Dorset

Dorset Police officers suspended over WhatsApp messages

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 […] […]

Dorset

Dorset Police constable found guilty of gross misconduct

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 […] […]

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Dorset Police officer Michael Rogers guilty of gross misconduct

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, […] […]