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  • Gross misconduct finding against former Dorset Police officer

     03 April 2018
    The conduct of a former Dorset Police officer amounted to gross misconduct a special case hearing has concluded. The allegation was that the former officer, who cannot be named for legal and safeguarding reasons, conducted a sexual relationship with a vu...

  • Update – witness appeal following reported attempted robbery in Weymouth

     03 April 2018
    A man has been charged in connection with a reported attempted robbery in Weymouth. At around 10.45pm on Tuesday 12 September 2017 it was reported that a man approached two other men as they walked in the area of Crescent Street and Derby Street, repeate...

  • Update – woman due in court in connection with reported assault in Weymouth

     03 April 2018
    A woman is due to appear in court in connection with a reported assault in Weymouth. At 3.30am on Tuesday 30 January 2018 Dorset Police was called to Actors Bar in Maiden Street following reports that two women had been punched in the face. Officers att...

  • Dorset Police recognises long service and policing excellence at awards ceremony

     03 April 2018
    Officers and staff have been recognised for their exceptional contribution to keeping Dorset safe at an awards ceremony. The ceremony, held at Queen Elizabeth’s School in Wimborne on Thursday 29 March 2018, saw a number of awards presented to recipients ...

  • Update - witness appeal following attempted rape in Bournemouth

     03 April 2018
    Detectives investigating an attempted rape offence in Bournemouth say a significant witness they were trying to trace has come forward. Sometime between 1.45am and 2.30am on Saturday 13 January 2018 an attempted rape occurred in an address in Wimborne Ro...

  • Witness appeal following fatal collision in Swanage

     02 April 2018
    Officers are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward following a fatal collision in Swanage. At approximately 8.40am today, Monday 2 April 2018, a collision occurred between a beige Vauxhall Zafira and a pedestrian on the beach...

  • Witness appeal following attempted theft and assault in Weymouth

     02 April 2018
    Detectives are appealing for witnesses to come forward following an attempted theft and assault incident in Weymouth. At approximately 6.40pm on Friday 30 March 2018 a man was sitting in Costa Coffee on St Mary Street when he noticed three men attempt to...

  • Appeal for witnesses following attempted robbery in Bournemouth

     02 April 2018
    Detectives are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward following an attempted robbery in Bournemouth. At approximately 8.10am today, Monday 2 April 2018, a local man aged in his 20s was walking on Holdenhurst Road when he was a...

  • Update – witness appeal following fatal collision in Wareham

     30 March 2018
    A man arrested in connection with a fatal road traffic collision in Wareham has been released under investigation. At 8.43am yesterday, Thursday 29 March 2018, Dorset Police was called to a report of a road traffic collision in North Street. The collisi...

  • Witness appeal following theft from a store in Charmouth

    29 March 2018
    Officers are appealing for witnesses to come forward following the theft of items from a shop in Charmouth. At 2.30pm on Monday 26 March 2018 a man is reported to have stolen a camping stove and sleeping bag from Dorset Leisure Centre on Newlands Bridge....
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