Dorset Police

Witness Appeal Form

Please review the information below carefully before starting this form.

How to use this form

You will be asked a series of questions as you progress through the form.

  • Each question is required unless marked as (Optional).
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  • Using the back button in your browser is disabled.

This form takes approximately 5 minutes to complete.

What you need to complete this form

Use this form to submit any information you might have regarding an incident. Please provide as much information as possible.

Alternatively, quoting the crime reference number, you can pass on information to Crimestoppers anonymously via their Anonymous Online Form or call them on 0800 555 111

To report crime / incidents please use the Crime reporting form

What happens after you submit this form

Your information has been sucessfully sent. Thank you for your help. To find out what we do with the information we collect from this form please visit GDPR form responses.

How do we use this information

This service stores the information you provide as you progress through the form. Form submissions for this service that are not fully completed are automatically deleted after 5 days. If you contact us about a failed online submission, with your consent, we may retrieve your incomplete submission if it is still available to us. At our discretion, we may also review and process incomplete submissions where there is a threat to life, injury or vulnerability identified within the incomplete submission.

Once your form is submitted and processed, the information is retained for 3 days by this service while the information is transferred securely to the relevant force information systems.

To find out how we process and handle your data please visit our legal and privacy section on our website for full details of our terms and conditions, privacy and data protection policies. By using this service you are agreeing to the terms and conditions of these policies.


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