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The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,A
21 October 2007
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Victoria Police must embrace d
WORKPLACES across Victoria are rushing to introduce drug testing for employees. The transport, construction and mining industries were first and now other businesses are following suit. Employers want a clean, safe and productive work environment. The push has been accelerated by improved saliva testing and a community acceptance that drug use is widespread and should not be tolerated in the workplace. Victoria's world-first introduction of random roadside saliva drug testing, and the startling results, have shown the extent of the problem. But there is one notable employer yet to introduce drug testing for employees at work: the Victoria Police. Recently, the head of the Office of Police Integrity, George Brouwer, called for the random drug testing of police.
The police union has said it would only support the introduction of a "welfare" based system — not random testing. Welfare testing would allow individual police to volunteer for treatment and supervisors could suggest testing when they saw a problem. Police involved in "critical incidents" would be subject to compulsory tests.
The union has said it would consider random testing after a year of the welfare testing. But the welfare arrangement was agreed to as part of an enterprise bargaining agreement, and a new agreement is years away. Victorian police, like those people working in the mining or transport sectors, need to be free of drugs, which can affect decision making and physical performance.
The State Government will introduce the welfare testing legislation in the next month. If the results of the testing suggest that increased testing is warranted, it should occur, with union backing or without.
Waiting for the next enterprise bargaining agreement in four years is not an option. There is a precedent. NSW Police introduced random drug testing in 2001 and now test up to 600 officers each year. There's no excuse.
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