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Welcome from Kate Brown, Chief Crown Prosecutor

Kate Brown, Chief Crown Prosecutor Welcome to the Dorset Crown Prosecution Service website; I hope that you find the website interesting and informative.

We are building on the content of the website all the time so look out for new items. Some of the information currently on our website includes information on the role of the Crown Prosecution Service and the approach we take to cases and our policies when dealing with different types of crime, the help and support there is for victims and witnesses, reports we have produced about various types of cases we have dealt with or initiatives we have been involved with, and the position with careers in CPS and current vacancies.

I welcome your feedback on what you think of the layout and content of it, and your suggestions as to how we could improve our website. Please feel free to contact us, you will find our details on the contacts page.

What's New

Hate Crime Scrutiny Panels

We are committed to changing the way in which we prosecute hate crimes to meet the needs to of the community. As a result we are setting up a Hate Crime Scrutiny Panel to look at how we have handled finalised hate crime cases, and improve the way in which we have done this.

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Press Release

CPS DORSET ANNUAL REPORT: 149% INCREASE IN HOUSE ADVOCACY

A 149 per cent increase in the number of Crown Court cases prosecuted internally (as apposed to instructing Counsel) is one of the successes outlined in the Dorset Annual Report published today.

Press Release

STUDENTS SEE JUSTICE IN ACTION

On Tuesday 19th June, Bournemouth Crown Court opened its doors to allow local students to see justice in action.