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News & Blog

Check out our latest news and blogs to find out how we are working hard to improve community safety, reduce crime and hold the police to account.

Events

Find out all the latest event information, and learn when you can interact with the PCC and his team at shows, public meetings, community days and forums.

Newsletters

The Dorset Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner produce a quarterly newsletter explaining progress in making Dorset safer and feel safer through community initiatives.

Victim Care

Becoming a victim of crime can be a distressing experience, which can affect people in different ways, for example; emotionally, financially or physically.

Restorative Justice

Restorative Justice (RJ) is an approach to justice that focuses on the needs of victims, offenders and the involved community, as opposed to simply punishing the offender. RJ is victim focussed and lets victims tell offenders the real impact of their crime.

Custody Visiting

Independent Custody Visitors (ICVs) provide an independent check on the welfare of people who are detained in custody.

Newsletters

The Dorset Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner produce a quarterly newsletter explaining progress in making Dorset safer and feel safer through community initiatives.

Victim Care

Becoming a victim of crime can be a distressing experience, which can affect people in different ways, for example; emotionally, financially or physically.

What we spend and how we spend it

On this page you can access financial information relating to our projected and actual income and expenditure, procurement, contracts and financial audit.

Consultations

Your Voice in Policing!

Volunteering

The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner has opportunities for members of the public to volunteer their time and energy to support the PCC’s overall vision of making Dorset a better place for people to live, work and visit.

Surgeries

Your chance to speak directly to PCC Martyn Underhill one-to-one about policing or wider community safety issues.

A restorative approach to hate crime resolution

To mark this year’s Hate Crime Awareness Week, agencies from across the criminal justice system have expressed their commitment to increasing reporting and providing the best possible service for victims.

Results of the use of force consultation

I would like to thank all those that completed the July consultation on this hugely important area of policing business.

PCC reflects on Modern Slavery Conference

Modern slavery is an appalling stain on our society. It’s a brutal form of organised crime, in which people are treated as commodities and exploited.

Message from PCC Martyn Underhill

I welcome the proposals that have been put forward today.

Responding to the latest statistics on mental health

Today, new statistics revealed that call handlers working for the Metropolitan Police received calls relating to mental health every five minutes last year.

Getting tougher on animal cruelty

Currently, criminal sanctions for animal cruelty in England and Wales are extremely lenient and in my view totally inadequate.

Protecting our policing model

At tomorrow’s National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) meeting, police leaders will be discussing the prospect of offering a gun to every frontline officer in England and Wales.

A statement from the PCC on the Taser uplift announcement

Last week it was announced that the Force will be increasing the number of officers trained to carry a Taser to 250 over a two year period. I fully support this operational decision.

National Volunteers' Week 2017

As part of the week-long celebration, I was lucky to spend this afternoon discussing the new Police and Crime Plan with a group of our fantastic volunteers.

Response to the London attacks

Sadly, we have seen three terrorist attacks in quick succession in the UK. Our thoughts go out to the innocent victims and to the brave first responders who lost their lives or were injured.