The Secret Service has relaxed its marijuana policy in an attempt to increase recruitment

[corbe]

The Secret Service has relaxed its marijuana policy in an attempt to increase recruitment

by Circa News

June 3, 2017


Newly-appointed Secret Service director Randolph Alles announced plans to relax the agency's drug policy for potential hires, according to CNN. The proposal was part of Alles goal to grow the Secret Service in the coming years.

In his first press briefing on Thursday, Alles described a force of "very dedicated" agents facing insurmountable pressure to provide around-the-clock protection.

The easing of the drug policy, which formally went into affect last month, hopes to attract younger recruits to the hiring process. The new marijuana policy will no longer disqualify potential hires from the application process if he or she had experimented with the recreational drug in the past. The new "whole-person concept" takes into consideration, rather, how long it has been since a possible hire used the drug.

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http://circa.com/politics/government/the-secret-service-has-relaxed-its-marijuana-policy-in-an-attempt-to-increase-recruitment

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The Secret Service has relaxed its marijuana policy in an attempt to increase recruitment

by Circa News

June 3, 2017


Newly-appointed Secret Service director Randolph Alles announced plans to relax the agency's drug policy for potential hires, according to CNN. The proposal was part of Alles goal to grow the Secret Service in the coming years.

In his first press briefing on Thursday, Alles described a force of "very dedicated" agents facing insurmountable pressure to provide around-the-clock protection.

The easing of the drug policy, which formally went into affect last month, hopes to attract younger recruits to the hiring process. The new marijuana policy will no longer disqualify potential hires from the application process if he or she had experimented with the recreational drug in the past. The new "whole-person concept" takes into consideration, rather, how long it has been since a possible hire used the drug.

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http://circa.com/politics/government/the-secret-service-has-relaxed-its-marijuana-policy-in-an-attempt-to-increase-recruitment

I wonder...do they disqualify people for other crimes?

I'm not saying they should, but they should be consistent, and perhaps this is one more indication that marijuana should be decriminalized.

[EC]

Any federal crime disqualifies you from consideration. In theory, at least, although not always - there are several cases of wolves being recruited as sheepdogs once their time is served.
Only civil offence thing that disqualifies a candidate, so far as I know, is having a restraining order against them.

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

Any federal crime disqualifies you from consideration. In theory, at least, although not always - there are several cases of wolves being recruited as sheepdogs once their time is served.
Only civil offence thing that disqualifies a candidate, so far as I know, is having a restraining order against them.

I wonder, if you look hard enough, is there anyone who hasn't committed a federal crime?

Before you laugh, do you really believe there isn't a law out there somewhere making stepping in a puddle the equivalent of disturbing wetlands?

[EC]

Saw a statistic somewhere that the average person in the US breaks 19 different laws per day. While it sounds ridiculous on the face of it - no one knows how many laws there are in the USA. That's an article from a legal librarian, and she doesn't know, nor does she know how to find out!

[rodamala]

They have already relaxed their liquor and whores policies.