Police commander sacked for failure to provide drugs test sample launches appeal
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Commander Julian Bennett lost his job after a disciplinary panel found he had committed gross misconduct by failing to provide a urine sample.
A senior police officer has launched an appeal after he was sacked for failing to provide a sample for a drugs test when he was accused of smoking cannabis.