Common use of PURPOSE OF DRUG TESTING PROGRAM Clause in Contracts

PURPOSE OF DRUG TESTING PROGRAM. (a) The Police Department has a legal responsibility and management obligation to ensure a safe work environment; as well as paramount interest in protecting the public by ensuring that its employees have the physical stamina and emotional stability to perform their assigned duties. A requirement for employment must be an employee who is free from drug dependence or illegal drug use. (b) A reasonable drug testing program must establish a balance between the rights of the employee and the compelling governmental interest in maintaining a police agency free of illegal drugs. Liability could be found against the Department and the employee if we fail to address ourselves or the public. (c) There is sufficient evidence to conclude that use of illegal drugs and/or drug abuse (whether illegal or prescription drugs) seriously impairs an employee’s performance and general physical and mental health. The illegal use of drugs by police employees (therefore, possession) is a crime in this jurisdiction, and clearly unacceptable. There are unique corruption hazards with drug use by the police.

PURPOSE OF DRUG TESTING PROGRAM. (a) The Police Department has a legal responsibility and management obligation to ensure a safe work environment; as well as paramount interest in protecting the public by ensuring that its employees have the physical stamina and emotional stability to perform their assigned duties. A requirement for employment must be an employee who is free from drug dependence or illegal drug use. (b) A reasonable drug drug-testing program must establish a balance between the rights of the employee and the compelling governmental interest in maintaining a police agency free of illegal drugs. Liability could be found against the Department and the employee if we fail to address ourselves or the public. (c) There is sufficient evidence to conclude that use of illegal drugs and/or drug abuse (whether illegal or prescription drugs) seriously impairs an employee’s performance and general physical and mental health. The illegal use of drugs by police employees (therefore, possession) is a crime in this jurisdiction, and clearly unacceptable. There are unique corruption hazards with drug use by the police.