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Senior Met Police officer sacked after he refuses to do drugs test

Julian Bennett was asked to provide a urine sample after he was accused of smoking cannabis

Evening Standard · Oct 31, 2023

Senior police officer who refused to provide sample for drugs test sacked

Julian Bennett refused to provide a urine sample after claims that he had smoked cannabis while off-duty.

The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2023

Met Police chief who wrote anti-drugs strategy sacked for refusing drug test over cannabis use claim

Commander Julian Bennett was accused of smoking cannabis each morning before work

The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2023

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Senior officer behind Met drug strategy sacked over refusal to take drug test

Disciplinary panel had found Julian Bennett guilty of gross misconduct for refusing test when accused of smoking cannabis

The Guardian - UK · Oct 31, 2023

Senior Met officer faces the sack for refusing drugs test over cannabis claims

Commander Julian Bennett has been found to have refused to provide a sample for a drugs test when he was accused of smoking cannabis.

The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2023

Police officer ‘could have given drugs test when he anticipated negative result’

Commander Julian Bennett was grilled at a tribunal over why he did not volunteer to take test when he believed it would not have been positive.

The Independent UK · Aug 4, 2023

Police commander refused to take drugs test as he used CBD oil, tribunal told

Commander Julian Bennett has served with the Metropolitan Police since 1976.

The Independent UK · Aug 3, 2023

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Allegations that senior Met officer took LSD dismissed by tribunal panel

Commander Julian Bennett is accused of smoking cannabis daily

Evening Standard · Aug 2, 2023

Allegations that senior police officer took LSD dismissed by tribunal panel

Commander Julian Bennett has been in the Metropolitan Police since 1976.

The Independent UK · Aug 2, 2023

Met Police anti-drugs boss accused of taking LSD and magic mushrooms ‘was never sober at home’

Commander Julian Bennett drew up an anti-drugs strategy for the Metropolitan Police

The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2023

Drug strategy Met police commander ‘was never sober at home’, tribunal hears

Commander Julian Bennett, who drew up an anti-drugs strategy for the Metropolitan Police, is accused of gross misconduct

Evening Standard · Aug 1, 2023

Drug strategy police commander ‘was never sober at home’, tribunal hears

Commander Julian Bennett, who drew up an anti-drugs strategy for the Metropolitan Police, is accused of gross misconduct.

The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2023

Police commander who wrote anti-drugs strategy ‘took LSD and magic mushrooms’

Commander Julian Bennett has served in the Metropolitan Police since 1976.

The Independent UK · Jul 31, 2023

Officer who wrote Met’s drug strategy had flat like ‘Amsterdam coffee shop’, tribunal hears

Nurse who lived with Julian Bennett tells misconduct hearing that he was smoking cannabis before work

The Guardian - UK · Jul 31, 2023

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Evening Standard · Jul 31, 2023

Met commander who wrote anti-drugs strategy ‘smoked cannabis every day before breakfast’

Commander Julian Bennett allegedly threatened to resign when asked to take a drugs test

The Independent UK · Jul 31, 2023

Police commander who wrote anti-drugs strategy ‘smoked cannabis before breakfast’

Mr Bennett wrote the force’s drugs strategy for 2017-21 as a commander for territorial policing

The Independent UK · Sep 3, 2022

Senior police commander who drew up Met anti-drugs strategy ‘used LSD and cannabis’

Julian Bennett also stands accused of failing to give a sample for a drugs’ test, tribunal heard

Evening Standard · Sep 3, 2022

Officer who wrote Met Police’s drug strategy accused of smoking cannabis daily

Julian Bennett has also been accused of using LSD and magic mushrooms and failing to give a drug sample in July 2020

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The Guardian - UK · Sep 2, 2022

Officer who wrote Met’s drug strategy smoked cannabis daily, panel told

Commander Julian Bennett refused to take a drug test in 2020 after his lodger contacted police alleging drug use

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