The Nation - News from March 23, 1986

All employees of the Police Department in Newark, N.J., have been ordered to undergo random testing for illegal drugs, and anyone who tests positive will be discharged or forced to resign, the city’s police chief said. Police Director Charles Knox said the department will begin testing all 1,100 employees for drugs within a few weeks. The move follows the arrest last week of an 18-year veteran of the police force charged with selling cocaine while on duty at police headquarters. The testing will be done randomly and without notice, Knox said, and will include all high-ranking police officials.