Dorset

A Severe Breach of Trust Former Dorset Police officer Paul Kessell admitted to drink-driving, committing an offence while off duty that raised concerns over police […]

FIVE officers from Dorset Police have been suspended over allegations over ‘discriminatory’ WhatsApp messages. An investigation has been launched into the five police officers after a report about the allegations was made to the force’s Professional Standards Department in July 2022. Dorset Police say a referral was made to the Independent Office for Police Conduct […] […]

A former Dorset Police officer who faked an injury so he could claim £150,000 of his salary has been found guilty of gross misconduct. For more than two years, PC Matthew Littlefair from Alderholt, Hampshire, claimed full pay and other benefits while “putting on an act” that he was so badly hurt he “couldn’t even […] […]

Campaigners are calling for the police and public officials to be compelled to tell the truth by law with some going further and suggesting that the only way to stop the lying is to have mandatory sentences. Their demands for reform have been reignited by ITV drama Anne, which tells the story of a mother’s […] […]

A former Dorset Police constable who carried out unsolicited physical contact and made sexually explicit comments to female colleagues has been found guilty of gross misconduct and would have been dismissed from the Force had he not already resigned. On Tuesday 21 September 2021 Dorset Police held a Special Case Hearing at Devon & Cornwall […] […]

Michael Rogers, who retired as a superintendent in May 2021, appeared at a misconduct hearing at Dorset Police Headquarters in Winfrith between Wednesday, October 27 and Wednesday, November 3, in relation to allegations that he had breached the standards of professional behaviour relating to honesty and integrity, as well as those concerning orders and instructions, […] […]

A FORMER Dorset Police officer who was jailed for killing his long-term lover in a pub car park has filed an application to appeal the […]

Sergeant Robbie Jephcott 2343 goes off the rails in a shameful, ego fuelled display of aggression toward a driver who refuses to follow his unlawful […]