Dwayne's big break: From rock bottom to rock armour

After 22 months of loyal service as a doorstop at Kingsbridge Police Station, one of the force’s most distinctive recruits has been given a rather weightier new responsibility.

Continuing to serve his community, Dwayne, a “handsome, craggy-faced” rock rescued from the road between Modbury and Kingsbridge in 2025, has officially been promoted to the position of Rock Armour.

The career move was announced by Kingsbridge Police on Monday, November 9, as the force bid farewell to its unlikely colleague, who has now been delivered to Torcross to join the sea defence works protecting the coastline.

Dwayne’s policing career began in January 2025, when an officer was called to an object in the road that was posing a potential hazard to motorists.

Rather than leave him to face an uncertain future on the roadside, the officer arranged for him to be taken back to Kingsbridge Police Station, where he was given a new home as a “rather cumbersome, and occasionally toe-stubbing”, doorstop.

In a social media post at the time, Kingsbridge Police said “naturally, he was named Dwayne”, in a nod to Hollywood’s famously muscular rock, Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson.

Announcing his departure, Kingsbridge Police said Dwayne had since “graduated school of rock” and was being put to use in a community role better suited to his physical bulk and “ample heft”.

Online, the Force added: “Please join me in wishing Dwayne all the best in his new career.”

His latest assignment will see him contribute to the important sea defence work at Torcross, where his considerable weight should prove more useful than it was propping open the station door.

The force also suggested anyone wishing to sign Dwayne’s leaving card could meet PCSO Tom at a community meeting in Modbury Town Centre at 3pm on Thursday.

There may, of course, be other policing matters to discuss – but Kingsbridge Police admitted they would know the real reason for anyone turning up.

From a rocky start as a roadside obstruction, to a rock-solid future at Torcross, Dwayne has made a lasting impression on the community. We wish him every success in his new post.