Police officers investigating a public order incident in Shaftesbury are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward. Dorset Police received a report at 5.01pm on Tuesday 15 March 2022 of …

Dorset Police has appointed Chief Superintendent Rachel Farrell as Assistant Chief Constable to join the Force’s Executive Team. Rachel joins from Hampshire Constabulary and has over 26 years of policing experience including Head …

Making Dorset a hostile place for criminals and offenders is one of the aims of Dorset’s new Chief Constable Scott Chilton. Chief Constable Chilton began his role last week following the retirement of …

Dorset Police Chief Constable James Vaughan QPM has stepped down from his role after 30 years in policing. Chief Constable Vaughan left the job at the end of the week, Friday 13 August …

Dorset’s Police and Crime Panel has approved the selection of Scott Chilton as the next Chief Constable of Dorset Police. Mr Chilton, who has been serving as the Force’s Deputy Chief Constable for …

Police officers investigating criminal damage and an attempted break-in at Gillingham School are appealing for anyone with information to come forward. At around 10.50pm on Sunday 7 March 2021 an alarm was heard …

Dorset Police has urged residents across the county to be aware of a Covid vaccine-related scam. Residents have been sent a text purporting to be from a NHS body or similar informing the …

There are illegal drugs in Gillingham but the town does not have a drugs problem, local councillors were told this week. Police community support officer Nicky Fear also told a meeting of Gillingham …

Police officers are appealing for the public’s help to identify the owner of a dog that bit a woman in North Dorset. During the morning of Wednesday 25 March 2020 a local woman …