Cops Accused Of Using Steroids To Bulk Up To Get An Edge

the officers claim it is for occupational depend yet they are involved in sports and in particular bodybuilding, this is a typical smokescreen clearly they were doing it for vanit reasons....more muscle.sad state of affairs

[[AN ACT REQUIRING ALCOHOL AND DRUG TESTING OF POLICE OFFICERS. INCLUDING FOR THE ANABOLIC STEROID USE. To protect the public by ensuring that all police officers are alcohol and drug free. JUST AS ANY OTHER PUBLIC SERVICE DRIVER.]]]]Once it becomes law unions cannot supersede the law.
I want to voice my support of a bill that is currently being proposed by the towns of Dayville and Windham. This bill proposes mandatory random drug tests, including for Anabolic Steroids, for all town and state police. There is no law that excludes police from being tested, however they are not required to be, and are not subject to, being tested. If a police officer were found to be on drugs, be it cocaine or any other illegal street drug, there would obviously be reason for concern as to whether or not this person would be carrying out the duties of his position adequately, and above all, safely. This same concern would apply to the use of Anabolic steroids.
Here is what the National Institute of Health has to say about the effects of Anabolic Steroid abuse:
������Research shows that abuse of anabolic steroids may lead to aggression and other adverse effects. For example, many users report feeling good about themselves while on anabolic steroids, but extreme mood swings can also occur, including manic-like symptoms that could lead to violence. Researchers have also observed that users may suffer from paranoid jealousy, extreme irritability, delusions, and impaired judgment stemming from feelings of invincibility. In turn this is a public safety hazard. Steroid abuse can lead to serious, even irreversible health problems. Some of the most dangerous among them include liver damage, jaundice (yellowish pigmentation of skin, tissues, and body fluids), fluid retention, high blood pressure, increases in LDL (bad cholesterol), and decreases in HDL (good cholesterol). Other reported effects include renal failure, severe acne, and trembling.������
Other reasons why police should be tested:
1) Most people that drive for a living are subject to random drug testing, and they do not have the power and authority that the police do, therefore it seems to make sense that police should also be subject to the same level of scrutiny.
2) They carry guns.
3) They have power of arrest.
4) Their job requires them to drive at high speed.
As Abraham Lincoln said, ������No man is above the law.������
Thank you for your time, and please consider backing this very important piece of legislature. Thanks you.
The main protocol for random drug testing is a job that is defined as High Risk Safety Sensitive. I would /do think police are definitely in a High Risk Safety Sensitive occupation
Taking the above into consideration I do not understand why you as the Attorney General do not back this idea. As I mentioned in other letters you back M.A.D.D. random drug testing for police including for the Anabolic steroid falls under MA.D.D. CRITERIA. No? Yes?
Never the less the threat of a cop under the influence of drugs or steroids, is his aggressive behavior, and how he might be irrational or violent while making an arrest. I support you and I respect the excellent job you do for the state of CT on many issues, but I am at a loss to understand why you would not support this bill. It seems to me like a matter of common sense that police officers should be held accountable, being and serving Public Safety.
Mr. Blumenthal please as the Attorney General, explain why you do not agree with my idea. Indeed it is a Public Safety issue. Yet everyone ignores it. Thank you for your time.

Gregg