The Oklahoma City Police Department will implement random drug testing next year but will not test for anabolic steroid use by police officers. Oklahoma City Police Chief Bill Citty, while acknowledging “isolated incidents” of steroid use, rejects the notion that steroid use by cops is “rampant” or a “systemic problem” (”Steroids not on Oklahoma City Police Department radar,” November 29).
The Oklahoma City Police Department and its officers’ union, the Fraternal Order of Police, are in negotiations to implement random drug testing in 2009, but steroids are not on the list of drugs to be tested for.
Police Chief Citty listened to Phoenix Police Commander Kim Humphrey sing the praises of steroid testing as the solution to “roid rage” in law enforcement at the International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference in San Diego. But Citty is not convinced the use of anabolic steroids by police officers will cause the type of violent and aggressive roid rage that would threaten the lives of the public in Oklahoma City. Read more
