Rufford Park Primary School and Nursery

Good afternoon

I am forwarding the message below from Sarah Whitehead - Education Liaison Officer for West Yorkshire Police.  Although the audience for this message is more secondary based, I think the more adults that know about these issues the better.

Kind regards

Mr. Cooke

I would like to make you aware of a vape which has been used by a child just outside of West Yorkshire but within one of our Academy Trusts.

The use of the vape has resulted in the child needing hospital care.

It doesn’t appear to have any signage suggesting illicit content, other than the name – Purple Haze, which is associated with drug content.

Please could this messaging be shared to children, parents and colleagues of the risks associated with this particular vape product?

If you have any information about where children are obtaining vapes which cause a child to become unwell (usually indicating a drug content in the vape), please feed this into our Force intelligence department via the PIP Portal; Partnership Intelligence Portal | West Yorkshire Police. If you do not have authorised access, apply here; Partnership Intelligence Portal - Account Request Form | West Yorkshire Police.

We rely on this information and currently have very few leads on source and supply.