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Poaching, Hunting and Hare Coursing can have a detrimental impact on victims lives.

Two Dorset farmers have shared the impact poaching has had on their lives and businesses and how the public can help catch offenders.

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PCC Newsletter highlighting partnership work helping to secure convictions against prolific offenders in Dorset.

Dorset Police Rural Crime Team #RuralLive - Officers shared on social media what they were up to...including stopping a number of vehicles, engagement with rural communities, videos of a few of the Rural Mounted Volunteers, and some positive outcomes!

Dorset Police’s Rural Crime Team worked with officers from Wiltshire Police and Hampshire Police to disrupt poaching activity.

Dorset Police issue advice after rural break ins - The last few months have seen a spate of thefts in rural areas. With shed and outbuildings broken in to and power tools, quad bikes and other items stolen.  Dorset Police are urging rural residents remain vigilant and take extra precautions to make sure their possessions are secure.

Rural Mounted Volunteer scheme is launched in Dorset  - Dorset Police officially welcomed its first Rural Mounted Volunteers at a launch ceremony which took place at Kingston Maurward College yesterday evening, 12 October 2023.

Police and Crime Commissioners lead campaign to tackle rural crime · Dorset Police & Crime Commissioner (pcc.police.uk) - Dorset’s Police and Crime Commissioner, David Sidwick, has joined with his counterparts in the south-west to lead a new campaign and bring together all police forces in the region to combat the involvement of Organised Crime Groups (OCGs) in rural crime.

Landowners warned not to be victims at the hands of waste criminals - The Enviroment Agencie's latest blog warns of the impact waste criminals have on unsuspecting landowners. 

Shaun the Sheep's Guide to The Countryside Code - general advice for being out and about in the countryside.

Apps offering waste disposal services are a new and emerging risk - make sure you know your duty of care obligations.Using apps to dispose of waste: know the risks - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)