CRJU 4100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Mania, Hair Loss, Professional Boundaries
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Using means they are not fit for duty- people could be harmed or killed. Fitness for duty: safely and effectively fulfill job responsibilities with integrity. Superiors have a responsibility to ensure that their officers are fit for duty. Fitness for duty evaluations- physically, emotionally, physiologically fitness of the officers should be evaluated, and they should involve drug tests that include a panel for anabolic steroids. Red flag indicators: l(cid:455)i(cid:374)g, suspi(cid:272)io(cid:374) of drug use, 911 (cid:272)all to offi(cid:272)er"s ho(cid:373)e, arrests of offi(cid:272)ers. Not conducting an investigation in the presence of these red flags is considered negligence on the part of the leadership/ agency. Peace officers mission: maximize public safety by deescalating violence. Anabolic steroid abuse goes against this mission by creating aggressive behavior (legal liability). The dea and fda list anabolic steroids as a schedule 3 illegal drug, meaning that the steroids can be possessed and used only by those having a valid medical prescription.
