Pubdate: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 Source: Sunday Telegraph (UK) Copyright: Telegraph Group Limited 2002 Contact: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/437 Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/corrupt.htm (Corruption) POLICE CHIEF IN CANNABIS PROBE Police are investigating claims that controversial police commander Brian Paddick shared at least 100 cannabis joints with his gay lover in their London flat. A spokesman for Scotland Yard said: "We are unable to comment until our investigations have been carried out." But he added: "If a senior police officer was found to be taking illegal substances they would be on the way to losing their job." James Renolleau, Cdr Paddick's former partner, told the Mail on Sunday: "I smoked cannabis with Brian more than 100 times. The first time he asked to have a puff, I was shocked - he was a policeman after all." In response to the claims, Cdr Paddick, 43, told the paper: "I totally deny having smoked cannabis. On a couple of occasions James purchased some cannabis while we were living together and smoked it in front of me. I argued with him about the implications for me being in the same place while he was doing this" - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom