Monday, September 06, 2004

Police test recruits for party drugs / [Australia] NEWS.com.au, 6 Sep 2004

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,10677743%5E421,00.html
"ASPIRING police officers would be forced to undergo random drug testing as the state's crime-fighting agencies come to terms with recruits who have grown up as part of the so-called 'chemical generation'.

Police Commissioner Ken Moroney told The Daily Telegraph the generation of party drug users, who might continue their use once in the force, was a 'new age' threat to policing in NSW.
Mr Moroney wants to introduce drug tests at Goulburn police academy as a three-year inquiry into drug use among the state's officers comes to a close.
He will tell the Police Integrity Commission's Operation Abelia he also wants students to get a doctor's certificate saying they are free from illicit drugs before being accepted to the academy. "