On the eve of New Jersey beginning recreational marijuana sales, Jersey City has issued a directive banning all local police officers from marijuana consumption and will fire those caught doing so.
The directive was announced by Mayor Steven Fulop on Twitter today, saying that the city disagrees with new statewide rules and is more aligned with federal standards.
“The fact is that all of the officers/recruits attest to the federal govt via [the Department of Justice] + [Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms] paperwork when they receive their firearms that they will not use any federal prohibited drugs including marijuana,” he wrote on Twitter.
Fulop argued that the state’s policies allowing law enforcement to smoke will put their officers and communities at risk “with impaired judgment,” and that marijuana testing “where there are tests + timelines that can create clear protection between consumption” doesn’t exist.