Nine Dorset Police officers have been barred from policing, more than double the number recorded the previous year.
Nine Dorset Police officers have been barred from policing, more than double the number recorded the previous year.
Figures from the College of Policing show four were dismissed while serving, while five were dismissed following resignation or retirement.
The total rose from four to nine in the year to March.
Across England and Wales, 757 officers were barred.

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