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The Dorset Police and Crime Commissioner is the police and crime commissioner, an elected official tasked with setting out the way crime is tackled by
Dorset Police Dorset Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the county of Dorset in the south-west of England, which includes the largely rural area covered by Dorset Council, and the urban conurbation of Bournemouth, Christchurch ...
in the English County of
Dorset Dorset ( ; archaically: Dorsetshire , ) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the unitary authority areas of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and Dorset. Covering an area of , ...
. The post was created in November 2012, following an election held on 15 November 2012, and replaced the Dorset Police Authority. The first incumbent is Independent Martyn Underhill, who is retiring in 2021. He was succeeded by David Sidwick.


List of Dorset Police and Crime Commissioners


See also

* 2012 England and Wales police and crime commissioner elections *
2016 England and Wales police and crime commissioner elections Elections of police and crime commissioners in England and Wales were held on 5 May 2016. The elections were for 40 of the 43 territorial police forces in England and Wales using the supplementary vote system; the two police forces of Grea ...
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2021 England and Wales police and crime commissioner elections Elections of police and crime commissioners in England and Wales were held on 6 May 2021, on the same day as the Senedd election in Wales and the local elections in England. This was the third time police and crime commissioner elections have ...


References

{{Current Police and Crime Commissioners of England and Wales Police and crime commissioners in England Politics of Dorset