Tired of "picking up the pieces" after drug overdoses, Victoria's frontline police have told their union not to stand in the way of a proposed trial of a safe heroin-injecting room in Melbourne.
The Police Association decision means all arms of Victoria's emergency services either support or won't oppose a trial.
"Heroin overdoses are predominantly a health issue that commonly cause death and leave our members and other emergency service workers frequently picking up the pieces when lives are tragically lost," union secretary Wayne Gatt said on Monday.
The union said a trial for safe injecting rooms - like the one at Sydney's Kings Cross - would not affect police operations.
"Arrangements like those in NSW do not negatively impact policing operations designed to combat drug related crime and would be required in Victoria to ensure that a trial does not compromise police activities in any way," Mr Gatt added.
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The approach is a shift from the union's stance earlier this year, when it opposed safe injecting rooms on the basis the drugs were illegal.
Upper house MP Fiona Patten, whose Sex Party recently changed its name to Reason, has introduced a bill calling for a safe injecting rooms for heroin users.
"This (announcement) means there is not a single organisation that is opposed to the trial," she told AAP.
"Victoria Police are well aware of the success and police support for the supervised injecting room in Sydney."
Ms Patten's bill is due back in parliament on Wednesday and she called on Premier Daniel Andrews and Opposition Leader Matthew Guy to change their minds and offer support.
But both major parties say they are not shifting their stances.
"We've received the final report from the parliamentary committee and we've begun considering this report further and will respond in the coming months," a government spokeswoman said.
"Our position on this matter is well known and has not changed."
Opposition mental health spokeswoman Emma Kealy said there was "no such thing as a safe injecting room for deadly and dangerous drugs like heroin and ice".
"Victorians don't want government sanctioned drug ghettos popping up around our suburbs just because the government has given up on protecting our kids," she said in a statement.
