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Working together to prevent knife crime
Knife crime devastates lives, families, and communities. While Dorset thankfully experiences low le...
Working together to prevent knife crime
Knife crime devastates lives, families, and communities. While Dorset thankfully experiences low lev...

You said, We did: Anti-Social Behaviour
Since becoming PCC, I have asked you each year to share your views on crime, safety, and policing th...

Your Voice, Your Safety, Your Dorset
As your Police and Crime Commissioner, I want to hear directly from you. My Annual Survey is now liv...
Protecting Our Countryside: A collaborative approach
As Police and Crime Commissioner, I am committed to ensuring that every part of Dorset — from our to...
Putting young people front and centre
When it comes to effectively tackling youth violence, early intervention is key. Dealing with the is...
Violence Reduction and Prevention
Today, I would like to tell you more about the work of my Office’s Violence Reduction and Prevention...
PCC response to national media reports about Bournemouth
Dear Dorset Alert readers, I wanted to share in full the statement that I have sent to the press to...

Fighting Violent Crime and High Harm
Over the next few weeks, I will be highlighting the significant work taking place in Dorset to tackl...

Action on e-scooters
Today, I’d like to discuss a topic which has been in the news recently and is an issue I have consis...

Making Dorset 'No Place for Drugs'
Over the past few weeks, the focus of my newsletters has been around illegal drugs and harmful subst...

Prevention 'front and centre'
Last week’s newsletter was focused on cannabis and my latest work to lobby the Government to review ...

Talking about cannabis reclassification
Recently, cannabis has been in the news again, and today I’d like to tell you more about my position...

Protecting our young people from drugs gangs
As part of the commitment made in my Police and Crime Plan to tackle the dangers of illegal drugs an...

Operation Scorpion: Tackling the enablers
Recently, the twelfth round of Operation Scorpion took place across the south west, with PCCs and Fo...

ASB Awareness Week: What's happening in Dorset?
This week is Anti-social Behaviour Awareness Week, a subject which I know is of utmost importance to...

Neighbourhood Policing Week
One of the most common pieces of feedback the public give me is that they want to see ‘more bobbies ...

Drug prevention: Now is the time for change
Recently, a report on drug prevention was published by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (...

Knife Crime Awareness Week in Dorset
In the week where I have launched my Youth Participation strategy with a call out to all of Dorset’s...

Knife Crime: How it impacts a victim and their family
Knife crime in Dorset remains low compared to the national picture, but one person carrying a knife ...