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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I was victim of stranger hitting me and police didn’t arrest her and in end ask us to leave the beach and we just arrived from Reading driving 2.5 h hours to have fun with my 4 kids and to protect m... See more

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You have shut the police station down in Shaftesbury, but keep it open for clandestine activities. The public pay hard earned taxes and you show your appreciation by hiding behind a closed police stat... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

My heartfelt thanks to all the Police Officers who attended me to search for my husband Howard Jones,who suffers from dementia, who went missing on Weymouth sea front on Saturday 6th September. They a... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Disgusting Police force that throws its own officers under the bus for doing their job! One of their officers arrests a knife carrying 15yr old believed to be involved in two violent attacks and he ge... See more

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Dorset Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the English county of Dorset in the south-west of England.


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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Mental abuse doesn’t matter

I have been waiting over a week to speak to someone regarding Mental abuse. I have contacted National Domestic Abuse Services who have managed to get me into court within 3 days but the police have done nothing!
They obviously don’t care about mental abuse as it’s difficult to prove and could mean doing some work so probably best to ignore it and hopefully the person with the problem will go away one way or another.
Clare’s law was supposed to help prevent Abuse escalation but nothing has been learned from Clare’s death

June 15, 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Corruption, incompetence, protection…

I have studied Dorset Police for 20 years, and everything I have looked at has been entiry rotten. The common themes are of course corruption, misinformation, incompetence, self promotion, protection and cover-up. A large part of my exposure is covered in the pages at dorsetspeed.org.uk

March 5, 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

If I could leave zero stars I would

If I could leave zero stars I would. My partner's motorbike was stolen off our driveway overnight and not only did the police not bother to come collect the cctv from across the road but also when we were informed by a member of the public that it had been seen we told the police and they told us they were "too busy" to check it out. We went out there ourselves and spent 3 hours hunting it down. When we found it we called police to come and get fingerprints and were told they don't take prints from motorcycle thefts and to recover it ourselves. We've still not had anybody come out so the people who stole it get off scott free! Absolutely disgusting.

July 13, 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Dorset Police officer for 12 years

I was a Dorset police officer for 12 years and due to my wife's malicious 999 call to the force, I ended up on the wrong side of the custody desk. What followed then, was what I can only describe as a malicious police investigation against me, which resulted in me being charged with offences, which were dropped 3 months later, with the cps stating that the victim had lied on every count. I was in the top 2 percent of the country for evidence gathering and going through the paperwork I saw so many cover ups, lies, evidence not disclosed to me, or the cps, it was obvious that they were going to charge me no matter that there was no corroborating evidence.
A recording made at the time of the alleged crime was never played to me because the interviewing officer said he couldn't find a plug for the laptop, that recording would have proved I was innocent, similar to the only witness, who's statement backed me up. An officer lied in order to get me arrested, then further lied in his statement and produced evidence that when asked for, Dorset Police could not produce.
That officer was someone that I was on the same squad, and hated me because I and several other officers had reported him for falling asleep at work, not just once, but hundreds of times and nothing happened to him, similar to nothing happening to him with his statement in which he lied.
It transpired that I was unlawfully detained by Dorset police, and they won't even admit that, when they boast that they work with honesty and integrity. It's one of the reasons why I've written this review. I've also written a book about my police career and the corruption I was a victim of, and how they hid behind legislation, which meant that I could not complain about my treatment officially. The Home Office said I could be a whistleblower and they told Dorset Police to investigate the officers concerned for criminal offences, miscarriage of justice, failing to fulfil their legal obligations and trying to cover it all up, but even then Dorset Police refused to investigate the officers concerned. People have a right to know the truth about Dorset Police.
My book is called Declining The Right To Remain Silent and is available on Amazon and the BBC are also considering doing a documentary about it.

April 9, 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Used a scam website to prosecute a vulnerable person

Arrested me for getting caught in a website scam and the they made out to court the website was not a scam.
I was vulnerable when arrested and nearly killed by police process. I have been left disabled and major financial loss.

The court found me unanimously not guilty of the major prosecution .

I have found them deceitful, money grabbing and dishonest with low moral values and unaccountable for their misdemeanours. It’s not just Sarah Everard, but a despicable culture in my opinion.

October 19, 2021
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I would like to say a huge thank you to…

I would like to say a huge thank you to the Dorset police Department for sorting out an issue I had with some photographic equipment, which ended up in the UK.
Top marks for both the speed of reply and for the very positive outcome. Great work.

June 8, 2021
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