Comments on: The California Highway Patrol Wants You, Despite Your Marijuana History http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2008/07/30/the-california-highway-patrol-wants-you-despite-your-marijuana-history/ editor@sfcitizen.com - R.I.P. Bernie (Uncle Bobby B, Baby, Uncle Bobby B) Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:54:01 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: David Dudley http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2008/07/30/the-california-highway-patrol-wants-you-despite-your-marijuana-history/#comment-2336 David Dudley Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:10:02 +0000 http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2008/07/30/the-california-highway-patrol-wants-you-despite-your-marijuana-history/#comment-2336 ...CHP hiring requirements are set by the State Personnel Board, not the CHP. The no-dope-in-your-past policy went out when Governor " Moonbeam Brown " appointed dopers to the SPB. I sat on 3 oral boards in the 80's as the Dept's Rep. By then, we only were allowed to ask questions about hard drug usage. Since then, even that has gone by the board and it is my understanding that the applicants only have to say they're clean for 3 months to get considered. That's not the only rules change. We were told by the SPB rep that even if an applicant came in with a seeing eye dog, a white cane and milky eyes, we couldn't ask them if they could see, since that was a "medical" question, and we couldn't ask or take those into account (?) It boogles the mind ! ...If you want a better Highway Patrol, elect better politicians. Elected officials make the rules. …CHP hiring requirements are set by the State Personnel Board, not the CHP. The no-dope-in-your-past policy went out when Governor ” Moonbeam Brown ” appointed dopers to the SPB. I sat on 3 oral boards in the 80’s as the Dept’s Rep. By then, we only were allowed to ask questions about hard drug usage. Since then, even that has gone by the board and it is my understanding that the applicants only have to say they’re clean for 3 months to get considered. That’s not the only rules change. We were told by the SPB rep that even if an applicant came in with a seeing eye dog, a white cane and milky eyes, we couldn’t ask them if they could see, since that was a “medical” question, and we couldn’t ask or take those into account (?) It boogles the mind !
…If you want a better Highway Patrol, elect better politicians. Elected officials make the rules.

]]> By: Dick Powell http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2008/07/30/the-california-highway-patrol-wants-you-despite-your-marijuana-history/#comment-2316 Dick Powell Thu, 31 Jul 2008 04:05:23 +0000 http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2008/07/30/the-california-highway-patrol-wants-you-despite-your-marijuana-history/#comment-2316 Thought any applicants might be interested in this article from Las Vegas, NV: http://www.fox5vegas.com/news/17014097/detail.html 7/28/2008 NHP Trooper Resigns After Fatal Crash LAS VEGAS -- A Nevada Highway Patrol sergeant who, police say, caused a fatal wreck while under the influence of marijuana has resigned from the force........... Thought any applicants might be interested in this article from Las Vegas, NV:

http://www.fox5vegas.com/news/17014097/detail.html

7/28/2008

NHP Trooper Resigns After Fatal Crash
LAS VEGAS — A Nevada Highway Patrol sergeant who, police say, caused a fatal wreck while under the influence of marijuana has resigned from the force………..

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