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Tell Us What You Think about Stop and Search in Dorset

We welcome your views on Stop and Search in Dorset and invite you to fill in our on-line survey below. It will only take a few moments to complete but will provide us with valuable realtime information about your views on this subject. Please click on the 'Submit' button at the end of the survey when you have completed your answers.

To view the results of completed surveys, please click here.

Stop and Search & Stop and Account in Dorset - Survey


Q1. Do you agree that the Police use of stop and search helps to make communities safer by :
Helping the police to prevent crime
Helping the police to catch offenders
Providing important information to assist the police

Q2. Have you been 'Stopped' or 'Stopped and Searched' by a police officer in Dorset during the last 12 months?
(If you answered 'No' to Q2, please go to Q15.)

We would like you to tell us about your experience and your perception of how the police use these powers. (If you have been stopped more than once then please comment about your most recent experience).

Q3. Were you :

Q4. When you were initially stopped were you :

Q5. At what time of day were you stopped ?

Q6. In which area of Dorset did the stop take place ?

Q7. Did the officer provide you with a reason for choosing to stop you ?

Q8. Did the officer give you any information advising you of your rights as someone who has been stopped by the police ?

Q9. Did the officer make a written or radio record of the stop at the time ?
(If you answered 'No' or 'Don't know/can't remember' to Q9 please go to Q11.)

Q10. Were you given a copy of the record or a receipt for the stop ?

Q11. Did the officer tell you their name ?

Q12. How satisfied were you that the officer who stopped you :
a) Acted professionally ?
b) Was considerate ?
c) Was courteous ?
d) Treated you with respect ?
e) Treated you fairly ?

Q13. Was this the first time you have been stopped/stopped and searched by a police officer in the last 12 months in Dorset ?
(If you answered 'No' or 'Don't know/can't remember' to Q13 please go to Q14.)

Q14. How many times have you been stopped or stopped and searched in the last 12 months ?

Q15. You are welcome to use this box to tell us more about your experience of being stopped and/or searched, or to make any other comment relating to the use of stop and search powers by Dorset Police.	Enter comments here

FINALLY - PLEASE TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT YOU

This information is important because it will help us to analyse all the responses to our on-line survey to better understand the people and communities that are affected by the use of police stop and stop and search powers.

Your gender

Your age group

How would you describe yourself ?