Police applicant disqualification due to prior illegal drug use is a contributing factor to major recruitment and hiring challenges currently facing many American policing agencies. This article explores how chief executives of law enforcement agencies and college students enrolled in criminology courses in Arizona view current statewide police hiring standards related to prior drug use. We use surveys conducted in cooperation with the Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training Board to examine respondent opinions regarding the preemployment use of marijuana and illicit use of prescription drugs. Generally, we find significant differences between the chief executive and student views. Students, who represent potential policing applicants, typically are in favor of harsher treatment of prior drug use than chief executives, although students are also more open to forgiving marijuana use under certain circumstances. We discuss the implications of these findings for police hiring and suggest potential areas of policy change.

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调查警察局长和大学生对亚利桑那州招聘警官的药物取消资格的看法

由于先前非法吸毒而导致警察申请人被取消资格是导致许多美国警察机构目前面临的主要招聘和雇用挑战的一个因素。本文探讨了执法机构的首席执行官和在亚利桑那州参加犯罪学课程的大学生如何看待当前与先前吸毒相关的全州警察招聘标准。我们使用与亚利桑那州和平官员标准和培训委员会合作进行的调查来检查受访者关于就业前使用大麻和非法使用处方药的意见。一般来说，我们发现首席执行官和学生的观点存在显着差异。学生代表潜在的警务申请者，通常比首席执行官更倾向于对先前吸毒者进行更严厉的对待，尽管学生在某些情况下也更愿意原谅大麻的使用。我们讨论了这些发现对警察招聘的影响，并提出了政策变化的潜在领域。