UPDATE On PCC Complaint. Herts And Essex Observer, 17th May 2011
The original complaint can be seen here. In a video about a "cannabis factory" raid, PC Rebecca Hawkins had said: "The plants themselves can be very, very harmful to officers because the spores if they're ingested they can cause serious illness". The newspaper has now published a correction which completely refutes this. Let's hope that WPC Hawkins is now a little clearer! Police Strike at Dunmow cannabis factory: clarification....