XPost: nyc.politics, nyc.general, nyc.events 
 From: dogglebe@yahoooo.com 
  
 On Tue, 28 Nov 2006 02:13:19 GMT, "nyc kid"  wrote: 
  
 >In most professions in which you are responsible for the safety and welfare 
 >of others, a drug & alcohol test is routine when someone gets hurt.  Why 
 >shouldn't this be true for nypd?  Sounds like a good idea to me.  What do 
 >they have to hide... 
  
 In most professions, you have the option of running away when there's 
 danger; police don't have that option. 
  
 If police had to take drug and alcohol tests each time someone got 
 hurt, they'd be spending as much time pissing into a cup as they would 
 fighting crime. 
  
  
 Phil 
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