Dorset Police Authority is committed to providing an accessible website. This accessibility statement describes what we have already done to make our website accessible, what we intend to do to improve its accessibility, and how we plan to maintain these standards.

Scope of this Statement

This statement refers to the Dorset Police Authority and Dorset Police websites and does not apply to any site linked from Dorset Police Authority and Dorset Police Online.

Standards Compliance

Our aim is to meet all priority 1 requirements of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 (WCAG 1.0). Meeting this standard is commonly known as Level A compliance.

We also meet as many priority 2 requirements of the WCAG 1.0 as possible. Meeting this standard is commonly known as Level AA compliance.

We also aim to meet as many priority 3 requirements of the WCAG 1.0 as possible. Meeting this standard is commonly known as Level AAA compliance.

In commissioning new websites and maintaining the accessibility of existing sites, we aim to follow the best practice and will continue to keep accessibility at the front of our thoughts when developing and editing our web site.

Current State of Compliance

Level A Compliance

• We currently meet all of the Level A compliance checkpoints.

Level AA Compliance

• We currently meet all  of the Level AA compliance checkpoints.

Level AAA Compliance

• We currently meet all of the levels of AAA compliance.

Maintaining Accessibility Standards

Once a section of the website has been made to meet the above accessibility standards, we continually review the site and modify pages to ensure they continue to be accessible. This review process includes, among others, the following processes:

• Our content management system has been set up to ensure that accessibility information has to be entered before content can be published.

New sections of the site will only be added once they meet the above standards.

We will continue to develop our in-house editorial guidelines to ensure we produce accessible content.

Access Keys

This site will support access keys, as follows:

TBC

Feedback

Dorset Police Authority is committed to providing the best possible access to its services online. Whilst every effort has been made to provide this facility, this site is new and some features may need adjusting based upon feedback from our customers. If you experience and problems we will be delighted to hear from you. With your assistance we can continue to improve our website.

If you have any questions or feedback about the accessibility of the Dorset Police  Authority website, we would like to hear from you. You can contact us by completing our online Contact Form.