El alcalde Jimmy Davis está de acuerdo con la prohibición del uso de marihuana por parte de los policías

El ex oficial de policía de Bayonne, el alcalde Jimmy Davis, ha anunciado su apoyo a la prohibición del uso de marihuana por parte de los oficiales de policía. Davis dice que trabajará con el Departamento de Derecho de la ciudad para elaborar una directiva a ese efecto. El anuncio del alcalde Davis se produce después de que el alcalde de Jersey City, Steven Fulop, anunció que a los oficiales del Departamento de Policía de Jersey City se les prohibirá usar marihuana, citando la ley federal y la necesidad de proteger las relaciones entre la policía y la comunidad.

“As a retired police officer myself, I know that sworn law enforcement officers must be held to a higher standard and I believe that allowing marijuana use by off-duty personnel would lead to lawsuits that would endanger both taxpayers and public safety by making it harder to win criminal convictions,” said Mayor Davis. “Current testing methods cannot determine when someone was under the influence of marijuana, making it impossible for police officers to prove that their use occured when off duty. This is an unnecessary complication to an already difficult job and I would support a legislative solution to close this loophole and make it 100% clear that as long as marijuana remains classified by the federal government as an illegal drug, we cannot have police officers using it.”