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COMPULSORY drug testing of Victorian police will be introduced by the end of the year, with the Government set to rush legislation through Parliament.

Senior police have pushed for testing since 2001 and Assistant Commissioner Noel Ashby said it was unrealistic to suggest no police used illicit drugs.

"People who think coppers are not a part of the normal community are mad, not thinking straight," Mr Ashby said. "If you think it through logically, we are going to get one. We will have drug users in our ranks � that is why we need to continue to try and identify them."
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Police under scrutiny for Mall

Corruption and Crime Commission investigation into the wrongful conviction of Andrew Mallard for wilful murder will initially focus on forensic procedures and the police investigation.

Mr Mallard spent 12 years in jail for the 1994 murder of Mosman Park jeweller Pamela Lawrence before his conviction was quashed.

The West Australian government has appointed retired New South Wales Supreme Court Judge John Dunford to head the inquiry, which will try to determine if there was any misconduct by police or prosecutors involved in the case.

At a Directions Hearing today Counsel Assisting the Commission Jeremy Gormly SC said the investigation would be divided into four phases.

The first will be a review of the initial forensic investigation followed by a review of the police investigation.

The third phase will look at the actions of the Director of Public Prosecution and the final phase will review the High Court's decision to quash the conviction.

The Commission has not yet released details of when the hearings will start.

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