Pittsburgh Cops Oppose Drug Testing For Themselves

[jimukr104]

I made sure I couldn't piss and ended up getting about 7 hours OT at 60 bucks an hour before they got a sample from me.

Isn't this just sticking it to your community who pay your overtime/pension?

The same community that that allows us be abused the way we are? :dodgy:..

I worked those hours fair and square. Not my fault if they expected me to piss in a cup at the time I am usually in bed asleep.I don't usually get up to pee when I am asleep.I just didn't have to go!

Their goal was to hope I fail the test so they could fire me...I can sleep well at night! They tried to game the system against me. They can go fuck themselves. I am sure the 8 1/2 million taxpayers of NYC (one of the richest if not richest city in the world) can afford it. They have no problem paying bogus lawsuits to those who complain and sue.

Christ that's fucked up. Have these officers ever come together to bring a class action lawsuit against the city and the drug testing company for this type of shit? A lost pension is like losing a million+ dollars.

This is the sort of thing you'll never hear in the mainstream media because it involves screwing over cops.

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More like 3 million dollars when you factor health benefits .Yes.. union complains etc.. but the courts , take the dept. side .

Actually, it has been in the media loads of time. The media reports but nothing is ever done.

Not sure if he is innocent but this is just this week:
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york...ve-claims-drug-test-botched-article-1.2716420

There is the famous "meatball case" where a wife spike her husbands food:


http://www.foxnews.com/story/2007/0...ijuana-meatballs-led-to-failed-drug-test.html

Another reason cops hide is stigma and being placed on modified duty . If a cop goes to a therapist and gets SSRI's or any other mental drug they have there gun taken from them and sent to rubber room. So cops either lie or they go to work without seeking help and you got angry ., depressed cops that should get help but can't because their job on the line.

But being an alcoholic is ok...they will just offer to send you 30 days to the farm and you then can go back to work.

 

[Leonard D Neubache]

Jimukr has some pretty solid points.

Another reason why most large police departments need to fire their union and start all over again, with a mind to protecting the rights of good officers, turfing out the bad ones and rebuilding the trust of the community.

 

[mpr]

I made sure I couldn't piss and ended up getting about 7 hours OT at 60 bucks an hour before they got a sample from me.

Isn't this just sticking it to your community who pay your overtime/pension?

The same community that that allows us be abused the way we are? :dodgy:..

I worked those hours fair and square. Not my fault if they expected me to piss in a cup at the time I am usually in bed asleep.I don't usually get up to pee when I am asleep.I just didn't have to go!

Right. You know if you feel that you're being treated unfairly on the job you can always quit. That's what everyone else does. You should count yourself lucky. Very few American workers now have the benefit of a union to stick up for them.

 

[jimukr104]

Hate the game , not the player bro!

 

[eradicator]

Mythbusters already did an episode that should have ruled irrelevant any positive test for opioids for the standard saliva test.

The so-called myth that eating food with poppy seeds would give a positive reading turned out to be true, if I recall correctly.

Half a poppy seed muffin or one poppy seed bagel will make you test positive for heroin.

 

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I assume the cops wouldn't want their steroid consumption to show up on those tests. They tend to be a huge demographic of 'roid usage. Deca, nano, 1 3 dia.

Ridin' cycles brah.