Specimen Post-Incident Testing
Requirements
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Craig, Colorado
Police Department
Drug Free
Workplace
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V. PROCEDURES
C. Required drug test
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4. Post accident testing
a. Post accident testing (both breath alcohol and urine drug testing) shall be required of employees after a vehicular accident in which:
i. A fatality has occurred;
ii. An injury has occurred and requires transport to a medical treatment facility;
iii. Disabling damage to one or more vehicles requires towing from the accident site;
iv. If reasonable cause exists to believe the employee is under the influence.
b. Post accident testing shall be required and completed whenever possible within two (2) hours of the accident occurrence, but in any case no later than eight (8) hours after the accident for breath alcohol testing and thirty-two (32) hours for controlled substance testing.
c. An employee involved in an accident shall refrain from alcohol consumption for eight (8) hours following the accident.
5. Post shooting incident
testing
a. Every officer who fires his/her weapon in the line of duty (except for training or when killing an injured or dangerous animal) shall submit to a breath alcohol test and a urine drug test.
b. Post shooting incident testing shall be required and completed whenever possible within two (2) hours of the shooting occurrence, but in any case no later than eight (8) hours after the shooting for breath alcohol testing and thirty-two (32) hours for controlled substance testing.
c. An employee involved in a shooting shall refrain from alcohol and drug consumption for eight (8) hours following the incident, unless such drugs are prescribed by a licensed physician.
Eagar, Arizona
Police Department
Drug Testing
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3. Employee testing in other
circumstances
a. In the interest of the
department and for the protection of the individual officer from subsequent
allegations of impaired performance, the department shall require a urinalysis
as soon as possible after any incident in which the officer is involved
concerning:
(l) the discharge of a firearm;
(2) a motor vehicle accident
causing serious injury or death in which he/she is the driver, or
(3) a similar serious mishap.
Joplin, Missouri
Police Department
2-42 General Orders
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5. Post accident testing
a. Post accident testing (both breath alcohol and urine drug testing) shall be required of employees after a vehicular accident in which:
i. a fatality has occurred;
ii. a traffic citation is issued;
iii. an injury has occurred and requires transport to a medical treatment facility;
iv. disabling damage to one or more vehicles requires towing from the accident site.
b. Post accident testing shall be required and completed whenever possible within two (2) hours of the accident occurrence, but in any case no later than eight (8) hours after the accident for breath alcohol testing and thirty-two (32) hours for controlled substance testing.
c. An employee involved in an accident shall refrain from alcohol consumption for eight (8) hours following the accident.
6. Post shooting incident testing
a. Every officer who fires his/her weapon in the line of duty (except for training or when killing an injured or dangerous animal) shall submit to a breath alcohol test and a urine drug test.
b. Post shooting incident testing shall be required and completed whenever possible within two (2) hours of the shooting occurrence, but in any case no later than eight (8) hours after the shooting for breath alcohol testing and thirty-two (32) hours for controlled substance testing.
c. An employee involved in a shooting shall refrain from alcohol consumption for eight (8) hours following the incident
City of St. Louis, Missouri
Metropolitan Police Department
Office
of the Chief of Police
Special
Order
Drug
Testing Program
Date Issued: November 1, 2004
Order No.: Section III of SO
3-03
Effective Date: November 1, 2004
Expiration: Indefinite
Reference: Police Manual, Rule 7
CALEA Standards: 26.1.1; 52.1.7
To: All Bureaus, Districts and
Divisions
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D. Procedures Re: Drug
Testing Based on Reasonable Suspicion
(52.1.7 a)
1. Any command rank officer or
Civilian Director/Manager who has a reasonable suspicion that another employee
is using drugs or controlled substances will immediately advise the employee of
the basis for the reasonable suspicion and order the employee to take a drug
test.
2. Any Supervisory Department
employee, not of command rank or in position as Civilian Director/Manager, who
has a reasonable suspicion that another employee is using drugs or controlled
substances will immediately report the facts and circumstances which form the
basis for the suspicion to either the highest ranking commissioned officer in
the suspected employee’s bureau then present (during normal working hours) or
the highest ranking staff officer then on duty (during other than normal
working hours). When the officer concurs that reasonable suspicion of drug or
controlled substance use by the employee exists, the officer will advise the
employee of the basis for the reasonable suspicion and order the employee to
submit for a drug test.
3. Any non-supervisory
Department employee who has a reasonable suspicion that another employee is
using drugs or controlled substances will immediately report the facts and
circumstances which form the basis for the reasonable suspicion to his/her
Supervisor. Failure to do so will subject the employee to disciplinary action.
The Supervisor will then follow the procedures stated above in Paragraph D-2 of
this section.
4. The officer ordering an
employee to submit to a drug test will prepare a report setting forth the
specific facts and reasons that lead to the order for testing. The report will
be forwarded to the Chief of Police.
5. During normal business hours,
the person ordering an employee to submit to a drug/alcohol test will
immediately notify the member’s designated drug testing site that the need for
a test is being requested.
6. The person who orders the
test will arrange to have the suspected employee conveyed to the appropriate
test site facility and will arrange for the employee’s absence from his/her
assignment in the most discreet manner without involving unnecessary personnel.
7. If the test is conducted
after hours, on weekends or holidays, or if the employee is in need of medical
attention, the requesting member will first contact the “On-Call Collection
Technician” through the Command Post for directions on where to go for testing.
After hour testing will be conducted at the Contracted Medical Provider (CMP)
Emergency Room.
8. The on-call collector will
coordinate the collection of the sample from the emergency room and will have
it delivered to their laboratory for analysis. This will protect the chain of
custody.
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I. Procedures Re: Drug
Testing and Blood Alcohol Testing of Members Involved in Vehicle Accidents (52.1.7 a)
1. Department members (commissioned and civilian) involved in a vehicle accident while operating a Department vehicle in the City of St. Louis resulting in a fatality or critical injury, will be given both a drug screening test and a blood alcohol test.
2. The Precinct Sergeant and
Watch Commander will be called to the scene.
3. The member will be conveyed
to the member’s testing site or CHP for any required medical treatment and for
a drug screening test and a blood alcohol test. In certain circumstances the
medical provider may request a breath alcohol test.
4. A Precinct Sergeant or Watch
Commander at the scene of an accident involving a Department member operating a
Department vehicle, which did not result in a fatality or critical injury, will
initiate the process for a drug screen test and a blood alcohol test, if there
is reasonable suspicion to believe that the member is under the influence of
drugs or alcohol.
J. Procedures Re: Drug
Testing and Blood Alcohol Testing in Discharge of Firearms Situations (52.1.7 a)
When a firearm is discharged,
either accidentally or intentionally, by a commissioned officer or an armed
civilian guard, and a Precinct Sergeant or Watch Commander, or Internal Affairs
Division investigator at the scene of the incident has reason to believe that
the employee is under the influence of drugs or alcohol, the employee will be
conveyed to his/her designated testing site or to the CHP for both a drug
screen test and a blood alcohol test.
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South Carolina
General Order Number: 04-0827
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3. Required Drug Tests
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Post accident testing (both breath
alcohol and drug testing) shall be required of employees after a vehicular
accident in which:
1. A fatality has occurred, the employee is at fault in the
accident or the Department reasonably believes that employee may have been
impaired by drugs or alcohol, or, whenever indicated by Town policy.
2. Post-accident testing shall be completed as soon as
practically possible after the incident.
1. Every officer who fires his/her weapon in the line of duty will
be required to undergo a breath or blood alcohol test and/or a drug test.
2. If a post-shooting incident testing is conducted, it shall be completed as soon as practically possible after the incident.
State of Washington
Department of Corrections
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B. An employee covered by the Teamsters CBA may be required to submit to preemployment, post-accident, post-shooting, and reasonable suspicion alcohol
and/or drug testing.
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