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Dorset Police

December 02, 2023

Dorset Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the county of Dorset in South West England, which includes the largely rural area covered by Dorset Council, and the urban conurbation of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.

Dorset Police
Agency overview
Formed1 April 1974
Preceding agencies
  • Dorset County Constabulary
  • Bournemouth Borough Police
  • Dorset and Bournemouth Constabulary
Employees2,681
Volunteers295
Annual budget£211.1 million (2018-2019)[1]
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionDorset, England
Map of police area
Size1,024 square miles (2,650 km2)[2]
Population774,000[2]
Legal jurisdictionEngland & Wales
Constituting instrument
General nature
Operational structure
Overviewed by
HeadquartersWinfrith
Constables1,383 (of which 111 are special constables)[3]
Police Community Support Officers123[3]
Police and crime commissioner responsible
Agency executive
Facilities
Stations24
Website
www.dorset.police.uk

The force covers an area of 1,024 square miles (2,650 km2) with a population of 774,000.

History edit

Dorset County Constabulary was formed in 1855. In 1965, it had an establishment of 544 and an actual strength of 466.[4] On 1 October 1967, it merged with Bournemouth Borough Police to form Dorset and Bournemouth Constabulary.

On 1 April 1974, this force took over some areas (mainly Christchurch and its hinterland) from Hampshire Constabulary and acquired its present name of Dorset Police.

Chief constables edit

Dorset Constabulary edit

Dorset and Bournemouth Constabulary edit

  • 1967–1974 Arthur Hambleton[6]

Dorset Police edit

  • 1974–1980 Arthur Hambleton[6]
  • 1981–1982 David Owen[7]
  • 1982– 1995 Brian Weight
  • 1995–1998 D. W. Aldous[8]
  • 1999–2004 Jane Stichbury[9][10][11]
  • 2005–2012 Martin Baker[11][12]
  • 2012–2018 Debbie Simpson[12][13]
  • 2018–2021 James Vaughan[13]
  • 2021–2023 Scott Chilton[14]
  • 2023–present Amanda Pearson[15]

Governance edit

Dorset Police was formerly responsible to the Dorset Police Authority, which was replaced in 2012 by the elected Dorset Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC). The first PCC was independent Martyn Underhill MBE, who served between 22 November 2012 and 12 May 2021. As of May 2021, the PCC is David Sidwick, who represents the Conservative Party.

Organisation and operations edit

The force covers an area of 1,024 square miles (2,650 km2) with a population of 774,000,[2] which increases in the tourist season. In 2022, Dorset Police received 121,798 emergency calls on 999.[16]

In the 2018–2019 financial year, Dorset Police:[1]

  • Recorded 183,412 incidents, including 55,028 crimes
  • Made 10,515 arrests
  • Dealt with 5,832 missing persons incidents and 7,426 mental health incidents

Air Operations Unit edit

Since 2014, air support has been provided by National Police Air Service (NPAS).[17] Its nearest helicopter is based at Bournemouth Airport and also support Devon and Cornwall, Avon and Somerset, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, South Wales, Dyfed-Powys and Gwent.[18]

Criminal Investigation Department edit

Criminal Investigation Department (CID) provides advice to all policing units on crime-related matters and maintaining a corporate approach to reducing crime, as well as providing specialist and investigative roles. CID is split into numerous sub-departments, which include: Child Protect Investigation, Intelligence Directorate, Scientific Support.[19]

Dog Section edit

The Dog Section was established in 1953; the unit is based in Eastern Division HQ in Ferndown. The unit comprises one inspector, one sergeant, 13 constables and 22 dogs, including general purpose German Shepherds and more specialist breeds.[20]

Marine Policing Unit edit

The Marine Unit is responsible for policing the 89 miles of Dorset's coastline and up to 12 miles out to sea. The area is one of the busiest coastal areas in the UK, including two of the busiest ports, numerous shipping lanes, thousands of private moorings, the RNLI's busiest callout area and a training centre for the Royal Marines.[21]

Ports Policing Unit edit

The Ports Policing Unit is responsible for policing all ports in Dorset including Poole Harbour, Swanage Harbour, Portland Harbour, Weymouth Harbour, Christchurch Harbour and Bournemouth Airport.[22][23]

Roads Policing Unit edit

The force is responsible for policing road across the county. There are no motorways located within Dorset. Dorset Police have around 450 vehicles, from 20 different manufacturers, and drive a total of 7.5 million miles a year.[24][25] The Roads Policing Unit also features the following teams:

Teams within the RPU include No Excuse Team, launched in 2010, which aims to reduce deaths and serious injuries on Dorset roads;[26] and the Interceptor Team, launched in 2023, which targets criminals using the road network within Dorset.[27]

Tactical Firearms Unit edit

The Tactical Firearms Unit responds to major and serious crimes where firearms are involved.[28]

Locations edit

The force headquarters is at Winfrith. Police stations open to the public are located at Blandford, Bournemouth Central, Bridport, Gillingham, Poole, Sherborne, Swanage and Weymouth.

Stations without a public front desk are Boscombe, Dorchester, Ferndown, Shaftesbury, Sturminster Newton, Verwood, Wareham, Wimborne and Winton.[29]

There are two custody suites at Bournemouth Central and Weymouth Police station.[30][31][32][33]

In September 2017, the Christchurch Neighbourhood Policing Team moved to the fire station on Fairmile, further advancing the relationship with Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service.[34]

Uniforms and equipment edit

 
Vauxhall Astra pictured in 2020
 
Škoda Yeti pictured in 2018

Uniform edit

In 2012, Dorset Police officers moved from blue shirts to black wicking tops (PCSOs wear blue wicking tops). They either wear hi-visibility or black tactical vests on top of body armour.[35][36][37][38]

Equipment edit

Dorset Police use Motorola MXP600 TETRA digital radios (these were updated in 2023 from the previous Motorola MTH800 TETRA digital radios). They also use rigid handcuffs, limb restraints, telescopic batons and incapacitant spray.[39]

Some officers carry the Conducted Energy Device (CED) Axon TASER, a non-lethal electroshock weapon used to incapacitate targets via shocks of 50,000 volts.[39] As of 2021, there were 374 officers trained in using TASER.[16]

Firearms officers carry a Heckler & Koch G36 rifle and the Glock 17 pistol as their sidearm.[40]

Some officers are trained in the use of 'stinger' (also known as a spike strip), that slowly releases air from tyres of a vehicle when it goes over it.[41]

Vehicles edit

Previously, Dorset Police Transport Services manage the force's 450 vehicles, across its divisional units, road policing unit, and armed response.[42] However, in 2016, Dorset's Fleet Services aligned with Devon & Cornwall's as part of a proposed force merger.[43] As a result, there are now seven workshops available across the three counties, and Dorset manages and maintains approximately 500 vehicles as part of 'Alliance Fleet Services'.[43]

As of 2020, Dorset Police had 429 vehicles which included 338 cars, 83 vans and 8 motorcycles.[16]Examples of the vehicle makes and models that Dorset Police have used or currently use are listed as follows[44]:

Performance edit

British Crime Survey edit

The British Crime Survey for 2010 found that there was an overall fall in crime in Dorset by 2.5%, and the largest fall in crime was robbery, which fell by 20%, making Dorset Police the eighth best performing force out of 43 in England and Wales, and first in forces similar to Dorset.[45]

The performance figures from Dorset Police comparing April to December 2009 with the same period during 2008, showed a 9.9% drop in burglary, an 8.5 per cent drop in criminal damage, a 3.5 per cent fall in vehicle crime, a 3% drop in total violent crime, and a 17.8 per cent fall in the most serious violent crime. Criminal damage fell by 5.8%, violence against the person without injury by 9.3%, violence against the person by 5.2%, drug offences by 5.1% and there was a 2.8 per cent fall in total recorded crime.[46]

According to the British Crime Survey, 63.8 per cent of people think Dorset Police deals with local concerns, making Dorset the best performing force in England and Wales for that issue.

Some 9.9% of people say there is a high level of perceived anti-social behaviour, making Dorset the eighth best performing force in England and Wales – and the top performing force among its family of five most similar forces. Some 17.6% of people said there was a big problem with drugs while 18.8 per cent of people in Dorset said there was a big problem with drunk and rowdy behaviour. 51.6% of people in Dorset agreed that the police and local councils were dealing with issues, making Dorset the twelfth best performing force in England and Wales.[47][48]

Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary edit

In 2010, Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services since 2017) (HMICFRS) graded Dorset Police overall as 'fair' on local crime and policing, protection from serious harm, confidence and satisfaction. In detail they were graded as 'fair' at neighbourhood policing, neighbourhood presence and solving crime. They were rated as 'good' at reducing crime. They were graded 'excellent' at suppressing gun crime, suppressing knife crime, comparative satisfaction of the BME community, confidence in the police and proportion of police cost met by council. They were scored 'poor' and 'stable' on reducing road death and injury.[49]

PEEL inspection edit

HMICFRS conducts a periodic police effectiveness, efficiency and legitimacy (PEEL) inspection of each police service's performance. This is judged as follows:

- Effectiveness: Reducing crime and keeping people safe

- Efficiency: How the force operates and how sustainable it's services are to the public

- Legitimacy: How legitimately does the force treat the public and it's workforce

In its latest PEEL inspections, Dorset Police were rated as follows (ungraded means that it wasn't given a score, not that it was necessarily un-markable):[50][51]

Rating Outstanding ●●●● Good

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Adequate

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Requires Improvement

●○○○

Inadequate

○○○○

Ungraded
Year
2014 - Reducing crime and preventing offending

- Tackling anti-social behaviour - Force is efficient - Steps taken to ensure a secure financial position for the short and long term - An affordable way of providing policing

- Investigating offending - Protecting those at greatest risk of harm

- Tackling serious, organised and complex crime - Meeting commitments under the Strategic Policing Requirement - Workforce acts with integrity - Public perceptions of the force - Responds to calls for service appropriately - Data and information provided by the force is of high quality

2015 - Preventing crime, tackling anti-social behaviour and keeping people safe

- Investigating crime and managing offenders - Protecting vulnerable people and supporting victims - Tackling serious and organised crime, including arrangement for fulfilling national policing responsibilities - Uses resources to meet demand - Practice and behaviour reinforce the wellbeing of staff and an ethical culture - Understands, engages with and treats members of the public fairly, maintaining and improving its legitimacy - Decisions taken to use stop and search and Taser are fair and appropriate

- Workforce model is sustainable and affordable

- Financial position for the short and long term is sustainable

2016 - Preventing crime, tackling anti-social behaviour and keeping people safe

- Investigating crime and reducing re-offending - Protecting vulnerable people and supporting victims - Tackling serious and organised crime - Understands current and likely demand - Uses resources to meet current demand - Plan for demand in the future - Treating the public with fairness and respect - Behaviour of workforce is ethical and lawful - Force treats it's workforce with fairness and respect

2017 - Preventing crime, tackling anti-social behaviour and keeping people safe

- Investigating crime and reducing re-offending - Protecting vulnerable people and supporting victims - Tackling serious and organised crime - Understands demand and uses resources to meet demand - Plan for demand in the future - Treating the public with fairness and respect - Behaviour of workforce is ethical and lawful - Force treats it's workforce with fairness and respect

2018/19 - Preventing crime, tackling anti-social behaviour and keeping people safe

- Investigating crime and reducing re-offending - Protecting vulnerable people and supporting victims - Tackling serious and organised crime - Using resources to meet demand - Plan for the future - Treating the public with fairness and respect - Behaviour of workforce is ethical and lawful

2021/22 - Preventing crime

- Developing a positive workplace

- Treatment of the public

- Protecting vulnerable people - Managing offenders - Good use of resources

- Investigating crime

- Responding to the public

Controversies edit

Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) involvement edit

The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) is a non-departmental public body in England and Wales which, since 8 January 2018, is responsible for overseeing the system for handling complaints made against police forces in England and Wales. On 8 January 2018, it replaced the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC). Dorset Police, as an organisation as well as individual officers, have been investigated by both these departments.

2010's edit

In June 2011, PC Richard Allen was dismissed after it was discovered that he’d had a relationship with a murder victim, who had also been victim to domestic abuse. Katarzyna Ryba was stabbed and then thrown out the window of her second-floor flat in Bournemouth by her ex-partner Piotr Zasada, in front of their three-year-old daughter in October 2009. Zasada was later sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of 14 years and 62 days. Allen had been assigned to a case involving Ryba and Zasada, due to him continuing to threaten and stalk her, despite a harassment order being in place. Allen and Ryba began an affair. Later, she was murdered by her jealous ex-partner (Zasada had heard about Ryba’s new relationships, but didn’t know Allen was a police officer). An Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) investigation uncovered that Allen had deleted text’s from Ryba after he learned she had died. The investigation found Allen and other officers had failed in the handling of Ryba’s domestic abuse allegations (although her eventual murder was not directly impacted by this). Allen also carried out ‘unauthorised searches on the police computer’, leading to a further investigation.[52][53]

In January 2016, Katrina O’Hara was stabbed to death at her workplace by her former lover, Stuart Thomas. In December 2015, police had seized her phone, leaving her without this to call for help. The IOPC found three officers had cases to answer for gross misconduct. Allegations of misconduct were proven against three officers, with a final written warning being issued to a Detective Constable and management advice given to a Sergeant for ‘not following procedures’. Dorset Police faced recommendations from the IOPC to improve their response to domestic violence and harassment cases.[54][55]

In August 2016, Sharon Perrett was murdered by her partner Daniel O’Malley-Keyes. The IOPC investigated Dorset Police’s contact with Perrett before she died. Perrett had been a domestic abuse victim at the hands of O’Malley-Keyes prior to her murder. As a result of this, Dorset Police had attempted to contact her about a recent incident, attempting to call her for three weeks, but stopped calling because ‘her phone was off’. Attending her home was ruled out, as not to alert O’Malley-Keyes of police involvement and put Perrett at risk. The IOPC investigation revealed that whilst police action was ‘in line with established practices and procedures’, with ‘genuine attempts’ by phone being made to contact Perrett, ‘alternative methods to contact her were ruled out’. Dorset Police changed its policy on contacting domestic violence victims using ‘alternative methods of communication’.[56][57]

In April 2017, police responded to reports of a distressed man running in and out of traffic in Poole. On attending, officers located company director Douglas Oak and suspected that he was suffering from from acute behavioural disorder (ABD) (formerly known as 'excited delirium'), as he was sweating, red in the face, very hot to the touch and breathing heavily. An additional six police officers arrived and assisted in restraining him for over an hour, awaiting an ambulance. Whilst waiting, Oak went into cardiac arrest. It was later discovered that specially trained police officers in first aid failed to use a bag valve mask during CPR to provide ventilation. He was taken to hospital and later died. The IOPC investigation found that whilst there was no indication of misconduct or criminal offences in relation to the man’s death, there was learning for the Force Command Centre around procedures to do with ABD and the provision of accurate information being given to the ambulance service control room. Dorset Police confirmed that learning would be shared with both the Force Command Centre and the wider force. Whilst the IOPC investgiation found officers at the scene identified the incident should be treated as a medical emergency, an inquest into Oak's death found that Oak being restrained contributed to his death. Dorset Police paid undisclosed damages to Oak’s family, whilst denying liability. It was also found that whilst frontline officer were trained in recognising ABD, control room staff in police and ambulance control room weren’t trained in recognising the term. This led to a 40 minute response time being allocated to the incident, instead of the emergency eight minute time.[58][59][60]

In May 2017, 77-year-old John Hill committed suicide using a .22 rifle that Dorset Police’s firearms licensing unit had issued a license for, six weeks previously. Hill had previously told his children that ‘when the time came he would end his life by shooting himself with a rifle’. No enquiries were made by Dorset Police with Hill’s family about the suitability for the firearms license to be granted. Furthermore, a routine check with Hill's doctor by the unit revealed that he was being treated for alcohol-induced liver cirrhosis and whilst he had been advised to abstain from alcohol, was drinking 12 units per week. The IOPC found that the performance of two members of police staff within the unit did not meet expected standards and whilst this was not to be characterised as misconduct, management action needed to be undertaken, due to risks associated with firearms licensing. Dorset Police agreed with the findings and advised management action would be given to the members of staff.[61][62]

In May 2018, a man was arrested by armed response officers due to being wanted. He was located in a house belonging to someone else. Whilst waiting for a unit to transport the man to custody, the man asked for a cigarette. Whilst looking for tobacco, an officer found a small bag of cannabis, which the man denied was his. The homeowner was called on the phone and also denied it was his. Another officer told the arrested man to ‘cough the cannabis’, so the homeowner wouldn’t get into trouble, to which the man nodded. The officer told him that ‘fuck all’ would happen if he admitted it. During an interview, he denied the cannabis was his, stating that he was bullied into saying it was his. The Crown Prosecution Service dropped the charge of possession of cannabis against the man due to lack of evidence. The IOPC found that the two officers who tried to persuade the man to admit the cannabis was his, as well as not challenging each other’s actions meant they had acted inappropriately. Both officers were found to have committed misconduct and received written warnings.[63]

2020's edit

In February 2022, Sergeant Simon Kempton was given a final written warning after using the Signal messaging app to post details from a non-reportable court hearing of Wayne Couzens to members of the executive group of the Police Federation of England and Wales. A member of the group reported the matter to their force’s professional standards department. The IOPC investigated and found that Sergeant Kempton had a case to answer for gross misconduct. He was given a final written warning.[64]

In October 2023, the IOPC's full report following the disappearance of Gaia Pope-Sutherland made a number of recommendations due to the poor way Dorset Police handled the case.[65]

In October 2023, it was reported that the family of missing teenager Alex Bendall had complained to the IOPC, after initially complaining to Dorset Police directly about the 'insensitive' police response. Their complaint was in regards to the police investigation and a claim that when the body of Alex was located, an officer described the body as "bones in boots". Bendall had gone missing in February 2023, with their body being located in the River Frome in the area of Lubbecke Way, Dorchester.[66][67][68]

Officers and staff conduct edit

2000's edit

In January 2006, a Dorset Police officer's use of CS gas against a Wareham gardener left him with permanent scarring. The gas canister was held inches from the man's face for a prolonged period of time. The man's family alleged that he was prevented from seeking medical care in the immediate aftermath of the incident.[69] It was later reported that the man pleaded guilty to interfering with the arrest of another individual when he was sprayed with the incapacitant and was sentenced to two weeks in prison. This sentence was served concurrently with a 3-month prison sentence for three assault by beating offences which the man also admitted and was on bail for at the time of the CS incapacitant incident.[70]

In August 2006, a man who had previously been sprayed with CS gas by Dorset Police was arrested and forcibly stripped searched by Dorset Police officers. The man alleged that after being arrested, he was forcibly strip searched before being released without being interviewed or charged.He had previously made a complaint that an officer who stopped his vehicle in April 2005 was racially abusive and aggressive, including using his CS spray. An IPCC investigation by Kent Police cleared Dorset Police, with the IPCC stating that the driver’s account ‘was not backed up by independent witnesses’.[71][72]

On 5 December 2006, a 13-year-old student was struck off his bike in Talbot Avenue by a police car on it’s way to an emergency. He spent three weeks in a coma and required 24-hour care. Whilst the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) concluded that the driver was not at fault, in 2010, the student was awarded ‘substantial damages’ by Dorset Police, who settled out of court after a High Court writ was issued in October 2009 that claimed the driver of the vehicle was ‘travelling too fast with poor lighting and limited visibility’.[73]

2010's edit

In 2010, prior to disciplinary hearings were commenced, two Special Constables resigned over Facebook ‘misuse’.[74]

In September 2010, a Slovakian care worker was unlawfully detained and strip-searched in a Dorset Police station in Bournemouth. In a later settlement, Dorset Police admitted liability, and paid out damages of £4,750. The woman was stopped in a car with a friend in the Springbourne area of Bournemouth. After police asked her for her details, she asked to see their identify cards first, however, the officer’s only provided their collar numbers. After being ‘unlawfully’ detained by officers on Holdenhurst Road in Bournemouth, the woman was searched at Boscombe Police Station, on suspicion that she may be possessing drugs. Police paperwork alleged the woman had ‘glazed’ eyes and that the vehicle she was in, an Audi, was a make of vehicle that had been used in recent robberies. Dorset Police firstly denied anything was wrong, however, then offered £3,000 without admitting liability, before she finally received a full apology. The head of the professional standards department expressed his ‘sincere regret for the incident’. It was reported that the officers’ belief the woman possess drugs ‘may not be seen as reasonable’. [75]

In December 2011, former Sergeant Neil Slater was dismissed after covering up an affair of a colleague who had died in a road traffic collision. In October 2008, Detective Constable Ian Morton was killed after his car crashed into a bungalow on Lymington Road in Dorset. Sergeant Neil Slater investigated Morton’s death and when two mobile phones were discovered from the vehicle, Slater discovered that Morton was having an affair with another officer from a different police force, but that Morton’s family were unaware of the relationship. He instructed a junior officer to go to where the vehicle had been recovered to and destroy the mobile phone. The officer refused and spoke to senior officers, leading to Slater’s arrest. Slater later explained that his intention was to protect Morton’s family from ‘further distress’. In August 2009, Slater faced a misconduct panel, who concluded that he should be dismissed. However, at a Police Appeals Tribunal in July 2010, it was concluded that Slater should instead keep his job, but be reduced in rank to Constable. However, the Chief Constable applied for, and was successful with a judicial review, with the High Court finding that Slater should be dismissed, quashing the tribunal’s decision. Slater was allowed leave to appeal the ruling in the Court of Appeal, however, this was later dismissed.[76][77][78]

In July 2012, an unnamed police officer was arrested for misconduct in public office, contrary to common law. They were not charged.[79]

In October 2013, another unnamed police officer was arrested for misconduct in public office, contrary to common law. They were not charged.[79]

In July 2015, it was reported Dorset Police were to pay compensation of more than £100,000 to two men who were Tasered and pepper-sprayed during a night out in Weymouth in August 2010. This also included payment of legal costs, after an inappropriate use of force. Having been celebrating on a stag do, the men were finding difficulty in getting a taxi home, when one of them asked for help from police. However, when a fracas started between several police officers and other members of the public, both the men were pepper sprayed, with one of them being Tasered. The men sued Dorset Police for false imprisonment, malicious prosecution, assault and battery, personal injury, excessive use of force and reputation damage, however, Dorset Police settled out of court, with no admittance of liability. In 2012, the convictions of the two men were quashed.[80]

In December 2015, PC Neil Bowditch and Sergeant Mark Hughes were found guilty of gross misconduct and dismissed after PC Bowditch ‘became involved with a vulnerable woman’ that he’d met on duty. Both officers had then tried to cover up the ‘inappropriate relationship’, with Sergeant Hughes not challenging the inappropriate conduct.[81]

In January 2016, PC Nigel Case was dismissed after it was found he had accessed and disclosed confidential information whilst based at Bridport Police Station. Using the Criminal Justice Search (CJS) and Police National Computer (PNC) databases, he searched information on himself and seven other people unrelated to his role as a police officer between 2011 and 2014. He called one of the people he had searched and disclosed police intelligence to them in 2014.[82]

In 2017, it was reported that an officer used racist language during an arrest and subsequently was ‘subject to special requirements’.[83]

In 2017, an unnamed officer formed a sexual relationship with a woman who he’d met in the course of his duties. During an investigation into a road traffic collision, the officer discovered through initial enquiries that she was a victim of domestic abuse. However, days later, he started messaging her privately before forming a sexual relationship. The officer resigned before the investigation concluded.[84]

In June 2017, a man was arrested by officers for offences related to s.52 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (causing or inciting someone to become a prostitute for gain). After being released under investigation, the man was subsequently released without charge. He sued Dorst Police for damages relating to false imprisonment and that his rights under Articles 5 and Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights had been infringed. Dorset Police admitted the man’s arrest was ‘procedurally unlawful’, stating the arresting officer was not ‘properly briefed’. They argued however, that should the correct procedure have been followed, the man would still have been arrested. At court, the man was awarded ‘substantial damages’.[85]

In September 2017, an unnamed officer was dismissed after admitting gross misconduct for beginning a relationship with a victim of sexual assault. After attending the initial incident, he later visited her and formed a sexual relationship.[86]

In October 2017, an unnamed police officer was arrested for misconduct in public office, contrary to common law. They were not charged.[79]

In November 2017, PC Kenneth Walmsley was dismissed after being found guilty of gross misconduct after admitting searching for information on police computer systems, as well as using a pool car owned by the police for personal use, which he used a police fuel card to refuel the car with.[87]

In June 2018, Sergeant Stephen Hughes was issued a final written warning having admitted he had made inappropriate comments between April 2014 and January 2016 to two female colleagues whilst based at Dorchester Police Station.[88]

In August 2018, an armed police officer accidentally shot a driver in the arm whilst trying to stop his car in Bournemouth. After putting his hand on the driver’s door, the driver pulled the car away, with the officer accidentally firing their Glock pistol. Whilst no criminal offence or misconduct was found, the officer was advised to complete a refresher course before retiring to frontline duties.[89]

2020s edit

In January 2020, a misconduct panel found former PC Hannah White and PC Jamie Woodfine attended an address in Poole to check on the welfare of a woman and had lied about what had happened. In June 2018, the officers responded to a call from a member of the public in relation to a man who may have breached a court order. On attendance, a man who was prevented from contacting the woman was at the address. The court order meant the man was liable to arrest from breaching the order. The officers decided not to arrest the man, finding there was no risk to the woman. However, White updated the log stating the man was not present at the address. White resigned prior to the misconduct hearing, with Woodfine being dismissed without notice.[90]

In February 2020, DC Nick Gravenor was dismissed after being found guilty of gross misconduct, after sexually assaulting a colleague at her home in 2015. Prior to this, he had touched her inappropriately and made innapropraite comments towards her. The victim decided to report Gravenor when she heard a colleague praising him.[91]

In June 2020, former Inspector William ‘Billy’ Bulloch was found guilty of gross misconduct for ‘engaging in sexual activity with members of the public while on duty’. Whilst details were never released during the misconduct hearing, Bulloch also ‘pursued other individuals for sex while on duty’, including having sex with colleagues whilst on duty. He resigned before the hearing.[92]

In September 2021, former PC Christopher Maidment was found guilty of gross misconduct for sexually harassing female colleagues whilst on duty, between 2019 and 2021. An investigation uncovered that Maidment had made a ‘a large number of harassing comments of a sexual nature to female colleagues’, both over message and in person. He also ‘inappropriately touched’ some of his colleagues.[93]

In October 2021, PC Sean Ford was dismissed after forming an inappropriate relationship with a victim of domestic abuse. In September 2019, PC Sean Ford attended the home address of a domestic abuse victim to take a statement about a recent incident. He was the investigating officer regarding the allegation between the woman and her ex-husband. His initial involvement was to take the statement of her ex-husband, however, he later attended the woman’s address to take a further statement from her. The pair became friends on Facebook and exchanged numbers. A few days later, Ford later attended her address where they had sex and he stayed over. Shortly before Christmas 2019, Ford moved into her home. Whilst Ford admitted misconduct, he denied gross misconduct. However, it was concluded that Ford’s involvement with the woman, who was vulnerable, was ‘a serious conflict of interest which could have affected the administration of justice’. He was found guilty of gross misconduct and dismissed.[94][95]

In November 2021, former Superintendent Michael Rogers was found guilty of gross misconduct, having claimed thousands of pounds in false expenses. The panel found that between July 2015 and March 2019, Rogers was using police vehicles for work and private trips when he knew he shouldn’t be doing. He knowingly ‘declared less private mileage than he had travelled and submitted claims for expenses that he had not incurred’. Other claims included expenses of £4,000 for meals. It was concluded that if he hadn’t resigned in May 2021, he would have been dismissed. In August 2022, Rogers committed suicide, dying at age 56. He had contacted his GP about his mental health during the investigation in October 2020 and in August 2021, had previously attempted to commit suicide.[96][97]

In January 2022, a misconduct panel found PC Jonathan Bell had stolen four or five stakes from a Dorset Police shooting range to build garden furniture between July and August 2019. He then lied to his supervisor that he would return them, even though he had built a table from them. He told a sergeant that he had taken the stakes ‘to prop up a lean-to’. An inspector, along with a sergeant, visited Bell’s address and found a ‘big blue chunky table on a deck’ as well as informing the professional standards department. Bell resigned from Dorset Police prior to the misconduct hearing.[98][99]

In April 2022, an investigation by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and ITV revealed 30 police officers and staff from Dorset Police were reported for domestic abuse between January 2018 and September 2021. Two officers or staff were subject to disciplinary action, two were either removed or retired/resigned and three received a criminal outcome, all in relation to the allegations against them.[100]

In May 2022, three off-duty officers were ‘asked to reflect on their behaviour’, after encroaching on the football pitch at the end of an AFC Bournemouth match at the Vitality Stadium against Nottingham Forest, in which the team were promoted to the Premier League. This is an offence, contrary to the Football (Offences) Act 1991.[101]

In June 2022, a misconduct panel found that between September 2021 and January 2022, former PC Robert Hopper conducted an inappropriate relationship with a victim of domestic abuse. Hopper had met the victim through the course of his duties and he was the officer in charge of investigating the incident. He used his work email to send 'flirtatious' emails, as well as using WhatsApp to message her and visiting her home ‘without any policing purpose’, where he had consensual sex with her. Hopper also sent two emails ‘containing details of policing matters’ to a person outside Dorset Police. The misconduct hearing concluded that he would have been sacked if he hadn’t already resigned.[102][103][104]

In January 2023, it was reported that an unnamed Sergeant would have been sacked if he hadn’t already resigned after misconduct was proved against him, regarding ‘improper relationships’ that he’d pursued with student officers who reported directly to him. The panel heard that between April and May 2022, the sergeant made ‘sexual phone calls’ to one student officer and sent ‘flirtatious messages’ to another. The sergeant had been warned in June 2021 about the same behaviour, but continued his inappropriate conduct, including engaging in a ‘consensual sex act’ with a vulnerable student officer, who had reported being a victim of domestic abuse, as well as kissing another in his garage.[105]

In June 2023, PC Mark Jordan-Gill and former PC Paul Perdrisat were found guilty of gross misconduct, having shared inappropriate messages in a ‘toxic’ WhatsApp group for the Force Support Group. Posts that were shared were ‘sexual, pornographic, misogynistic, homophobic, racist and bulling’. This left one member feeling suicidal. Two other members of the group, PC Michael Lowther and PC Matthew Young were found guilty of misconduct, with PC Lowther being given a written warning and PC Young being given a final written warning.[106] In August 2023, Inspector Nicholas Mantle was found guilty of gross misconduct and dismissed for also posting innapropriate images.[107]

In July 2023, it was reported that according to a Freedom of Information Act request, between May 2022 and May 2023, there were 14 misconduct cases against officers and staff which had a factor of ‘violence against women and girls’ (VAWG). This led to nine officers and staff being suspended following the outcome of the cases. Others faced a written warning, reduction in rank, reflective practice or no further action.[108]

Officers and staff convicted of offences edit

2000's edit

In February 2003, former PC Steven Rigler was found guilty of perverting the course of justice and imprisoned for 18 months. During a night In January 2001, Rigler was on patrol in Christchurch when he saw a 17-year-old girl sat in the street with a friend, having been on a night out. He offered to take them home, but stated he first had to go to an emergency. Instead, he returned to the police station, collected a condom from his locker and returned to collect the girls. After dropping the first girl home, Rigler allegedly forced the girl to give him oral sex in a lay-by (Rigler admitted that she had performed a consensual sex act on him whilst driving the car in return for a lift home). The girl later complained and Rigler attempted to cover-up what had happened by damaging his car and forging a blackmail letter, lying that it was the girl. On the bonnet of his car, Rigler scratched a crucifix, placing a sign rom an undertakers on the roof. He forged the letter by cutting words from magazines, adding a phone number on it, which Rigler stated he rang and was told for £1,000 the case would be dropped. However, saliva on the letter’s gummed strip was DNA tested and proved it belonged to Rigler. Rigler was cleared of indecent assault but found guilty of perverting the course of justice.[109][110]

2010's edit

In September 2012, former PC Matthew Cherry was jailed for 10 years for attempting to cause grievous bodily harm with intent, after attacking his pregnant ex-girlfriend, attempting to cause her to miscarry their child. Cherry resigned from Dorset Police before he was charged. Cherry wore a balaclava and put on a fake accent, carrying out a ‘savage attack’ on his ex-partner by punching her in the stomach and back. He was reportedly angry that his ex-partner wouldn’t have an abortion. His ex-partner later gave birth to a healthy baby. In March 2013, Cherry was further convicted on two counts of obtaining services by deception, relating to lying about his earnings to obtain a mortgage in 2003 and 2004, when he was a serving police officer.[111][112]

In April 2014, PC Adam McLean was sentenced to community service after being convicted of five counts of fraud by false representation. McLean met a member of the public in the course of his duties, later becoming friends. However, McLean later abused his position when using his bank account to pay off debts. He took £970 from the victims account in a number of transactions. McLean was dismissed after his conviction.[113][114]

In July 2015, former PC Allan Smith was jailed for nine months for harassment with fear of violence, three months for obtaining or disclosing police information and two months for another data protection offence (the sentences ran concurrently). He was also issued with a restraining order, indefinitely preventing him from contacting the victim. Following his guilty plea, Smith was dismissed from Dorset Police. Smith sent 42,000 text messages and voicemails over a few years to a former lover, putting her in fear of violence. He also accessed the Police National Computer (PNC) for reasons unrelated to his work.[115][116][117]

In February 2016, former PC Stephen Shires was given a 12 month prison sentence, suspended for two years and required to complete unpaid work, after admitting 11 counts of fraud by false representation. He was dismissed from Dorset Police in December 2015. An investigation found that Shires had used three fuel cards on 59 occasions to fuel his personal vehicle with more than £3,000-worth of fuel.[118]

2020's edit

In March 2021, PC Timothy Brehmer, was convicted of manslaughter for the death of his mistress and colleague's wife. Having had a 10-year affair, the altercation in which he is said to have strangled the victim to death took place in a local car park, following her decision to call things off.[119]

In November 2021, former PC Matthew Littlefair was jailed for two years and three months after being convicted of fraud by false representation. Littlefair claimed his salary and other money to the total of £149,764.20 from Dorset Police after reporting that after a minor road traffic collision, he couldn’t work, stating that he was injured so badly that he ‘couldn’t even lift a kettle’. However, covert surveillance revealed he was playing football with his children, walking his dog and exercising, with his phone revealing he’d completed 8,503 steps in one day. He resigned from Dorset Police after being convicted.[120][121]

In January 2023, evidential property researcher Lisa Arnold was jailed for two years having pleaded guilty to stealing £14,494.20 from cash seized from investigations. Arnold took money by slitting the bottom of evidence bags, then resealing them. An investigation revealed Arnold had stored the cash in her wardrobe before depositing large amounts of money into her bank account that exceeded her monthly salary. Arnold stated that after becoming depressed during the COVID-19 lockdown and a marriage crisis, she used online shopping as a ‘form of escapism’. At a hearing in November 2023, it was revealed that Arnold had benefited from £55,000 from stealing the money and under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, £32,829.84 could be seized back from her.[122][123]

In August 2023, PC Harry Chaplin was convicted of careless driving after crashing into a family’s car en-route to a road traffic collision. Dashcam showed the police car knocking the family’s car onto its side, knocking one occupant unconscious and suffering a bleed on the brain. PC Chaplin drove between 73mph and 81mph on a road with a 30mph limit. Whilst he was responding to an emergency with blue lights and sirens, the speed was described as ‘excessive’. PC Chaplin was fined £307, and was required to pay a £123 surcharge and £500 compensation to the family. He received eight penalty points on his license. He was not disqualified as the judge remarked that he was ‘not simply exceeding the speed limit’ but driving to a serious road traffic collision.[124][125]

In October 2023, PC Ravi Canhye was jailed for 16-and-a-half years after being convicted of two counts of rape, one count of attempted rape, three counts of assault by penetration, and sexual assault. Over a weekend in April 2022, Canhye attacked two woman. He resigned from Dorset Police on the day he was convicted.[126][127]

General edit

2010's edit

In December 2014, Dorset Police was criticised during a review by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) for the way they investigated offences, with a backlog of cases in the Safeguarding Referral Unit. The report from that year found that whilst crime had continued to fall at a greater rate in Dorset than England and Wales, levels of victim satisfaction were slightly below average for some crimes.[128]

2020's edit

In August 2021, it was reported that Dorset Police had received formal complaints regarding videos of an arrest that had been shared on social media. Dorset Police stated that the man, who was busking, refused to move on as required by by-laws banning busking in that area and became aggressive. During the arrest, the man was injured and taken to hospital. He was arrested on suspicion of ‘assault, possession of a Class B drug and resisting arrest’. He was later released under investigation.[129][130]

In November 2022, a report by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) was published about Dorset Police and seven other forces into their standards of vetting. It uncovered that due to poor vetting standards there could be ‘hundreds, if not thousands, of corrupt police officers serving in England and Wales’.[131]

In February 2023, Dorset Police said that the ‘vast majority of its staff were professional’, after recent misconduct by officers and staff.[132]

In August 2023, it was reported that since July 2021, Dorset Police had spent more than £12,300 on flights across the country for staff and officers for ‘supporting ongoing investigations, attending conferences and other national meetings and events and training’.[133]

In August 2023, it was reported that there had been 24 incidents since 2017 whereby the wrong type of fuel was put in police vehicles by Dorset Police. This cost the taxpayer £2,751 in repairs.[134]

Alliances and merger proposals edit

In 2006 the Home Office announced plans to reduce the number of police forces in the UK from 42 to 24.[135] This would have seen Dorset Police merge with Gloucestershire Constabulary, Devon and Cornwall Police, Avon and Somerset Constabulary and Wiltshire Police. The plans were publicly criticised by all the involved forces, stating that it would lead to poor quality service and a reduction in local policing.[136] The merger plans were abandoned in August 2006 by the then Home Secretary, John Reid.[137]

Devon and Cornwall Police and Dorset Police announced in December 2013 that their Chief Constables and PCCs were exploring opportunities for greater collaboration; to save costs without reducing service, and share assets, resources, expertise and best practice. Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) defines a strategic alliance as: "An agreement between two or more forces to pursue a set of agreed objectives, while retaining separate identities." A strategic alliance was agreed to in March 2015, covering over 30 administrative and operational business areas (almost 40% of the total activity of the two forces). These business areas include admin services, finance, human resources, fleet services and ICT, together with some specialist policing teams. The first joint teams became operational in April 2016. In each business area, there is a single team and management structure made up from people from both organisations, to work on behalf of both forces. Any costs and savings are shared in proportion to the size of each force. So far[when?] the strategic alliance project is on track to achieve the initial target of £12 million of combined annual savings by 2018.

In September 2017, it was announced that Dorset Police and Devon and Cornwall Police were looking at merging to form a single force.[138] This was cancelled in October 2018 when the PCC for Devon and Cornwall was unwilling to submit the merger plans to the Home Office for consideration.[139]

Officers killed in the line of duty edit

See also: List of British police officers killed in the line of duty

The Police Roll of Honour Trust and Police Memorial Trust list and commemorate all British police officers killed in the line of duty. Since its establishment in 1984, the Police Memorial Trust has erected 50 memorials nationally to some of those officers.

Officers killed in the line of duty or who have died reporting for, on, or off duty (Bournemouth Borough Police, Dorset Constabulary and Dorset Police)
Name Rank Age Force name at time Date of death Circumstances
Thomas Bishop Constable 39 Dorset Constabulary 21 September 1877 Fatally bludgeoned with stones by a drunken man he had warned. The incident occurred in Bere Regis following the Woodbury Hill Fair.[140]
Samuel Foster Superintendent 51 Bournemouth Borough Police 6 August 1904 Collapsed and died while representing the force at the funeral of a colleague.
Sidney George Wood Constable 27 Dorset Constabulary 26 April 1908 Died after crashing his bicycle on a steep hill searching for a thief
Thomas Biddlecombe Constable 47 Dorset Constabulary 18 December 1916 Whilst patrolling Thornford Road, Sherborne, he took severely ill and was taken by ambulance to Yeatman Hospital where he died.
Wilfred Charles Viney Constable 31 Dorset Constabulary 25 July 1930 Killed riding pillion in a motorcycle collision on plain clothes night patrol.
Sidney F. Loader Constable 40 Dorset Constabulary 8 September 1938 Fatally injured in a collision with a car while on cycle patrol.
Alfred E. Head Constable 46 Dorset Constabulary 19 October 1938 Fatally injured in a road collision cycling to court in bad weather.
Stanley Ivor Marsh Constable 24 Dorset Constabulary 9 February 1939 Died as a result of injuries received in 1938 when he attempted to stop a car.
Walter Charles Billett Reserve constable 61 Dorset Constabulary 5 July 1940 Killed in a fall from his bicycle while reporting for duty in the blackout.
Ronald Mayne Roffey Sergeant 37 Bournemouth Borough Police 22 August 1956 Drowned attempting to rescue his daughter from the sea in Jersey.
Cecil Robert Budden Constable 27 Dorset Constabulary 19 May 1957 Fatally injured in a collision with a car while on motorcycle patrol.
Kenneth Frederick Innell Inspector 44 Dorset Police 13 December 1982 Collapsed and died during an incident on duty at Poole Quay.
Sean Oxford Special constable 21 Dorset Police 7 May 1992 Collapsed and died during warm up exercises in preparation for self defence training.
Stephen Wilson Constable 37 Dorset Police 16 May 1996 Fatally injured in a motorcycle collision while reporting for night duty.
Ian Leslie Toomer Inspector 50 Dorset Police 20 April 1999 Killed in a road collision when his police car crashed in wet weather.
Robin Povall Detective constable 50 Dorset Police 7 March 2003 While cycling home from duty at Weymouth he was in a collision with a car that had cut across his path. He sustained serious injuries from which he died a few hours later in hospital.
Ian James Morton Detective constable 32 Dorset Police 26 October 2008 Killed in a road traffic collision whilst travelling to report for duty at Bournemouth, in the early morning, when his vehicle left the road and crashed into the wall of a bungalow at Highcliffe.
Jonathan Mark Hicken Detective constable 47 Dorset Police 6 October 2019 Collapsed and died while travelling to duty.

Dorset Police Male Voice Choir edit

The Dorset Police Male Voice Choir was founded on 4 July 1995 as independent charity that today has 60 members, that perform regularly throughout Dorset. The choir has performed throughout England and also France, Guernsey, Ireland and the USA. The choir has so far raised over £250,000 for charity.[141]

In popular culture edit

  • The 2006 book Bobbies on the Beat: 150 Years of the Dorset Police by Melvin Hann presents the history of the Dorset Police Force to mark the 150th anniversary.[142]
  • The 2018 book Operation Countryman: The Flawed Enquiry into London Police Corruption by former Metropolitan Police officer Kirby Dick, discusses Operation Countryman, an investigation into police corruption in London in the late 1970s, on which then Home Secretary, Merlyn Rees, appointed Dorset Police to investigate. The investigation was led by then Dorset Police Chief Constable, Arthur Hambleton, to which Dick describes in his book as 'shambolic'.[143]
  • In March 2017, an episode of The Kyle Files, presented by Jeremy Kyle, featured the No Excuse and Traffic unit. The 30-minute documentary featured Kyle joining the units on patrol, focusing on the dangers at the wheel, such as drink and drug driving, mobile phone use, speeding and Operation Dragoon, Dorset Police's approach to tackling the most dangerous road users.The episode was filmed in October 2016 and aired on ITV on 6 March 2017.[144]
  • In October 2017, Gordon Ramsay's documentary Gordon Ramsay on Cocaine, featured Ramsay joining the Traffic Unit on patrol in Bournemouth, for a special operation to tackle the issue of drug driving. The episode was filmed in April 2017 and the two-part programme aired on ITV on 19 October and 26 October 2017.[145]

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dorset, police, territorial, police, force, responsible, policing, county, dorset, south, west, england, which, includes, largely, rural, area, covered, dorset, council, urban, conurbation, bournemouth, christchurch, poole, agency, overviewformed1, april, 1974. Dorset Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the county of Dorset in South West England which includes the largely rural area covered by Dorset Council and the urban conurbation of Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Dorset PoliceAgency overviewFormed1 April 1974Preceding agenciesDorset County ConstabularyBournemouth Borough PoliceDorset and Bournemouth ConstabularyEmployees2 681Volunteers295Annual budget 211 1 million 2018 2019 1 Jurisdictional structureOperations jurisdictionDorset EnglandMap of police areaSize1 024 square miles 2 650 km2 2 Population774 000 2 Legal jurisdictionEngland amp WalesConstituting instrumentPolice Act 1996General natureLocal civilian policeOperational structureOverviewed byHis Majesty s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire amp Rescue Services Independent Office for Police ConductHeadquartersWinfrithConstables1 383 of which 111 are special constables 3 Police Community Support Officers123 3 Police and crime commissioner responsibleDavid Sidwick I Agency executiveAmanda Pearson chief constableFacilitiesStations24Websitewww wbr dorset wbr police wbr ukThe force covers an area of 1 024 square miles 2 650 km2 with a population of 774 000 Contents 1 History 1 1 Chief constables 1 1 1 Dorset Constabulary 1 1 2 Dorset and Bournemouth Constabulary 1 1 3 Dorset Police 1 2 Governance 2 Organisation and operations 2 1 Air Operations Unit 2 2 Criminal Investigation Department 2 3 Dog Section 2 4 Marine Policing Unit 2 5 Ports Policing Unit 2 6 Roads Policing Unit 2 7 Tactical Firearms Unit 3 Locations 4 Uniforms and equipment 4 1 Uniform 4 2 Equipment 4 3 Vehicles 5 Performance 5 1 British Crime Survey 5 2 Her Majesty s Inspectorate of Constabulary 5 3 PEEL inspection 6 Controversies 6 1 Independent Office for Police Conduct IOPC involvement 6 1 1 2010 s 6 1 2 2020 s 6 2 Officers and staff conduct 6 2 1 2000 s 6 2 2 2010 s 6 2 3 2020s 6 3 Officers and staff convicted of offences 6 3 1 2000 s 6 3 2 2010 s 6 3 3 2020 s 6 4 General 6 4 1 2010 s 6 4 2 2020 s 7 Alliances and merger proposals 8 Officers killed in the line of duty 9 Dorset Police Male Voice Choir 10 In popular culture 11 See also 12 References 13 External linksHistory editDorset County Constabulary was formed in 1855 In 1965 it had an establishment of 544 and an actual strength of 466 4 On 1 October 1967 it merged with Bournemouth Borough Police to form Dorset and Bournemouth Constabulary On 1 April 1974 this force took over some areas mainly Christchurch and its hinterland from Hampshire Constabulary and acquired its present name of Dorset Police Chief constables edit Dorset Constabulary edit 1924 1955 Peel Yates 5 1955 1962 Ronald Berry Greenwood 5 1962 1967 Arthur Hambleton 6 Dorset and Bournemouth Constabulary edit 1967 1974 Arthur Hambleton 6 Dorset Police edit 1974 1980 Arthur Hambleton 6 1981 1982 David Owen 7 1982 1995 Brian Weight 1995 1998 D W Aldous 8 1999 2004 Jane Stichbury 9 10 11 2005 2012 Martin Baker 11 12 2012 2018 Debbie Simpson 12 13 2018 2021 James Vaughan 13 2021 2023 Scott Chilton 14 2023 present Amanda Pearson 15 Governance edit Dorset Police was formerly responsible to the Dorset Police Authority which was replaced in 2012 by the elected Dorset Police and Crime Commissioner PCC The first PCC was independent Martyn Underhill MBE who served between 22 November 2012 and 12 May 2021 As of May 2021 update the PCC is David Sidwick who represents the Conservative Party Organisation and operations editThe force covers an area of 1 024 square miles 2 650 km2 with a population of 774 000 2 which increases in the tourist season In 2022 Dorset Police received 121 798 emergency calls on 999 16 In the 2018 2019 financial year Dorset Police 1 Recorded 183 412 incidents including 55 028 crimes Made 10 515 arrests Dealt with 5 832 missing persons incidents and 7 426 mental health incidentsAir Operations Unit edit Since 2014 air support has been provided by National Police Air Service NPAS 17 Its nearest helicopter is based at Bournemouth Airport and also support Devon and Cornwall Avon and Somerset Gloucestershire Wiltshire South Wales Dyfed Powys and Gwent 18 Criminal Investigation Department edit Criminal Investigation Department CID provides advice to all policing units on crime related matters and maintaining a corporate approach to reducing crime as well as providing specialist and investigative roles CID is split into numerous sub departments which include Child Protect Investigation Intelligence Directorate Scientific Support 19 Dog Section edit The Dog Section was established in 1953 the unit is based in Eastern Division HQ in Ferndown The unit comprises one inspector one sergeant 13 constables and 22 dogs including general purpose German Shepherds and more specialist breeds 20 Marine Policing Unit edit The Marine Unit is responsible for policing the 89 miles of Dorset s coastline and up to 12 miles out to sea The area is one of the busiest coastal areas in the UK including two of the busiest ports numerous shipping lanes thousands of private moorings the RNLI s busiest callout area and a training centre for the Royal Marines 21 Ports Policing Unit edit The Ports Policing Unit is responsible for policing all ports in Dorset including Poole Harbour Swanage Harbour Portland Harbour Weymouth Harbour Christchurch Harbour and Bournemouth Airport 22 23 Roads Policing Unit edit The force is responsible for policing road across the county There are no motorways located within Dorset Dorset Police have around 450 vehicles from 20 different manufacturers and drive a total of 7 5 million miles a year 24 25 The Roads Policing Unit also features the following teams Teams within the RPU include No Excuse Team launched in 2010 which aims to reduce deaths and serious injuries on Dorset roads 26 and the Interceptor Team launched in 2023 which targets criminals using the road network within Dorset 27 Tactical Firearms Unit edit The Tactical Firearms Unit responds to major and serious crimes where firearms are involved 28 Locations editThe force headquarters is at Winfrith Police stations open to the public are located at Blandford Bournemouth Central Bridport Gillingham Poole Sherborne Swanage and Weymouth Stations without a public front desk are Boscombe Dorchester Ferndown Shaftesbury Sturminster Newton Verwood Wareham Wimborne and Winton 29 There are two custody suites at Bournemouth Central and Weymouth Police station 30 31 32 33 In September 2017 the Christchurch Neighbourhood Policing Team moved to the fire station on Fairmile further advancing the relationship with Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service 34 Uniforms and equipment edit nbsp Vauxhall Astra pictured in 2020 nbsp Skoda Yeti pictured in 2018Uniform edit In 2012 Dorset Police officers moved from blue shirts to black wicking tops PCSOs wear blue wicking tops They either wear hi visibility or black tactical vests on top of body armour 35 36 37 38 Equipment edit Dorset Police use Motorola MXP600 TETRA digital radios these were updated in 2023 from the previous Motorola MTH800 TETRA digital radios They also use rigid handcuffs limb restraints telescopic batons and incapacitant spray 39 Some officers carry the Conducted Energy Device CED Axon TASER a non lethal electroshock weapon used to incapacitate targets via shocks of 50 000 volts 39 As of 2021 there were 374 officers trained in using TASER 16 Firearms officers carry a Heckler amp Koch G36 rifle and the Glock 17 pistol as their sidearm 40 Some officers are trained in the use of stinger also known as a spike strip that slowly releases air from tyres of a vehicle when it goes over it 41 Vehicles edit Previously Dorset Police Transport Services manage the force s 450 vehicles across its divisional units road policing unit and armed response 42 However in 2016 Dorset s Fleet Services aligned with Devon amp Cornwall s as part of a proposed force merger 43 As a result there are now seven workshops available across the three counties and Dorset manages and maintains approximately 500 vehicles as part of Alliance Fleet Services 43 As of 2020 Dorset Police had 429 vehicles which included 338 cars 83 vans and 8 motorcycles 16 Examples of the vehicle makes and models that Dorset Police have used or currently use are listed as follows 44 Make ModelAudi A6 Q5BMW 530D R1200 R1200RT X5 320DCitreon NemoFord Transit Connect Transit Custom Focus Fiesta Galaxy Mondeo S Max TransitHonda CR VHyundai I10 I20 I30 I800 Santa FeIsuzu NQRIves DailyLand Rover Defender FreelanderMan TGM18250Mercedes Sprinter Vito VarioMitsubishi OutlanderNissan ENV200 QashqaiPeugeot PartnerSEAT Leon AlhambraSkoda Yeti Fabia Octavia SuperbToyota RAV4Vauxhall Astra Vivaro Corsa InsigniaVolkswagen Crafter Transporter Touareg Caravelle GolfVolvo V60 V70 XC70Performance editBritish Crime Survey edit The British Crime Survey for 2010 found that there was an overall fall in crime in Dorset by 2 5 and the largest fall in crime was robbery which fell by 20 making Dorset Police the eighth best performing force out of 43 in England and Wales and first in forces similar to Dorset 45 The performance figures from Dorset Police comparing April to December 2009 with the same period during 2008 showed a 9 9 drop in burglary an 8 5 per cent drop in criminal damage a 3 5 per cent fall in vehicle crime a 3 drop in total violent crime and a 17 8 per cent fall in the most serious violent crime Criminal damage fell by 5 8 violence against the person without injury by 9 3 violence against the person by 5 2 drug offences by 5 1 and there was a 2 8 per cent fall in total recorded crime 46 According to the British Crime Survey 63 8 per cent of people think Dorset Police deals with local concerns making Dorset the best performing force in England and Wales for that issue Some 9 9 of people say there is a high level of perceived anti social behaviour making Dorset the eighth best performing force in England and Wales and the top performing force among its family of five most similar forces Some 17 6 of people said there was a big problem with drugs while 18 8 per cent of people in Dorset said there was a big problem with drunk and rowdy behaviour 51 6 of people in Dorset agreed that the police and local councils were dealing with issues making Dorset the twelfth best performing force in England and Wales 47 48 Her Majesty s Inspectorate of Constabulary edit In 2010 Her Majesty s Inspectorate of Constabulary Her Majesty s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire amp Rescue Services since 2017 HMICFRS graded Dorset Police overall as fair on local crime and policing protection from serious harm confidence and satisfaction In detail they were graded as fair at neighbourhood policing neighbourhood presence and solving crime They were rated as good at reducing crime They were graded excellent at suppressing gun crime suppressing knife crime comparative satisfaction of the BME community confidence in the police and proportion of police cost met by council They were scored poor and stable on reducing road death and injury 49 PEEL inspection edit HMICFRS conducts a periodic police effectiveness efficiency and legitimacy PEEL inspection of each police service s performance This is judged as follows Effectiveness Reducing crime and keeping people safe Efficiency How the force operates and how sustainable it s services are to the public Legitimacy How legitimately does the force treat the public and it s workforceIn its latest PEEL inspections Dorset Police were rated as follows ungraded means that it wasn t given a score not that it was necessarily un markable 50 51 Rating Outstanding Good Adequate Requires Improvement Inadequate UngradedYear2014 Reducing crime and preventing offending Tackling anti social behaviour Force is efficient Steps taken to ensure a secure financial position for the short and long term An affordable way of providing policing Investigating offending Protecting those at greatest risk of harm Tackling serious organised and complex crime Meeting commitments under the Strategic Policing Requirement Workforce acts with integrity Public perceptions of the force Responds to calls for service appropriately Data and information provided by the force is of high quality2015 Preventing crime tackling anti social behaviour and keeping people safe Investigating crime and managing offenders Protecting vulnerable people and supporting victims Tackling serious and organised crime including arrangement for fulfilling national policing responsibilities Uses resources to meet demand Practice and behaviour reinforce the wellbeing of staff and an ethical culture Understands engages with and treats members of the public fairly maintaining and improving its legitimacy Decisions taken to use stop and search and Taser are fair and appropriate Workforce model is sustainable and affordable Financial position for the short and long term is sustainable2016 Preventing crime tackling anti social behaviour and keeping people safe Investigating crime and reducing re offending Protecting vulnerable people and supporting victims Tackling serious and organised crime Understands current and likely demand Uses resources to meet current demand Plan for demand in the future Treating the public with fairness and respect Behaviour of workforce is ethical and lawful Force treats it s workforce with fairness and respect2017 Preventing crime tackling anti social behaviour and keeping people safe Investigating crime and reducing re offending Protecting vulnerable people and supporting victims Tackling serious and organised crime Understands demand and uses resources to meet demand Plan for demand in the future Treating the public with fairness and respect Behaviour of workforce is ethical and lawful Force treats it s workforce with fairness and respect2018 19 Preventing crime tackling anti social behaviour and keeping people safe Investigating crime and reducing re offending Protecting vulnerable people and supporting victims Tackling serious and organised crime Using resources to meet demand Plan for the future Treating the public with fairness and respect Behaviour of workforce is ethical and lawful2021 22 Preventing crime Developing a positive workplace Treatment of the public Protecting vulnerable people Managing offenders Good use of resources Investigating crime Responding to the publicControversies editIndependent Office for Police Conduct IOPC involvement edit The Independent Office for Police Conduct IOPC is a non departmental public body in England and Wales which since 8 January 2018 is responsible for overseeing the system for handling complaints made against police forces in England and Wales On 8 January 2018 it replaced the Independent Police Complaints Commission IPCC Dorset Police as an organisation as well as individual officers have been investigated by both these departments 2010 s edit In June 2011 PC Richard Allen was dismissed after it was discovered that he d had a relationship with a murder victim who had also been victim to domestic abuse Katarzyna Ryba was stabbed and then thrown out the window of her second floor flat in Bournemouth by her ex partner Piotr Zasada in front of their three year old daughter in October 2009 Zasada was later sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of 14 years and 62 days Allen had been assigned to a case involving Ryba and Zasada due to him continuing to threaten and stalk her despite a harassment order being in place Allen and Ryba began an affair Later she was murdered by her jealous ex partner Zasada had heard about Ryba s new relationships but didn t know Allen was a police officer An Independent Police Complaints Commission IPCC investigation uncovered that Allen had deleted text s from Ryba after he learned she had died The investigation found Allen and other officers had failed in the handling of Ryba s domestic abuse allegations although her eventual murder was not directly impacted by this Allen also carried out unauthorised searches on the police computer leading to a further investigation 52 53 In January 2016 Katrina O Hara was stabbed to death at her workplace by her former lover Stuart Thomas In December 2015 police had seized her phone leaving her without this to call for help The IOPC found three officers had cases to answer for gross misconduct Allegations of misconduct were proven against three officers with a final written warning being issued to a Detective Constable and management advice given to a Sergeant for not following procedures Dorset Police faced recommendations from the IOPC to improve their response to domestic violence and harassment cases 54 55 In August 2016 Sharon Perrett was murdered by her partner Daniel O Malley Keyes The IOPC investigated Dorset Police s contact with Perrett before she died Perrett had been a domestic abuse victim at the hands of O Malley Keyes prior to her murder As a result of this Dorset Police had attempted to contact her about a recent incident attempting to call her for three weeks but stopped calling because her phone was off Attending her home was ruled out as not to alert O Malley Keyes of police involvement and put Perrett at risk The IOPC investigation revealed that whilst police action was in line with established practices and procedures with genuine attempts by phone being made to contact Perrett alternative methods to contact her were ruled out Dorset Police changed its policy on contacting domestic violence victims using alternative methods of communication 56 57 In April 2017 police responded to reports of a distressed man running in and out of traffic in Poole On attending officers located company director Douglas Oak and suspected that he was suffering from from acute behavioural disorder ABD formerly known as excited delirium as he was sweating red in the face very hot to the touch and breathing heavily An additional six police officers arrived and assisted in restraining him for over an hour awaiting an ambulance Whilst waiting Oak went into cardiac arrest It was later discovered that specially trained police officers in first aid failed to use a bag valve mask during CPR to provide ventilation He was taken to hospital and later died The IOPC investigation found that whilst there was no indication of misconduct or criminal offences in relation to the man s death there was learning for the Force Command Centre around procedures to do with ABD and the provision of accurate information being given to the ambulance service control room Dorset Police confirmed that learning would be shared with both the Force Command Centre and the wider force Whilst the IOPC investgiation found officers at the scene identified the incident should be treated as a medical emergency an inquest into Oak s death found that Oak being restrained contributed to his death Dorset Police paid undisclosed damages to Oak s family whilst denying liability It was also found that whilst frontline officer were trained in recognising ABD control room staff in police and ambulance control room weren t trained in recognising the term This led to a 40 minute response time being allocated to the incident instead of the emergency eight minute time 58 59 60 In May 2017 77 year old John Hill committed suicide using a 22 rifle that Dorset Police s firearms licensing unit had issued a license for six weeks previously Hill had previously told his children that when the time came he would end his life by shooting himself with a rifle No enquiries were made by Dorset Police with Hill s family about the suitability for the firearms license to be granted Furthermore a routine check with Hill s doctor by the unit revealed that he was being treated for alcohol induced liver cirrhosis and whilst he had been advised to abstain from alcohol was drinking 12 units per week The IOPC found that the performance of two members of police staff within the unit did not meet expected standards and whilst this was not to be characterised as misconduct management action needed to be undertaken due to risks associated with firearms licensing Dorset Police agreed with the findings and advised management action would be given to the members of staff 61 62 In May 2018 a man was arrested by armed response officers due to being wanted He was located in a house belonging to someone else Whilst waiting for a unit to transport the man to custody the man asked for a cigarette Whilst looking for tobacco an officer found a small bag of cannabis which the man denied was his The homeowner was called on the phone and also denied it was his Another officer told the arrested man to cough the cannabis so the homeowner wouldn t get into trouble to which the man nodded The officer told him that fuck all would happen if he admitted it During an interview he denied the cannabis was his stating that he was bullied into saying it was his The Crown Prosecution Service dropped the charge of possession of cannabis against the man due to lack of evidence The IOPC found that the two officers who tried to persuade the man to admit the cannabis was his as well as not challenging each other s actions meant they had acted inappropriately Both officers were found to have committed misconduct and received written warnings 63 2020 s edit In February 2022 Sergeant Simon Kempton was given a final written warning after using the Signal messaging app to post details from a non reportable court hearing of Wayne Couzens to members of the executive group of the Police Federation of England and Wales A member of the group reported the matter to their force s professional standards department The IOPC investigated and found that Sergeant Kempton had a case to answer for gross misconduct He was given a final written warning 64 In October 2023 the IOPC s full report following the disappearance of Gaia Pope Sutherland made a number of recommendations due to the poor way Dorset Police handled the case 65 In October 2023 it was reported that the family of missing teenager Alex Bendall had complained to the IOPC after initially complaining to Dorset Police directly about the insensitive police response Their complaint was in regards to the police investigation and a claim that when the body of Alex was located an officer described the body as bones in boots Bendall had gone missing in February 2023 with their body being located in the River Frome in the area of Lubbecke Way Dorchester 66 67 68 Officers and staff conduct edit 2000 s edit In January 2006 a Dorset Police officer s use of CS gas against a Wareham gardener left him with permanent scarring The gas canister was held inches from the man s face for a prolonged period of time The man s family alleged that he was prevented from seeking medical care in the immediate aftermath of the incident 69 It was later reported that the man pleaded guilty to interfering with the arrest of another individual when he was sprayed with the incapacitant and was sentenced to two weeks in prison This sentence was served concurrently with a 3 month prison sentence for three assault by beating offences which the man also admitted and was on bail for at the time of the CS incapacitant incident 70 In August 2006 a man who had previously been sprayed with CS gas by Dorset Police was arrested and forcibly stripped searched by Dorset Police officers The man alleged that after being arrested he was forcibly strip searched before being released without being interviewed or charged He had previously made a complaint that an officer who stopped his vehicle in April 2005 was racially abusive and aggressive including using his CS spray An IPCC investigation by Kent Police cleared Dorset Police with the IPCC stating that the driver s account was not backed up by independent witnesses 71 72 On 5 December 2006 a 13 year old student was struck off his bike in Talbot Avenue by a police car on it s way to an emergency He spent three weeks in a coma and required 24 hour care Whilst the Independent Police Complaints Commission IPCC concluded that the driver was not at fault in 2010 the student was awarded substantial damages by Dorset Police who settled out of court after a High Court writ was issued in October 2009 that claimed the driver of the vehicle was travelling too fast with poor lighting and limited visibility 73 2010 s edit In 2010 prior to disciplinary hearings were commenced two Special Constables resigned over Facebook misuse 74 In September 2010 a Slovakian care worker was unlawfully detained and strip searched in a Dorset Police station in Bournemouth In a later settlement Dorset Police admitted liability and paid out damages of 4 750 The woman was stopped in a car with a friend in the Springbourne area of Bournemouth After police asked her for her details she asked to see their identify cards first however the officer s only provided their collar numbers After being unlawfully detained by officers on Holdenhurst Road in Bournemouth the woman was searched at Boscombe Police Station on suspicion that she may be possessing drugs Police paperwork alleged the woman had glazed eyes and that the vehicle she was in an Audi was a make of vehicle that had been used in recent robberies Dorset Police firstly denied anything was wrong however then offered 3 000 without admitting liability before she finally received a full apology The head of the professional standards department expressed his sincere regret for the incident It was reported that the officers belief the woman possess drugs may not be seen as reasonable 75 In December 2011 former Sergeant Neil Slater was dismissed after covering up an affair of a colleague who had died in a road traffic collision In October 2008 Detective Constable Ian Morton was killed after his car crashed into a bungalow on Lymington Road in Dorset Sergeant Neil Slater investigated Morton s death and when two mobile phones were discovered from the vehicle Slater discovered that Morton was having an affair with another officer from a different police force but that Morton s family were unaware of the relationship He instructed a junior officer to go to where the vehicle had been recovered to and destroy the mobile phone The officer refused and spoke to senior officers leading to Slater s arrest Slater later explained that his intention was to protect Morton s family from further distress In August 2009 Slater faced a misconduct panel who concluded that he should be dismissed However at a Police Appeals Tribunal in July 2010 it was concluded that Slater should instead keep his job but be reduced in rank to Constable However the Chief Constable applied for and was successful with a judicial review with the High Court finding that Slater should be dismissed quashing the tribunal s decision Slater was allowed leave to appeal the ruling in the Court of Appeal however this was later dismissed 76 77 78 In July 2012 an unnamed police officer was arrested for misconduct in public office contrary to common law They were not charged 79 In October 2013 another unnamed police officer was arrested for misconduct in public office contrary to common law They were not charged 79 In July 2015 it was reported Dorset Police were to pay compensation of more than 100 000 to two men who were Tasered and pepper sprayed during a night out in Weymouth in August 2010 This also included payment of legal costs after an inappropriate use of force Having been celebrating on a stag do the men were finding difficulty in getting a taxi home when one of them asked for help from police However when a fracas started between several police officers and other members of the public both the men were pepper sprayed with one of them being Tasered The men sued Dorset Police for false imprisonment malicious prosecution assault and battery personal injury excessive use of force and reputation damage however Dorset Police settled out of court with no admittance of liability In 2012 the convictions of the two men were quashed 80 In December 2015 PC Neil Bowditch and Sergeant Mark Hughes were found guilty of gross misconduct and dismissed after PC Bowditch became involved with a vulnerable woman that he d met on duty Both officers had then tried to cover up the inappropriate relationship with Sergeant Hughes not challenging the inappropriate conduct 81 In January 2016 PC Nigel Case was dismissed after it was found he had accessed and disclosed confidential information whilst based at Bridport Police Station Using the Criminal Justice Search CJS and Police National Computer PNC databases he searched information on himself and seven other people unrelated to his role as a police officer between 2011 and 2014 He called one of the people he had searched and disclosed police intelligence to them in 2014 82 In 2017 it was reported that an officer used racist language during an arrest and subsequently was subject to special requirements 83 In 2017 an unnamed officer formed a sexual relationship with a woman who he d met in the course of his duties During an investigation into a road traffic collision the officer discovered through initial enquiries that she was a victim of domestic abuse However days later he started messaging her privately before forming a sexual relationship The officer resigned before the investigation concluded 84 In June 2017 a man was arrested by officers for offences related to s 52 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 causing or inciting someone to become a prostitute for gain After being released under investigation the man was subsequently released without charge He sued Dorst Police for damages relating to false imprisonment and that his rights under Articles 5 and Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights had been infringed Dorset Police admitted the man s arrest was procedurally unlawful stating the arresting officer was not properly briefed They argued however that should the correct procedure have been followed the man would still have been arrested At court the man was awarded substantial damages 85 In September 2017 an unnamed officer was dismissed after admitting gross misconduct for beginning a relationship with a victim of sexual assault After attending the initial incident he later visited her and formed a sexual relationship 86 In October 2017 an unnamed police officer was arrested for misconduct in public office contrary to common law They were not charged 79 In November 2017 PC Kenneth Walmsley was dismissed after being found guilty of gross misconduct after admitting searching for information on police computer systems as well as using a pool car owned by the police for personal use which he used a police fuel card to refuel the car with 87 In June 2018 Sergeant Stephen Hughes was issued a final written warning having admitted he had made inappropriate comments between April 2014 and January 2016 to two female colleagues whilst based at Dorchester Police Station 88 In August 2018 an armed police officer accidentally shot a driver in the arm whilst trying to stop his car in Bournemouth After putting his hand on the driver s door the driver pulled the car away with the officer accidentally firing their Glock pistol Whilst no criminal offence or misconduct was found the officer was advised to complete a refresher course before retiring to frontline duties 89 2020s edit In January 2020 a misconduct panel found former PC Hannah White and PC Jamie Woodfine attended an address in Poole to check on the welfare of a woman and had lied about what had happened In June 2018 the officers responded to a call from a member of the public in relation to a man who may have breached a court order On attendance a man who was prevented from contacting the woman was at the address The court order meant the man was liable to arrest from breaching the order The officers decided not to arrest the man finding there was no risk to the woman However White updated the log stating the man was not present at the address White resigned prior to the misconduct hearing with Woodfine being dismissed without notice 90 In February 2020 DC Nick Gravenor was dismissed after being found guilty of gross misconduct after sexually assaulting a colleague at her home in 2015 Prior to this he had touched her inappropriately and made innapropraite comments towards her The victim decided to report Gravenor when she heard a colleague praising him 91 In June 2020 former Inspector William Billy Bulloch was found guilty of gross misconduct for engaging in sexual activity with members of the public while on duty Whilst details were never released during the misconduct hearing Bulloch also pursued other individuals for sex while on duty including having sex with colleagues whilst on duty He resigned before the hearing 92 In September 2021 former PC Christopher Maidment was found guilty of gross misconduct for sexually harassing female colleagues whilst on duty between 2019 and 2021 An investigation uncovered that Maidment had made a a large number of harassing comments of a sexual nature to female colleagues both over message and in person He also inappropriately touched some of his colleagues 93 In October 2021 PC Sean Ford was dismissed after forming an inappropriate relationship with a victim of domestic abuse In September 2019 PC Sean Ford attended the home address of a domestic abuse victim to take a statement about a recent incident He was the investigating officer regarding the allegation between the woman and her ex husband His initial involvement was to take the statement of her ex husband however he later attended the woman s address to take a further statement from her The pair became friends on Facebook and exchanged numbers A few days later Ford later attended her address where they had sex and he stayed over Shortly before Christmas 2019 Ford moved into her home Whilst Ford admitted misconduct he denied gross misconduct However it was concluded that Ford s involvement with the woman who was vulnerable was a serious conflict of interest which could have affected the administration of justice He was found guilty of gross misconduct and dismissed 94 95 In November 2021 former Superintendent Michael Rogers was found guilty of gross misconduct having claimed thousands of pounds in false expenses The panel found that between July 2015 and March 2019 Rogers was using police vehicles for work and private trips when he knew he shouldn t be doing He knowingly declared less private mileage than he had travelled and submitted claims for expenses that he had not incurred Other claims included expenses of 4 000 for meals It was concluded that if he hadn t resigned in May 2021 he would have been dismissed In August 2022 Rogers committed suicide dying at age 56 He had contacted his GP about his mental health during the investigation in October 2020 and in August 2021 had previously attempted to commit suicide 96 97 In January 2022 a misconduct panel found PC Jonathan Bell had stolen four or five stakes from a Dorset Police shooting range to build garden furniture between July and August 2019 He then lied to his supervisor that he would return them even though he had built a table from them He told a sergeant that he had taken the stakes to prop up a lean to An inspector along with a sergeant visited Bell s address and found a big blue chunky table on a deck as well as informing the professional standards department Bell resigned from Dorset Police prior to the misconduct hearing 98 99 In April 2022 an investigation by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and ITV revealed 30 police officers and staff from Dorset Police were reported for domestic abuse between January 2018 and September 2021 Two officers or staff were subject to disciplinary action two were either removed or retired resigned and three received a criminal outcome all in relation to the allegations against them 100 In May 2022 three off duty officers were asked to reflect on their behaviour after encroaching on the football pitch at the end of an AFC Bournemouth match at the Vitality Stadium against Nottingham Forest in which the team were promoted to the Premier League This is an offence contrary to the Football Offences Act 1991 101 In June 2022 a misconduct panel found that between September 2021 and January 2022 former PC Robert Hopper conducted an inappropriate relationship with a victim of domestic abuse Hopper had met the victim through the course of his duties and he was the officer in charge of investigating the incident He used his work email to send flirtatious emails as well as using WhatsApp to message her and visiting her home without any policing purpose where he had consensual sex with her Hopper also sent two emails containing details of policing matters to a person outside Dorset Police The misconduct hearing concluded that he would have been sacked if he hadn t already resigned 102 103 104 In January 2023 it was reported that an unnamed Sergeant would have been sacked if he hadn t already resigned after misconduct was proved against him regarding improper relationships that he d pursued with student officers who reported directly to him The panel heard that between April and May 2022 the sergeant made sexual phone calls to one student officer and sent flirtatious messages to another The sergeant had been warned in June 2021 about the same behaviour but continued his inappropriate conduct including engaging in a consensual sex act with a vulnerable student officer who had reported being a victim of domestic abuse as well as kissing another in his garage 105 In June 2023 PC Mark Jordan Gill and former PC Paul Perdrisat were found guilty of gross misconduct having shared inappropriate messages in a toxic WhatsApp group for the Force Support Group Posts that were shared were sexual pornographic misogynistic homophobic racist and bulling This left one member feeling suicidal Two other members of the group PC Michael Lowther and PC Matthew Young were found guilty of misconduct with PC Lowther being given a written warning and PC Young being given a final written warning 106 In August 2023 Inspector Nicholas Mantle was found guilty of gross misconduct and dismissed for also posting innapropriate images 107 In July 2023 it was reported that according to a Freedom of Information Act request between May 2022 and May 2023 there were 14 misconduct cases against officers and staff which had a factor of violence against women and girls VAWG This led to nine officers and staff being suspended following the outcome of the cases Others faced a written warning reduction in rank reflective practice or no further action 108 Officers and staff convicted of offences edit 2000 s edit In February 2003 former PC Steven Rigler was found guilty of perverting the course of justice and imprisoned for 18 months During a night In January 2001 Rigler was on patrol in Christchurch when he saw a 17 year old girl sat in the street with a friend having been on a night out He offered to take them home but stated he first had to go to an emergency Instead he returned to the police station collected a condom from his locker and returned to collect the girls After dropping the first girl home Rigler allegedly forced the girl to give him oral sex in a lay by Rigler admitted that she had performed a consensual sex act on him whilst driving the car in return for a lift home The girl later complained and Rigler attempted to cover up what had happened by damaging his car and forging a blackmail letter lying that it was the girl On the bonnet of his car Rigler scratched a crucifix placing a sign rom an undertakers on the roof He forged the letter by cutting words from magazines adding a phone number on it which Rigler stated he rang and was told for 1 000 the case would be dropped However saliva on the letter s gummed strip was DNA tested and proved it belonged to Rigler Rigler was cleared of indecent assault but found guilty of perverting the course of justice 109 110 2010 s edit In September 2012 former PC Matthew Cherry was jailed for 10 years for attempting to cause grievous bodily harm with intent after attacking his pregnant ex girlfriend attempting to cause her to miscarry their child Cherry resigned from Dorset Police before he was charged Cherry wore a balaclava and put on a fake accent carrying out a savage attack on his ex partner by punching her in the stomach and back He was reportedly angry that his ex partner wouldn t have an abortion His ex partner later gave birth to a healthy baby In March 2013 Cherry was further convicted on two counts of obtaining services by deception relating to lying about his earnings to obtain a mortgage in 2003 and 2004 when he was a serving police officer 111 112 In April 2014 PC Adam McLean was sentenced to community service after being convicted of five counts of fraud by false representation McLean met a member of the public in the course of his duties later becoming friends However McLean later abused his position when using his bank account to pay off debts He took 970 from the victims account in a number of transactions McLean was dismissed after his conviction 113 114 In July 2015 former PC Allan Smith was jailed for nine months for harassment with fear of violence three months for obtaining or disclosing police information and two months for another data protection offence the sentences ran concurrently He was also issued with a restraining order indefinitely preventing him from contacting the victim Following his guilty plea Smith was dismissed from Dorset Police Smith sent 42 000 text messages and voicemails over a few years to a former lover putting her in fear of violence He also accessed the Police National Computer PNC for reasons unrelated to his work 115 116 117 In February 2016 former PC Stephen Shires was given a 12 month prison sentence suspended for two years and required to complete unpaid work after admitting 11 counts of fraud by false representation He was dismissed from Dorset Police in December 2015 An investigation found that Shires had used three fuel cards on 59 occasions to fuel his personal vehicle with more than 3 000 worth of fuel 118 2020 s edit In March 2021 PC Timothy Brehmer was convicted of manslaughter for the death of his mistress and colleague s wife Having had a 10 year affair the altercation in which he is said to have strangled the victim to death took place in a local car park following her decision to call things off 119 In November 2021 former PC Matthew Littlefair was jailed for two years and three months after being convicted of fraud by false representation Littlefair claimed his salary and other money to the total of 149 764 20 from Dorset Police after reporting that after a minor road traffic collision he couldn t work stating that he was injured so badly that he couldn t even lift a kettle However covert surveillance revealed he was playing football with his children walking his dog and exercising with his phone revealing he d completed 8 503 steps in one day He resigned from Dorset Police after being convicted 120 121 In January 2023 evidential property researcher Lisa Arnold was jailed for two years having pleaded guilty to stealing 14 494 20 from cash seized from investigations Arnold took money by slitting the bottom of evidence bags then resealing them An investigation revealed Arnold had stored the cash in her wardrobe before depositing large amounts of money into her bank account that exceeded her monthly salary Arnold stated that after becoming depressed during the COVID 19 lockdown and a marriage crisis she used online shopping as a form of escapism At a hearing in November 2023 it was revealed that Arnold had benefited from 55 000 from stealing the money and under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 32 829 84 could be seized back from her 122 123 In August 2023 PC Harry Chaplin was convicted of careless driving after crashing into a family s car en route to a road traffic collision Dashcam showed the police car knocking the family s car onto its side knocking one occupant unconscious and suffering a bleed on the brain PC Chaplin drove between 73mph and 81mph on a road with a 30mph limit Whilst he was responding to an emergency with blue lights and sirens the speed was described as excessive PC Chaplin was fined 307 and was required to pay a 123 surcharge and 500 compensation to the family He received eight penalty points on his license He was not disqualified as the judge remarked that he was not simply exceeding the speed limit but driving to a serious road traffic collision 124 125 In October 2023 PC Ravi Canhye was jailed for 16 and a half years after being convicted of two counts of rape one count of attempted rape three counts of assault by penetration and sexual assault Over a weekend in April 2022 Canhye attacked two woman He resigned from Dorset Police on the day he was convicted 126 127 General edit 2010 s edit In December 2014 Dorset Police was criticised during a review by His Majesty s Inspectorate of Constabulary HMIC for the way they investigated offences with a backlog of cases in the Safeguarding Referral Unit The report from that year found that whilst crime had continued to fall at a greater rate in Dorset than England and Wales levels of victim satisfaction were slightly below average for some crimes 128 2020 s edit In August 2021 it was reported that Dorset Police had received formal complaints regarding videos of an arrest that had been shared on social media Dorset Police stated that the man who was busking refused to move on as required by by laws banning busking in that area and became aggressive During the arrest the man was injured and taken to hospital He was arrested on suspicion of assault possession of a Class B drug and resisting arrest He was later released under investigation 129 130 In November 2022 a report by His Majesty s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire amp Rescue Services HMICFRS was published about Dorset Police and seven other forces into their standards of vetting It uncovered that due to poor vetting standards there could be hundreds if not thousands of corrupt police officers serving in England and Wales 131 In February 2023 Dorset Police said that the vast majority of its staff were professional after recent misconduct by officers and staff 132 In August 2023 it was reported that since July 2021 Dorset Police had spent more than 12 300 on flights across the country for staff and officers for supporting ongoing investigations attending conferences and other national meetings and events and training 133 In August 2023 it was reported that there had been 24 incidents since 2017 whereby the wrong type of fuel was put in police vehicles by Dorset Police This cost the taxpayer 2 751 in repairs 134 Alliances and merger proposals editIn 2006 the Home Office announced plans to reduce the number of police forces in the UK from 42 to 24 135 This would have seen Dorset Police merge with Gloucestershire Constabulary Devon and Cornwall Police Avon and Somerset Constabulary and Wiltshire Police The plans were publicly criticised by all the involved forces stating that it would lead to poor quality service and a reduction in local policing 136 The merger plans were abandoned in August 2006 by the then Home Secretary John Reid 137 Devon and Cornwall Police and Dorset Police announced in December 2013 that their Chief Constables and PCCs were exploring opportunities for greater collaboration to save costs without reducing service and share assets resources expertise and best practice Her Majesty s Inspectorate of Constabulary HMIC defines a strategic alliance as An agreement between two or more forces to pursue a set of agreed objectives while retaining separate identities A strategic alliance was agreed to in March 2015 covering over 30 administrative and operational business areas almost 40 of the total activity of the two forces These business areas include admin services finance human resources fleet services and ICT together with some specialist policing teams The first joint teams became operational in April 2016 In each business area there is a single team and management structure made up from people from both organisations to work on behalf of both forces Any costs and savings are shared in proportion to the size of each force So far when the strategic alliance project is on track to achieve the initial target of 12 million of combined annual savings by 2018 In September 2017 it was announced that Dorset Police and Devon and Cornwall Police were looking at merging to form a single force 138 This was cancelled in October 2018 when the PCC for Devon and Cornwall was unwilling to submit the merger plans to the Home Office for consideration 139 Officers killed in the line of duty editSee also List of British police officers killed in the line of duty The Police Roll of Honour Trust and Police Memorial Trust list and commemorate all British police officers killed in the line of duty Since its establishment in 1984 the Police Memorial Trust has erected 50 memorials nationally to some of those officers Officers killed in the line of duty or who have died reporting for on or off duty Bournemouth Borough Police Dorset Constabulary and Dorset Police Name Rank Age Force name at time Date of death CircumstancesThomas Bishop Constable 39 Dorset Constabulary 21 September 1877 Fatally bludgeoned with stones by a drunken man he had warned The incident occurred in Bere Regis following the Woodbury Hill Fair 140 Samuel Foster Superintendent 51 Bournemouth Borough Police 6 August 1904 Collapsed and died while representing the force at the funeral of a colleague Sidney George Wood Constable 27 Dorset Constabulary 26 April 1908 Died after crashing his bicycle on a steep hill searching for a thiefThomas Biddlecombe Constable 47 Dorset Constabulary 18 December 1916 Whilst patrolling Thornford Road Sherborne he took severely ill and was taken by ambulance to Yeatman Hospital where he died Wilfred Charles Viney Constable 31 Dorset Constabulary 25 July 1930 Killed riding pillion in a motorcycle collision on plain clothes night patrol Sidney F Loader Constable 40 Dorset Constabulary 8 September 1938 Fatally injured in a collision with a car while on cycle patrol Alfred E Head Constable 46 Dorset Constabulary 19 October 1938 Fatally injured in a road collision cycling to court in bad weather Stanley Ivor Marsh Constable 24 Dorset Constabulary 9 February 1939 Died as a result of injuries received in 1938 when he attempted to stop a car Walter Charles Billett Reserve constable 61 Dorset Constabulary 5 July 1940 Killed in a fall from his bicycle while reporting for duty in the blackout Ronald Mayne Roffey Sergeant 37 Bournemouth Borough Police 22 August 1956 Drowned attempting to rescue his daughter from the sea in Jersey Cecil Robert Budden Constable 27 Dorset Constabulary 19 May 1957 Fatally injured in a collision with a car while on motorcycle patrol Kenneth Frederick Innell Inspector 44 Dorset Police 13 December 1982 Collapsed and died during an incident on duty at Poole Quay Sean Oxford Special constable 21 Dorset Police 7 May 1992 Collapsed and died during warm up exercises in preparation for self defence training Stephen Wilson Constable 37 Dorset Police 16 May 1996 Fatally injured in a motorcycle collision while reporting for night duty Ian Leslie Toomer Inspector 50 Dorset Police 20 April 1999 Killed in a road collision when his police car crashed in wet weather Robin Povall Detective constable 50 Dorset Police 7 March 2003 While cycling home from duty at Weymouth he was in a collision with a car that had cut across his path He sustained serious injuries from which he died a few hours later in hospital Ian James Morton Detective constable 32 Dorset Police 26 October 2008 Killed in a road traffic collision whilst travelling to report for duty at Bournemouth in the early morning when his vehicle left the road and crashed into the wall of a bungalow at Highcliffe Jonathan Mark Hicken Detective constable 47 Dorset Police 6 October 2019 Collapsed and died while travelling to duty Dorset Police Male Voice Choir editThe Dorset Police Male Voice Choir was founded on 4 July 1995 as independent charity that today has 60 members that perform regularly throughout Dorset The choir has performed throughout England and also France Guernsey Ireland and the USA The choir has so far raised over 250 000 for charity 141 In popular culture editThe 2006 book Bobbies on the Beat 150 Years of the Dorset Police by Melvin Hann presents the history of the Dorset Police Force to mark the 150th anniversary 142 The 2018 book Operation Countryman The Flawed Enquiry into London Police Corruption by former Metropolitan Police officer Kirby Dick discusses Operation Countryman an investigation into police corruption in London in the late 1970s on which then Home Secretary Merlyn Rees appointed Dorset Police to investigate The investigation was led by then Dorset Police Chief Constable Arthur Hambleton to which Dick describes in his book as shambolic 143 In March 2017 an episode of The Kyle Files presented by Jeremy Kyle featured the No Excuse and Traffic unit The 30 minute documentary featured Kyle joining the units on patrol focusing on the dangers at the wheel such as drink and drug driving mobile phone use speeding and Operation Dragoon Dorset Police s approach to tackling the most dangerous road users The episode was filmed in October 2016 and aired on ITV on 6 March 2017 144 In October 2017 Gordon Ramsay s documentary Gordon Ramsay on Cocaine featured Ramsay joining the Traffic Unit on patrol in Bournemouth for a special operation to tackle the issue of drug driving The episode was filmed in April 2017 and the two part programme aired on ITV on 19 October and 26 October 2017 145 See also editLaw 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