5/110.01 General Fitness for Duty and Drug Free Workplace Flashcards
A member will provide a urine sample with in how long of being notified by their newly assigned bureau/area commander, after a transfer?
24 hours
Refusal to submit to a required drug test, or evidence of _________ __________ will be deemed evidence of willful misconduct, and be subject to termination.
sample tampering
After an incident that requires a supervisor to be drug tested, who conducts the investigation?
- CIRT is contacted immediately
- Supervisor is admonished of Garrity in writing
- Subject to a PBT to presumptively determine alcohol
- If their breath contains any alcohol, they are subject to evidentiary testing
- May be transported to the designated drug testing collection room
- may be transported by the PMSA representative
- CIRT will accompany the supervisor in the same vehicle to IAB
How will an initial positive drug test be classified?
“Confirmation pending”
How will department members who are assigned to a temporary duty be drug tested?
With their TDY assignment squad
Department supervisors will be subject to alcohol and drug testing immediately following:
- An OIS, excluding animal shoots, including accidental discharge that occurs during police operations (supervisor is the shooter)
- A traffic accident where the supervisor is at fault, driving a department vehicle, and death or serious bodily injury occurs
Who’s responsibility is it to ensure members comply with the random drug testing provisions?
The supervisor
What must happen for a member to leave the workplace after a random drug test, to provide a sample for their own independent test?
- Supervisory approval based on manpower needs
- Submittal of appropriate leave request
- Additional sample is at the members own expense
Who must be notified if an employee voluntarily identifies him/herself as an abuser of prescription drugs or alcohol to qualify for the amnesty program?
- Any supervisor in the members chain of command
- An association representative
What steps are taken when the member is part of the last chance agreement amnesty program for drugs or alcohol abuse?
- mandatory rehabilitation paid for by the member
- unannounced drug testing for a 2 year period
- Last Chance agreement is not subject to purge provisions, but will be moved to a separate file consistent with the purge policy of a major discipline
When is member crisis intervention and support mandatory?
-If there have been overt acts to harm oneself or others
What is a supervisors responsibility during member crisis intervention and support?
- Becomes aware of potential risk
- conducts preliminary investigation
- If risk exists, places member on administrative leave
- member crisis intervention should not appear on the form
- active duty status may be detrimental in your current assignment with the department will be checked
- Bureau/area commander will be consulted
- If bureau commander is unavailable, watch commander is notified
- Contacts PEAP for immediate response
- Completes member crisis intervention form
If a member is placed on administrative leave for crisis intervention, at what point is labor relations contacted for further administrative action?
- Leave is extended beyond 12 weeks allowed in FMLA
- Or termination is recommended
Members are required to take drug tests based on _______ ________ as a condition of continued employment
Reasonable suspicion
What can be considered cause to initiate a reasonable investigation, and conduct FST’s on a member while on duty?
- An odor of an alcoholic beverage
- An identifiable impairment
If an employee is impaired, and drugs are suspected, what should be collected?
A blood sample
A supervisor will not assign a subordinate to duty _______________? (drug free workplace)
in an unfit condition
Prescriptions must be _______ ______ with the health detail.
renewed annually
DRE’s will sign a __________ ___________ regarding incidents they respond to involving department members. Who will manage this process?
- confidentiality agreement
- IAB supervisor
When a member is suspected of being impaired, where will they be transported?
- IAB immediately
- Must be unarmed
If a member provides a hair sample, for a drug test, what hair is acceptable?
- Head
- Chest
- Armpit
- Leg
If a supervisor has reason to believe a member may be experiencing adverse side effects or is under the influence of any___________, who will be contacted?
- controlled substances
- over-the-counter medications
- other substances used by the member that impairs their ability to perform the duties
- Internal affairs bureau will be contacted immediately
- If suspected of drugs, a DRE will be contacted by the IAB supervisor
How many witnesses are required when a commissioned supervisor has a member perform FTS’s?
atleast 2
Department members must notify the _______ _______ when required to use prescription medication which they have been informed by a physician or pharmacist (to include warning labels) has the potential to cause impairment on duty, or may affect their job performance.
Health detail
