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Police appeal for information after woman bitten by dog in North Dorset
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 …
Dorset Police warn: people who flout virus rules will face ‘full force of the law’
Dorset Police have praised the county’s ‘responsible and practical communities’ for their response to the new restrictions to tackle the Covid-19 coronavirus crisis. But Chief Constable James Vaughan warned that anyone deliberately flouting …
UPDATE Technical issue affecting 101 service in Dorset now resolved
Dorset Police says that the technical difficulty with the 101 non-emergency telephone number has now been fixed. Engineers were looking into the fault, which was reported on Monday 30 December 2019, and worked …
Dorset public given another chance to have their say on how to shape policing in county
Dorset Police are giving the general public the opportunity to step into the chief constable’s shoes and tell us where they want to see resources allocated. This phase allows the public to choose …
Dorset Police make arrests during crackdown on suspected ‘county lines’ dealers.
Between Monday 7 and Friday 11 October 2019, 27 people were arrested as a result of coordinated law enforcement action to disrupt drug related activity across Dorset, says the county’s police force. A …
Dorset Police set to recruit 50 new officers
The Home Office has today, Wednesday 9 October, confirmed the officer recruitment targets for police forces for the first year of the drive to increase their ranks by 20,000 over the next three …
Police issue warning to Dorset residents after attempted £35k scam
Police officers have prevented an elderly Dorset woman from losing £35,000 to scammers and are issuing advice to avoid others from being targeted. Staff from Dorset Police’s Fraud Triage Team received information that …
Gillingham care home becomes North Dorset’s first ‘safe haven’
The Malthouse care home in Gillingham has been named as a dementia ‘safe haven’ where the police or members of the public can take someone who is found in a confused state in …
Police issue witness appeal following barn fire at Marnhull
Detectives working with the fire service to investigate a barn fire in North Dorset are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward. Dorset Police received a report from Dorset and …