Pubdate: Sat, 18 Dec 2004 Source: Peoria Journal Star (IL) Copyright: 2004sPeoria Journal Star Contact: http://pjstar.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/338 Author: James Washburn, Copley News Service DRUG TESTS IN STORE FOR POLICE Officer's Marijuana Arrest May Result In Testing Of Entire Lincoln Force LINCOLN - The arrest Thursday of Lincoln Police Cpl. Diana Short on felony charges of marijuana distribution will force an unknown number of Lincoln police officers - if not all of them - to provide urine specimens. "It'll be soon," Lincoln Police Chief Bob Rawlins said, referring to the upcoming drug screenings. "But how soon, I can't tell you." Rawlins said the contract between the department's union and the city allows random drug testing of the officers. Their Social Security numbers are drawn out of a hat to ensure impartiality. The random drug-testing policy has been in place for the past six years, he said. "During that time frame, nobody's come back positive," he said. Logan County State's Attorney Tim Huyett said Diana and John provided urine samples to police, and both tests were positive for marijuana use. A deputy arrested Short, 45, and her husband, John T. Short, 41, at 9:35 p.m. Thursday at the Logan County Safety Complex on two Class III felony charges of unlawful manufacture of marijuana and the unlawful manufacture of marijuana with the intent to deliver. Each also faces a Class IV felony charge of unlawful manufacture of marijuana plants. Diana Short additionally is charged with a Class III felony charge of official misconduct. An Illinois State Police drug task force searched the Shorts' house at 501 N. McLean St. Wednesday morning, discovering 15 four-foot-tall marijuana plants growing in the basement. Several weapons were found in the house as well. Huyett said the discovery of the guns could also lead to additional charges being filed against the Shorts, because neither has a valid Firearm Owners Identification card as required by state law. Friday afternoon, Diana Short sat in the gallery and saw Circuit Judge David Coogan arraign her husband on three felony charges for growing and distributing marijuana. John Short was returned to the Logan County Safety Complex and held on $25,000 bond. Diana Short may have lied about her age when she applied for her driver's license as a teen so she could get a license at a younger age. If she lied to the Secretary of State's office by providing a false birth date when she was 15 - and continued until now to use that fraudulent date - she could be charged with a Class III felony for filing a fraudulent affidavit for each time she renewed her driver's license. The discrepancy arose when Short gave deputies a birth date that differed from the one on her driver's license as deputies were arresting her Thursday.