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NOPD recruits won’t be disqualified for past marijuana use
Posted on 9/19/22 at 4:57 pm
Posted on 9/19/22 at 4:57 pm
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The New Orleans Police Department's ban on recent marijuana use for police recruits went up in smoke under a rule change unanimously approved by the Civil Service Commission on Monday.
The department requested the new policy as it struggles to attract new cops. While it’s unlikely to reverse steep staff shortages by itself, it’s a symbolic shift for a city that only recently doled out long prison sentences for pot possession.
Under the new policy, prospective police recruits won’t be automatically disqualified if they have used marijuana within the past year. However, they must still pass a drug test if selected for the academy and abstain from drug use while employed.
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Posted on 9/19/22 at 4:58 pm to WPBTiger
Terrific this means they will respond even quicker to 911 calls.
Posted on 9/19/22 at 4:59 pm to WPBTiger
Not a terrible change. There will be some people strongly against it, but it's not like NOPD is attracting the nation's best police recruits anyway.
Posted on 9/19/22 at 5:05 pm to WPBTiger
This seems pretty logical. I don't know why this should be an issue.
Posted on 9/19/22 at 5:07 pm to upgrayedd
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This seems pretty logical. I don't know why this should be an issue.
Exactly. Small quantities are no longer criminalized in New Orleans now anyway.
Posted on 9/19/22 at 5:55 pm to WPBTiger
I have a NOPD recruiting flyer from the early 80's. I saved it because of the asterisk by "criminal history" that said "some types of felony convictions may be disqualifying."
Posted on 9/19/22 at 5:56 pm to WPBTiger
Who cares if they smoked some pot. It’s ridiculous it’s not fully legal
Posted on 9/19/22 at 5:57 pm to WPBTiger
Posted on 9/19/22 at 6:19 pm to WPBTiger
Good. Maybe if they smoke a little reefer they will chill the frick out
Posted on 9/19/22 at 6:21 pm to WPBTiger
The weed thing is fricking stupid anyway.
What they need to worry about is stop hiring people with actual criminal pasts.
What they need to worry about is stop hiring people with actual criminal pasts.
Posted on 9/19/22 at 6:24 pm to WPBTiger
I knew a guy who admitted to marijuana use on the form like a fricking idiot. 
Posted on 9/19/22 at 6:25 pm to TBoy
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Exactly. Small quantities are no longer criminalized in New Orleans now anyway.
Small quantities of armed robbery aren't criminalized either.
Posted on 9/19/22 at 7:04 pm to WPBTiger
You can either have a ban on marijuana use or you can have diversity. Can't have both.
Posted on 9/19/22 at 7:09 pm to WPBTiger
New recruits will have tougher standard than those currently employed???
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and abstain from drug use while employed
Posted on 9/19/22 at 7:09 pm to WPBTiger
I would have answered that dispatch but then I got high.
I would have caught that rapist but then I got high.
Now my city is all fricked up and I know why. Cause I got high, because I got high, because I got high. La da da da da da da.
I would have caught that rapist but then I got high.
Now my city is all fricked up and I know why. Cause I got high, because I got high, because I got high. La da da da da da da.
This post was edited on 9/19/22 at 7:17 pm
Posted on 9/19/22 at 7:11 pm to WPBTiger
I’m fine with that. It’s basically a look the other way now as it is.
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