{"id":2730,"date":"2016-09-05T09:22:45","date_gmt":"2016-09-05T09:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/?p=2730"},"modified":"2016-09-05T09:22:45","modified_gmt":"2016-09-05T09:22:45","slug":"is-your-call-a-police-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/2016\/09\/05\/is-your-call-a-police-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"Is your call a police matter?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A large percentage of calls received by Dorset Police are for other agencies and not a matter for the police. Please ensure you are contacting the most appropriate agency to assist you with your enquiry.<\/p>\n<p>You should contact your local council with issues such as:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Roads and transport <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Report a road issue<\/li>\n<li>Live travel alerts<\/li>\n<li>Parking issues<\/li>\n<li>Driveway obstructions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Recycling and rubbish<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bin collections<\/li>\n<li>Recycling<\/li>\n<li>Litter<\/li>\n<li>Dog fouling<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Planning and housing<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Street lighting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Leisure and culture<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Parks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Environmental Health<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Noise complaints including parties<\/li>\n<li>Pest control<\/li>\n<li>Lost\/found animals<\/li>\n<li>Fly tipping<\/li>\n<li>Bonfires and fireworks<\/li>\n<li>Trading standards<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Do you need the police? Please, think before you call 101.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A large percentage of calls received by Dorset Police are for other agencies and not a matter for the police. Please ensure you are contacting the most appropriate agency to assist you with your enquiry. You should contact your local council with issues such as: Roads and transport Report a road issue Live travel alerts&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/2016\/09\/05\/is-your-call-a-police-matter\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Is your call a police matter?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":826,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crimewatch","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/logo.gif?fit=121%2C93&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2MmHE-I2","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-12 23:11:39","action":"Draft","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2730"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2731,"href":"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2730\/revisions\/2731"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}