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FINAL Arizona Republic Thursday, November 22, 1990 -k-k 'nmi-jr Jim 100: Phoenix mayor random pick for drug test 4 Bv Jim nrnorgm laiinrlifvl tfiic ivnL in fnciirA ihp nrfinnc not vnnr unrHc Thfir nnmAC wta fA intrt a rnmniitAr nncitivA rr naatiiA By Jim Walsh program, launched this week to ensure the actions, not your Their names were fed into a computer positive or negative. The Arizona Republic Despite remote odds, Phoenix Mayor Paul Johnson was picked by a computer to be tested under the Police Department's new random mandatory-drug-testing policy. "As far as the mayor being chosen, it was by the luck of the draw," said Officer Leo Speliopoulos, a police spokesman. The odds of Johnson being picked were about 1 in 100. Johnson joined 29 officers who also were selected to be tested under the public that officers are drug-free.

In an October interview, Johnson said he volunteered to be tested to reassure officers that the testing will be fair and that there is no need to fear careers will be ruined by a false positive. Three City Council members Skip Rimsza, Linda Nadolski and Alan Kennedy also volunteered to be tested. "I'm very supportive of things having to do with the reduction of drugs," Kennedy said. "I volunteered because I believe people should judge you by your Johnson said Wednesday that he volunteered to be tested "to make the statement to the public" that drug use is unacceptable. Under the program, officers must report to clinics operated by Occupational Medicals Clinics after being notified they have been selected for testing.

Nadolski said she considers it reasonable that one of the four council members was among the first group to be tested. Johnson has "always wanted to be a leader," she said of his selection. along with those of the city's more than 2,100 sworn officers, Speliopoulos said. The computer assigns a number to each name, then picks 30 numbers a week at random, he said. The clinic then sends the samples to Associated Regional and University Pathologists in Salt Lake City for examination, said Dick Etter, technical coordinator.

Etter said the lab will notify Dr. Stanley Waddell, the department's medical-review officer, within 48 hours if the samples test But Waddell said Wednesday afternoon that he had received no results from the Salt Lake City lab. The results of the tests are confidential and will be reported only to the Police Department, he said. "I'm assuming that I'm OK," Johnson said, because he had not heard anything about the results. Speliopoulos said no news is good news when it comes to results of the drug tests.

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Jail Costs Costs that cities are charged to house prisoners in the county jail were lowered 78 cents per prisoner per day, to $37.31 from $38.09. The rates have decreased each year for the past five years as the number of prisoners and the efficiency have increased, county officials said..