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New cop contract outs ‘snitches’

“1. Examples of situations in which there may be reasonable
suspicion include but are not limited to:

…

The direct observation of drug or alchohol use;
Or a report by a reliable and credible source that
An employee has engaged in drug or alcohol use,

The identity of which, source shall be available
To the employee and the Union.�?

Translation? Blow the whistle on a steroid-juiced bully cop and he’s the first to find out you ratted him out. Oh, and by the way, his union (headed by the ever-affable, Gary Delagnes) is second to learn your identity. Think these guys are gonna protect you? Hell, they can’t even protect people in their witness protection program whom they’re trying to keep alive.

If you can access a copy of the new POA contract, the section I quoted comes on page 258. The section of the document concerned with Mandatory Testing starts on page 257 and runs through page 259. While discouraging whistle-blowers, the articles don’t even mention drugs cops can be tested for if they are accused. It merely says: “routine analysis and screening for the presence of drugs or alcohol�?. It then gives officers 24 hours to get a back-dated prescription (oh, I know, they wouldn’t do that) for any drug that is detected.

The City should have looked around the country at how other departments drug-screen their officers. They’d have found that standard tests are for cocaine, heroine, speed, pot and steroids. The cops always fight the steroid testing. It costs more to test for them thanks to the masking ingredients invented for pro-athletes and Olympians. The City should test for all 5 categories of drugs and levy suspensions for cops who test positive for any of them until they test negative. This contract should go back to committee to work out this language. It should go to the Public Safety Committee and not to Audits and Oversight.

Police violence against unarmed and innocent citizens is at a crisis level. The source of the aggression is as obvious as the bull necks on several hundred of the force’s members. The other 90% of the force doesn’t like being asked to sign as the arresting officer after a burly thug with a badge has assaulted yet another voter. Most of the cops I spoke with (I live at ground zero across from U.N. Plaza) … rest of them say they’d welcome drug testing.

“In the event an employee is involved in an on-duty vehicular
accident resulting in death or injury requiring transport
for medical treatment. In such cases the employee will
have the option for either a blood or urine analysis and screening.�?

Who can guess why that section is in there? Well, you can’t be certain, but the cop tagged as starting the assault on the two gay guys in the ‘Fajitagate’ matter was named Lee. Less than a year before, he was the overly-aggressive driver of a police cruiser which crashed. His partner was killed. Officer Lee was never subjected to a test for drugs in either instance.

And, why just when they cause a traffic accident? Cops should understand that they will be tested for 5 drugs if they put someone in the hospital and that one of them will be steroids. They should understand that if they sign as arresting officer to cover for a brutal homie, they’ll be suspended at least.

Test every cop on the force for the 5 drugs mentioned above. That gives you a baseline. Test 10% of the force randomly each year from now until the cows come home. Police brutality claims will plummet by 50% within 6 months.

The cops MOU is item #16 on today’s Board agenda. While it does the most damage to the public, it is only one of 14 items (#9 to #25) that Board prez Aaron Peskin rushed through without proper public input. There are numerous CBD’s and one BID (‘Community Business District’ and ‘Business Improvement District’) for which no adequate public outreach was exercised. Peskin merely scheduled the items at 4:50pm on a Friday and heard them before a stacked Audit and Oversight committee the following Monday morning. It was a farce. Local payees to the districts lost things like the ability to audit where their money is going.

This is the worst day yet for the remnants of the 2000 Progressive Board. They have reverted to a petty dictatorship not seen in a Board presidency since Barbara Kaufmann held the post. Watch Aaron operate today. Bad legislation will fly into law like flat rocks skipping across a smooth lake. This is not efficiency. This is stifled dissent.






	Bulldog 2007-Article 95 (6-19-07) New cop contract outs ‘snitches’ “1. Examples of situations in which there may be reasonable suspicion include but are not limited to: … The direct observation of drug or alchohol use; Or a report by a reliable and credible source that An employee has engaged in drug or alcohol use, The identity of which, source shall be available To the employee and the Union.�? Translation? Blow the whistle on a steroid-juiced bully cop and he’s the first to find out you ratted him out. Oh, and by the way, his union (headed by the ever-affable, Gary Delagnes) is second to learn your identity. Think these guys are gonna protect you? Hell, they can’t even protect people in their witness protection program whom they’re trying to keep alive. If you can access a copy of the new POA contract, the section I quoted comes on page 258. The section of the document concerned with Mandatory Testing starts on page 257 and runs through page 259. While discouraging whistle-blowers, the articles don’t even mention drugs cops can be tested for if they are accused. It merely says: “routine analysis and screening for the presence of drugs or alcohol�?. It then gives officers 24 hours to get a back-dated prescription (oh, I know, they wouldn’t do that) for any drug that is detected. The road not taken The City should have looked around the country at how other departments drug-screen their officers. They’d have found that standard tests are for cocaine, heroine, speed, pot and steroids. The cops always fight the steroid testing. It costs more to test for them thanks to the masking ingredients invented for pro-athletes and Olympians. The City should test for all 5 categories of drugs and levy suspensions for cops who test positive for any of them until they test negative. This contract should go back to committee to work out this language. It should go to the Public Safety Committee and not to Audits and Oversight. Police violence against unarmed and innocent citizens is at a crisis level. The source of the aggression is as obvious as the bull necks on several hundred of the force’s members. The other 90% of the force doesn’t like being asked to sign as the arresting officer after a burly thug with a badge has assaulted yet another voter. Most of the cops I spoke with (I live at ground zero across from U.N. Plaza) … rest of them say they’d welcome drug testing. One odd phrase “167. 6. (on page 257) “In the event an employee is involved in an on-duty vehicular accident resulting in death or injury requiring transport for medical treatment. In such cases the employee will have the option for either a blood or urine analysis and screening.�? Who can guess why that section is in there? Well, you can’t be certain, but the cop tagged as starting the assault on the two gay guys in the ‘Fajitagate’ matter was named Lee. Less than a year before, he was the overly-aggressive driver of a police cruiser which crashed. His partner was killed. Officer Lee was never subjected to a test for drugs in either instance. And, why just when they cause a traffic accident? Cops should understand that they will be tested for 5 drugs if they put someone in the hospital and that one of them will be steroids. They should understand that if they sign as arresting officer to cover for a brutal homie, they’ll be suspended at least. Test every cop on the force for the 5 drugs mentioned above. That gives you a baseline. Test 10% of the force randomly each year from now until the cows come home. Police brutality claims will plummet by 50% within 6 months. Today’s Board Screw-jobs The cops MOU is item #16 on today’s Board agenda. While it does the most damage to the public, it is only one of 14 items (#9 to #25) that Board prez Aaron Peskin rushed through without proper public input. There are numerous CBD’s and one BID (‘Community Business District’ and ‘Business Improvement District’) for which no adequate public outreach was exercised. Peskin merely scheduled the items at 4:50pm on a Friday and heard them before a stacked Audit and Oversight committee the following Monday morning. It was a farce. Local payees to the districts lost things like the ability to audit where their money is going. This is the worst day yet for the remnants of the 2000 Progressive Board. They have reverted to a petty dictatorship not seen in a Board presidency since Barbara Kaufmann held the post. Watch Aaron operate today. Bad legislation will fly into law like flat rocks skipping across a smooth lake. This is not efficiency. This is stifled dissent. Test cops for steroids!

Bulldog 2007-Article 95