Council tax increase to boost policing
Police and Crime Panel members have approved plans to raise the amount households pay to fund Dorset Police.
Police and Crime Panel members have approved plans to raise the amount households pay to fund Dorset Police.
The latest figures released by Dorset Police show that there has been a 6.1 per cent drop in recorded crime in the county.
Dorset’s Police and Crime Commissioner, Martyn Underhill, is leading a call for police and council key workers to receive COVID-19 vaccinations and testing.
Martyn Underhill is unable to see people face to face this year, so the question and answer event is to be held virtually.
Members of the public are being asked to pay an extra £1.25 per month for an enhanced police service and to recruit new officers.
An innovative domestic abuse prevention scheme is to target Dorset’s most dangerous domestic abuse perpetrators.
Are there questions you would like to put to Dorset’s Police and Crime Commissioner? If so, now is your chance.
A change coming into effect this weekend will have a devastating impact on thousands of people in Dorset, and many more across the rest of the country.
A scheme supporting vulnerable women to reduce reoffending has been commended at the Howard League Community Awards.
Acts Fast, which works with the non-abusive parents or carers of children who have made a disclosure of sexual abuse, was able to continue operating during the pandemic thanks to funding accessed through the Dorset Police and Crime Commissioner.