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  • Devon & Cornwall and Dorset Police launch the UK's first operational Drone Unit

     14 July 2017
    Devon & Cornwall and Dorset Police have become the first police forces in the UK to launch a fully operational Drone Unit. The latest in drone technology has been trialed in the respective forces since November 2015 and such has been their benefit, a...

  • Witness appeal following serious injury collision in Weymouth

     14 July 2017
    Officers are appealing for witnesses to come forward following a serious injury collision in Weymouth. At around 5.40pm yesterday, Thursday 13 July 2017, a serious injury road traffic collision occurred at the junction of Preston Beach Road and Bowleaze ...

  • Public appeal following assault in Wareham

     14 July 2017
    Officers investigating an assault on a man in Wareham are appealing for anyone with dash cam footage to come forward. Sometime between 8.50pm and 9pm on Monday 3 July 2017 an incident occurred on Sandford Road. A dark blue Ford Focus was seen parked up ...

  • Update - appeal after theft of Lego from Poole and Bournemouth stores

     14 July 2017
    Officers have arrested a man and a woman in relation to a reported series of high value Lego thefts in Poole and Bournemouth. At around 4.15pm on Wednesday 10 May 2017 it was reported that two men and two women had entered the Smyths Toys Superstore at M...

  • Witness appeal after serious assault in Poole

     13 July 2017
    Detectives are appealing for witnesses after a serious assault in Poole. The incident happened at around 8.30pm on Wednesday 5 July 2017 on Arne Avenue. The victim - a 29-year-old Poole man - was leaving an address when he was spotted by an acquaintance...

  • Witness appeal after robbery on a prison officer in Shaftesbury

     12 July 2017
    Detectives are appealing for witnesses after a robbery on a prison officer in Shaftesbury. The incident happened just after 9pm on Sunday 9 July 2017. The male victim was driving home along Cole's Lane following his shift at Guys Marsh prison, when he pu...

  • Update: CCTV appeal after alleged shop robbery in Bournemouth

     12 July 2017
    Detectives have arrested a man following an alleged armed robbery at a store in Bournemouth. At 10.52pm on Monday 5 June 2017 officers were called to reports that a man armed with a handgun had entered One Stop on Seabourne Road, approached the till, ask...

  • Dorset Police educate drivers on effective bicycle overtaking

     11 July 2017
    Operation Close Pass launched across Dorset today, which sees police targeting drivers who don’t give cyclists enough room when overtaking. Seven drivers were given roadside education over a 90 minute period in Bournemouth. Officers also issued sev...

  • Appeal following distraction burglaries in Poole

     11 July 2017
    Officers are appealing for anyone with information to come forward following three reports of attempted distraction burglaries in Poole. At approximately 3.30pm on Monday 10 July 2017 a woman aged in her 80s reported that two men had come to her address ...

  • Witness appeal after man found with head injuries in Bournemouth

     10 July 2017
    Detectives are appealing for witnesses after a man was found with head injuries in Bournemouth. Police received a report at 11.56pm on Sunday 9 July 2017 that a man had been found injured in Durley Gardens in Bournemouth. The man, aged in his 40s and f...
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