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
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
An investigation by officers has led to a man being charged in connection with a reported series of criminal damage to businesses in Bournemouth. It was reported that during the early hours of Sunday 7 June 2026 the windows of eight business premises in S...
Release date: 06/08/2026
Officers investigating an incident of criminal damage in Christchurch are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward. At around 12.20am on Sunday 2 August 2026, an officer on patrol came across damage to a dinosaur exhibit that was...
Release date: 05/08/2026
Officers investigating an assault in Weymouth are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward. It is reported that at around 3am on Wednesday 5 August 2026, a man was assaulted by a group of men and woman on Weymouth Beach, sustaini...
Release date: 05/08/2026
Officers investigating a serious injury road traffic collision near Dorchester are appealing for witnesses or anyone with relevant dashcam footage to come forward. Dorset Police received a report at 8.33pm on Sunday 2 August 2026 of a collision on the Old...
Release date: 03/08/2026
A man has been charged and is due to appear in court in connection with a fatal road traffic collision in Poole. Dorset Police received a report at 2.12am on Wednesday 7 January 2026 that a man had been found unresponsive in Wimborne Road, near to the jun...
Release date: 03/08/2026
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