1.20 AM Thursday 23 May 2013

Wildlife and Environment Section

Priorities


Working with other interested parties and organisations we will concentrate on the following areas:

  • Protecting heathlands and other habitats from damage, especially damage by fire/arson.
  • Poaching - to support Operation Mongoose and to monitor, prevent and detect incidents of aggravated poaching.
  • Badger Protection - to monitor incidents of sett disturbance and other associated offences.
  • Marine Protection - in line with national and international guidelines for the Dorset Coastline, which has been designated to be of international importance.
  • Countryside and Rights of Way Act and Police Reform Act - to assess the opportunities for mainstream policing in line with force targets and objectives.
  • World Heritage - to monitor and assess the implications for the force as a result of the designation of part of the coastline as a World Heritage Site.

 

Other Issues:

  • Protection of birds and their habitat
  • Improper use of pesticides
  • Fishery protection
  • Sponsorship
  • To enhance liaison with other outside wildlife agencies
  • Big Cats
  • Deer despatch


 

Downloads

Listing of Dorset Police Wildlife Crime Officers (36kb PDF) >

Follow this link to see the Wildlife & Environmental Strategy 2009 - 2010 (1.5MB PDF) for Dorset Police >

Urban Heaths Life Project - follow this link for more information (92kb PDF)