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A RESOLUTION APPROVING AND ADOPTING JONESBORO POLICE DEPARTMENT POLICY NUMBER 20.013.00, RELATING TO A DRUG-FREE WORK FORCE
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BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the Municipal Corporation of the City of Jonesboro:
SECTION 1: The provisions of this article shall apply equally to all employees of the Jonesboro Police Department.
SECTION 2: Purpose drug abuse is a subject of immediate concern in our society. These problems are extremely complex and ones for which there are no easy solutions. As employees of the Jonesboro Police Department; you are not only responsible for enforcing the laws which deal with drug abuse problems, but also are required to abide by them. From a society perspective, law enforcement officers should be the forerunners in setting the examples for the public which they serve. In addition, armed police officers have to be alert enough to make instantaneous judgments with lives at stake. Moreover, drug users within the ranks would endanger lives of police officers themselves who depend upon fellow officers to back them in emergencies. A police officer who uses drugs cannot possibly be effective in the interdiction of some of the same drugs, and could easily be subject to bribery and blackmail. There is nothing to indicate at this time that any of the officers of this Department are abusing drugs. Unfortunately, the potential for catastrophe created by even one drug user in the ranks mandates that the following policies be implemented.
It us the policy of the Jonesboro Police Department to forbid the use, possession, sale, transfer, or transportation of illegal drugs during tenure of employment; except under circumstances when the possession, transfer, and/or transportation are required for the purposes of fulfilling a law enforcement function. Generally, “illegal drugs” are described as drugs which have a high potential for abuse. Such drugs include but which are not limited to, Heroin, Marijuana, Cocaine, PCP, and “Crack”. They...
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