Marijuana Use and Career in Law Enforcement?
I am planning on applying to the California Highway Patrol but Ive used marijuna within the last year. Does anybody know what the rules are for highway patrol and marijuana use?
I would tell them because there is a lie detector. I honestly didnt feel like I was breaking any kind of law smoking a little reefer. Isnt advantageous to the department to have officers that can relate to a given situation. With CA lax laws on marijuana use I’m not so sure I would be automatically dq’d
It’s a competitive process. Even if you meet the minimum standards, a lot of your competition won’t have used drugs at all, let alone so recently…You’ll have a tough time getting hired now.
Did you know you wanted to be a cop while breaking the law and using illegal drugs?
choose another career where you wont feel like an asshole at the end of each day.
I’m willing to bet that you’ll have to take a drug screening.
You will also be subject to periodic and random drug testing. Additionally, you will be required to take a drug test as a mandatory part of any investigation should you become involved in a vehicle accident, shooting, excessive force charge and any number of other situations related to your job. As your employer, the state must be sure that any actions you may take are the actions of a trained officer performing his/her duty and not affected by drug use.
Keep in mind. If you chose to become a police officer you chose to take an oath to uphold the laws of the state. That would include laws regarding marijuana use. To use marijuana recreationally after taking your vows would be a blatant act of disrespect for those vows.
I would say that it would be frowned upon and if they knew, you would not get the position.
Hey, I’m all for de-criminalizing pot (myself, I don’t do it), but if you’ve been doing it and now want to go into law enforcement, what’s that say about your morals? Whatever the rules are, maybe it’s not the career for you.
hoo-raw tapeface8. you have no place in law enforcement.
Why would you tell them about it in the first place?
I’ll be blunt. You are not getting hired. Your drug use is too recent and the lie detector will certainly reveal the truth if you tried to hide it.
The Calif. Highway Patrol gets top notch applicants from all over the nation, most of whom don’t have a drug history of any kind. The State will hire them first.
not a chance cops use meth
ok question?do you like cops?do you maybe want to i dont know get a bite to eat with them or be nice to them or anything?i doubt it, why the hell would you want to become one of them. thats like saying hey i hate communists, oo but yea can you get me a application to be one?fucking stupid prick