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Dorset Police
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Dorset Police
Dorset Police area
Area Dorset
Size 1,024 square miles
Population 687,000
Operations
Formed 1974
HQ Winfrith
Budget {{{budget}}}
Officers 1502
Divisions 4
Stations 24
Chief Constable Martin Baker
Website Dorset Police

Dorset Police is the Home Office police force with the responsibility of policing the English county of Dorset. Dorset ( (or archaically, Dorsetshire) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast Winfrith was a United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority site located near Winfrith Newburgh in Dorset. The Home Office is the United Kingdom government department responsible for security and order Police are agents or agencies usually of the executive, empowered to enforce the law and to effect public and social order through the legitimatized use of force England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A county is a Land area of Regional Government within a larger State. Dorset ( (or archaically, Dorsetshire) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast

As of appoximately July 2007 the force had an establishment of 1502 police officers, 250 Special Constables 1133 civilian staff, 83 Volunteers and 162 Police Community Support Officers. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. A police officer (also known as a policeman or policewoman) is a warranted employee of a Police force. The Special Constabulary is the part-time volunteer section of a statutory Police force in the United Kingdom or some Crown dependencies Police Community Support Officers ( PCSO) (Swyddogion Cymorth Cymunedol yr Heddlu SCCH or Heddlu Ategol are uniformed personnel working with the Police in England

51% of Dorset's 687,000 Population reside in 5% of the area, which is the conurbations of Poole and Bournemouth. Poole ( is a large coastal town and seaport in Dorset on the south coast of England Bournemouth ( is a large coastal resort town in the Borough of Bournemouth in Dorset, England. Within the tourist season this number rises by another 300,000.

As of April 2008, the force is divided into two Divisions: Conurbation Division (consisting of the borough's of Bournemouth and Poole) and Rural Division (consisting of the rest of Dorset, stretching from Lyme Regis in the west, to Verwood in the north and Highcliffe in the east of the county). This restructuring is in line with force policy of recreating a "Neighbourhood led police force".

The Chief Constable is Martin Baker. Chief Constable is the title given to the Chief police officer of every territorial police force in the United Kingdom except the two responsible for Greater

In a typical day Dorset Police face (based on December 2006 figures):

The force took its present form on 1 April 1974 when, under the Local Government Act 1972, the previous Dorset and Bournemouth Constabulary took in areas previously covered by Hampshire Constabulary (that is, Christchurch and hinterland). Events in December Union Day of Romania (1 December World AIDS Day ( December 1) National Day of Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. The Local Government Act 1972 (1972 c 70 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom, that reformed local government in England and Wales Hampshire Constabulary is the Home Office Police force responsible for policing Hampshire and the Isle of Wight in southern England Geography and administration Although within the historic county boundaries of Hampshire, at the time of the 1974 local government re-organisation it was considered The establishment of the Dorset and Bournemouth police dates from 1 October 1967 when the Dorset Constabulary merged with the Bournemouth Borough Police covering the borough of Bournemouth, which was itself until 1974 part of Hampshire. Events 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. A borough is an Administrative division of various countries In principle the term borough designates a self-governing Township although in practice Bournemouth ( is a large coastal resort town in the Borough of Bournemouth in Dorset, England. Wildlife Hampshire has wildlife typical of the island of Great Britain

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Law enforcement in the United Kingdom is organised separately in Scotland, Northern Ireland, England and Wales (administration of Police matters There are a number of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom.
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