DORSET Police have responded to claims its force under-represents diverse communities amid the recruitment of new officers. Figures from the Home Office reveal Dorset Police recruited 45 new officers in the nine months to the end of 2020, but of the 44 new recruits who declared their ethnicity, just two were Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Groups. It leaves Dorset Police with 22 BAME officers overall, accounting for 1.8 percent of the 1,224 officers whose ethnicity was recorded. A Dorset Police spokesman said: "The national Police Uplift Programme has provided the force with an opportunity to recruit 50 additional officers to its normal recruitment schedule by the end of March 2021 and further additional officers by March 2022 - this is a once in a generation opportunity to enable greater representation."