Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis wants to relax a hiring policy for police officers in Maryland that disqualifies applicants for past marijuana use, saying it is "fundamentally inconsistent with where we are as a society" and hurts local hiring efforts.
Davis will lead a committee to review the current standard of the Maryland Police Training Commission, which sets hiring policy for law enforcement in the state. Police applicants are disqualified from becoming officers if they have used marijuana more than 20 times in their lives or five times since turning 21 years old.
The policy has been in place since the 1970s, when the nation had declared war on drugs. In recent years, Maryland and other states have decriminalized marijuana possession, and some have allowed its use.
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8 comments:
Yes, BLM need more targets.
That is because so many people have at least "tried" mary jane.
A Plant. A flower.
For crying out loud!
Officer Towelie to the rescue!!
yeah, the cops need to allow people to become cops even if they have used drugs so they can arrest people for trying drugs...American Fascism at its best...
how is this article intolerant? It's actually the opposite of fascism! I bet you use that word 100 times a day and never hit the mark. Stop crying!
356 medical marijuana is legal in Maryland and will be up and running by winter. Simple possession is a civil citation. Their not saying you can sell pot and be a cop. I think it's great idea.
Genius move! Baltimore police staffing is down by several hundred from couple years back. So he'll be able to hire stoners who abstained long enough to pass the drug test.
After they're sworn in they can head straight for the dealers they used to buy from with handcuffs and warrants.
Staffing up; dealers down. Genius move!
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