PROCEDURES/RULES. A. General Rules 1. No Officer shall illegally possess any controlled substance. 2. No Officer shall ingest any controlled or prescribed substance, except under the direction of a licensed medical practitioner. a. Officers shall notify their immediate supervisor when required to use prescription medicine that may influence their job performance. The Officer shall submit one of the following: 1) note from the prescribing doctor 2) copy of the prescription 3) show of the bottle label to his immediate supervisor b. Supervisors shall document this information and retain the memorandum for at least thirty (30) days. 3. No Officer shall ingest any prescribed or over-the-counter medication in amounts beyond the recommended dosage. 4. Any Officer who unintentionally ingests, or is made to ingest, a controlled substance shall immediately report the incident to his supervisor so that appropriate medical steps may be taken to ensure the Officer’s health and safety. 5. Any Officer having a reasonable basis to believe that another Officer is illegally using, or is in possession of, any controlled substance shall immediately report the facts and circumstances to his supervisor. 6. Discipline of sworn Officers for any violation of this drug testing policy shall be in accordance with the due process rights provided in the department’s rules and regulations, policies and procedures, and the collective bargaining agreement. (The officer may be immediately relieved of duty pending a departmental investigation at the discretion of the Chief of Police or Deputy Chief or his designee, when one of the following occurs: a. a refusal to participate b. probable cause
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