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Brownsburg narrows lifetime bans, shortens drug-disqualification windows in hiring policy revision
Summary
The Brownsburg Police Department revised its selection-and-placement policy to reduce prior-substance-use disqualification periods (marijuana 1 year, certain narcotics 3 years, other controlled substances 5 years), remove a residency requirement, and clarify certified vs. lateral hiring pathways.
BROWNSBURG, Ind. — The Brownsburg Police Department on April 8 approved revisions to its selection-and-placement policy that shorten disqualification timelines for prior drug use, remove a residency requirement and clarify certified and lateral hiring tracks, department leaders said at the Police Commission meeting.
Major Watts, who led the policy presentation, described the changes as the product of medical review and policy-board discussion and said the revision moves the department toward standards used by neighboring agencies.
"There are really no drug uses that would prevent someone from being a police officer at any point in their life," Major Watts said, describing the medical review that informed the policy changes. "Page 7... it'll reduce the marijuana use to 1 year. 3 years for the narcotics that had previously been 5 and…
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