DORSET Police will follow in the footsteps of dinosaurs on a sponsored walk along the coast in aid of cancer research.

Around 100 officers and police staff will set out on their Jurassic Plod in T-shirts designed by Radipole Primary School pupil Jadene Ellis.

Jadene, 11, won a competition to design the logo that now features on the T-shirts produced by Weymouth-based fashion retailer New Look.

The Chief Constable of Dorset, Martin Baker, and Superintendent Colin Stanger, of Dorset CID, will be among the walkers hoping to raise around £10,000 for Cancer Research UK.

Mr Baker said: "A number of us in the force have lost friends and colleagues through battling this disease.

"The response was so overwhelming to the idea of having a sponsored walk that we had to limit the number of places to 100."

A spokesman for Dorset Police said the force then approached New Look to sponsor a competition between Year 6 pupils at Radipole Primary School to design a logo for the walkers' T-shirts.

Competition winner Jadene said: "I thought about policemen and their footprints and dinosaurs and I thought it would be good if they were all walking together.

"I was quite proud of myself and very happy when I found out my design had won."

Mr Baker said: "The design is perfect and brilliantly simple.

"It says all it needs to say about the event."

Arlene Corvan of New Look said: "This event is something we were clearly very keen to be a part of.

"It's going to be a great event for a fantastic charity and we wanted to make an equally eye-catching T-shirt."

Walkers will set off from West Bay on Friday, June 6, and finish their 50-mile trek at Worth Matravers on Sunday, June 8.

Supt Stanger said teams of Army personnel will also be taking part.

He added: "We've had some brilliant support for this event and we can't wait to do it."

Chief Constable Baker said that the Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, and the current Lord Chief Justice were both among the walk's sponsors.