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Confirmed that Essex Police follows Home Office guidance on medical cannabis and how to verify it's legitimate possession. Also confirmed that Essex Police does not have a policy on educating officers on the legality of medical cannabis and that there is not a policy on the recognition of unaccredited card schemes such as Cancard or MedCannID.

Provided the number of revenge porn incidents per calendar year for January 2019 to July 2022. Also provided breakdowns of these by outcome types and by victim gender, age and ethnicity.

Provided the number of assaults on an Essex Police officer per year for January 2021 to July 2022 - broken down by offence type and with annual totals.

The Essex Police Force Business Plan 2022.

The Essex Police Force Business Plan.

Provided the numbers of with cause drugs tests carried out in 2020, 2021 and 2022.

Confirmed it is not possible to answer the questions within the time and cost limits of an FOI request as each case would have to be individually reviewed to establish whether the required data is available.

Confirmed that one officer between March 2021 and May 2022 has been charged with a sexual offence and has been suspended.

Provided the numbers of complaints received for 2020 and 01/01/2021 to 31/12/2021.

Provided details of number of officers reported for sexual misconduct, the type of sexual misconduct, the number reported to the IOPC, the number of cases where an officer had been previously reported for misconduct and the outcome of those cases not reported to the IOPC for the financial years 2017/18 to 2020/21.