Police Staffing Essay

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When it comes to prior drug use by an applicant for the position of police officer many feel strongly that this disqualifies the applicant based on moral character. Any person who would do drugs must be compromised and therefore susceptible to future judgement errors in the capacity of a police man or woman. That is the logic many private citizens and many older people in law enforcement management. However today there are serious issues facing the police departments of this country, one of which is staffing. It is now becoming difficult to find applicants to fill the role of police officer in a society that views them in a very negative light as of late and a governmental system nationwide that has attacked the police benefits as a means to balance the books. …show more content…

Marijuana was placed into a category known as a schedule one narcotic meaning it had little if any medical benefits and would very likely be abused. This is also the point when marijuana became known by many as a gateway drug opening pandora's box exposing the user to a higher risk of using far harder illicit drugs in the future. WHat would follow is in my opinion the single largest domestic expenditure with no real “fruit” produced in 40+ years, the war on drugs. I am a law enforcement officer and even I believe the war on drugs to be a phenomenal failure that has wasted over one trillion of dollars fighting a battle that cannot be won simply because it is a battle against human nature, the desire to feel good, even if only temporary and no matter how artificial (Branson, 2012). Marijuana has continued to be a major factor in the amount of people in the US incarcerated, at the time of this essay totaling 154,456 so far this year or one person arrested for a marijuana related offense every 30 seconds in the US. (Drug War Clock,

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