a report at 5.02pm on Wednesday 5 August 2026 reporting an altercation on the Rodwell Trail, off Abbotsbury Ro...
Release date: 10/08/2026
Officers investigating a theft and fraudulent use of bank cards in Poole are issuing CCTV images of a man they would like to identify. Overnight between Wednesday 1 July and Thursday 2 July 2026, a window to an unattended vehicle was smashed in the area o...
Release date: 10/08/2026
Officers investigating a road traffic incident near Dorchester are appealing for witnesses or anyone with relevant dashcam footage to come forward. Dorset Police received a report at 9.44pm on Friday 7 August 2026 that a man had been found with injuries o...
Release date: 10/08/2026
Dedicated patrols targeting poachers and hare coursers have been launched in Dorset. This year’s Operation Galileo will see Rural Crime Team (RCT) officers work with partners and colleagues from across the Force to build on the work of previous years in p...
Release date: 10/08/2026
Officers investigating a road traffic collision in the Ferndown area are appealing for witnesses or anyone with relevant dashcam footage to come forward. Dorset Police received a report shortly after 4pm on Thursday 30 July 2026 of a collision involving a...
Release date: 10/08/2026
Officers are appealing to members of the public for assistance as they investigate a concern for welfare incident in Weymouth. Dorset Police received a report at 11.05pm on Saturday 8 August from a member of the public raising concern for the welfare of a...
Release date: 09/08/2026
A man who filmed himself causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal in Poole and uploaded it onto social media has been jailed. On Friday 3 October 2025, a video was posted into an open hare coursing group on Facebook by the defendant – 33-year-o...
Release date: 07/08/2026
Officers investigating alleged criminal damage to grassland in Poole are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward. At around 3.58pm on Thursday 6 August 2026 Dorset Police received a report from the fire service of a fire that ha...
Release date: 07/08/2026
Officers are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward following a report of outraging public decency in Weymouth. It is reported that at around 9.45pm on Saturday 1 August 2026 a man was seen performing an indecent act through a ...
Release date: 06/08/2026
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