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Wasn't this first suggested on JClist that some JCPD cops were on steroids back in 2006 - 2007 ?
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Jersey City police chief wins court battle over steroid testing
December 23, 2011, 7:02 AM By Mark Mueller/The Star-Ledger In a decision that could have implications for law enforcement agencies nationwide, a federal appeals court has ruled the Jersey City police chief did not violate the rights of several officers when he ordered them to undergo testing for anabolic steroids, stripped them of their weapons and assigned them to desk duty. The opinion by the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia amounts to a victory for Chief Tom Comey, who contended throughout the lengthy legal fight he had an obligation to ensure the officers did not pose a risk to the public given the link between steroids and increased aggression. More significantly, the ruling puts the appeals court?s imprimatur on an issue that has not been widely addressed at the federal level. While the courts have repeatedly upheld law enforcement policies that test for illegal drugs, they have not tackled the use of testosterone and other steroids obtained with a prescription, leaving chiefs in a legal gray area. In the Jersey City case, the officers obtained prescriptions from a doctor who, authorities say, faked diagnoses in many cases to accommodate clients? desires to get bigger and stronger. Some of the drugs were then sent by mail from a Brooklyn pharmacy investigators determined was little more than an illegal steroid mill. University of Texas professor John Hoberman ? who tracks steroid use in law enforcement and who has written widely about the rise of hormone replacement therapy, along with its abuses ? called the ruling a "groundbreaking" opinion that should make it easier for police chiefs to take action against officers who bulk up under the guise of hormone therapy. "In the past, police officials have tended to back off of strict enforcement, because they simply did not know how to handle medical claims by officers," Hoberman said. "This judge has refused to allow the medical claim to dictate the outcome of the case, and that is a breakthrough for the anti-steroid rules that many departments have not enforced in a consistent way." The appellate opinion, released Tuesday, affirms a lower court decision dismissing the claims brought by officers Nicholas Kramer, Brian McGovern and Patrick Fay. They were among more than 40 Jersey City officers who obtained anabolic steroids or human growth hormone from Lowen?s Pharmacy in Brooklyn, court records show. The drugs had been prescribed by Jersey City physician Joseph Colao, the subject of a series of stories in The Star-Ledger last year. Comey, who was tipped to the steroid use by a New York City internal affairs captain, ordered his officers to undergo tests and put them on modified duty pending the results. Officers who had elevated levels of testosterone ? a hallmark of steroid use ? remained on desk duty until those levels returned to a normal range. Seven of the officers initially filed suit, claiming their civil rights had been violated. When the district court ruled against them, Kramer, McGovern and Fay appealed. In Tuesday?s opinion, Appeals Court Judge Julio Fuentes cited the link between heavy steroid use and aggression and argued armed police officers exercise an "awesome and dangerous power." Moreover, he said, because the profession is both dangerous and "highly stressful," officers must be mentally fit. "Chief Comey had a reasonable suspicion that the officers? perception and judgment might be impaired by excessive steroid levels," Fuentes wrote. Comey could not be reached yesterday. Deputy Chief Peter Nalbach, who was involved in the decision to place the officers on modified duty, said he was gratified the court agreed the "public interest is greater than the individual." "We?re committed to ensuring our personnel are capable of providing public safety services to the citizens of Jersey City," Nalbach said. "We have to make sure nothing takes away from that ability." The officers? lawyer, D. Gayle Loftis, said her clients suffer from a legitimate medical condition, known as hypogonadism, and that testosterone can ease symptoms that include fatigue and impotence. She said the men have been victims of "hysteria" about steroids, which are appropriate for some conditions. "This was not a case where someone was using meth or cocaine," Loftis said. "You?re talking about a legally prescribed drug that doctors in New Jersey are authorized to prescribe." The lawyer said she is considering filing a motion to ask the appellate panel to reconsider. The deadline to do so is early next month. Loftis said she also is considering filing a lawsuit in state court instead, claiming violations of the Law Against Disabilities and the state Civil Rights Act. "The fat lady ain?t sang all of her songs just yet," Loftis said.
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Here's the piece that is in today's JJ (12/13/10)... Jersey City doc writes scripts for steroids, HGH for hundreds of NJ cops, firefighters Monday, December 13, 2010 By AMY BRITTAIN and MARK MUELLER THE STAR-LEDGER On a rainy August morning in 2007, the news rippled through New Jersey's law enforcement ranks, officer to officer, department to department. Joseph Colao was dead. The 45-year-old physician had collapsed in his Jersey City apartment, the victim of heart failure. todays JJ piece *************** WOW!!! In just over a year, records show, at least 248 officers and firefighters from 53 agencies - including several in Hudson County - used Colao's fraudulent practice to obtain muscle-building drugs, some of which have been linked to increased aggression, confusion and reckless behavior. Six of those patients - four police officers and two corrections officers ? were named in lawsuits alleging excessive force or civil rights violations around the time they received drugs from him or shortly afterward. *************** The captain told Comey he suspected Jersey City officers were customers, too. Comey turned over the list. He soon learned at least 40 of the department's 834 officers had filled prescriptions for steroids through Lowen's and that at least 36 had obtained HGH from the pharmacy.
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A conundrum indeed
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You?re not going to convince anyone that dozens of JC policemen and firemen suddenly in the past few years all came down with hormone deficiencies requiring them to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to get juiced up, and that only one doctor was capable of catching these hormone problems. Just because a prescription is written by a doctor doesn?t mean it?s legal. I don?t know what the hell is going on in that juiced-up brain of yours but it?s pretty obvious that this doctor was illegally giving prescriptions for steroids to people that did not really need them.
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It's the old chicken or egg.
Are cops assholes because they use steroids, or do cops use steroids because they are assholes? A riddle for the ages.
Posted on: 2010/12/13 16:07
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I guess that explains why the two JCPD officers I ran into in a bar last week were such incredible assholes.
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Where's Jackey and Douchebagger69?
I'd love to hear their opinions on this.
Posted on: 2010/12/13 3:19
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So have all the pumped up been identified ? It seems to me that in this age of electronic records, finding out records for reimbursements for nandrolone etc, and verifying through random blood test should allow to find out who is really hormonal deficient and who has some money to refund to the taxpayer. Payable in full or in installments carrying interest, thank you.
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The pumped up ones must be in the Heights. Downtown they're all "plumped up" on Dunkin Donuts.
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No wonder they are all "pumped" up all the time! and they are looking to get a raise on their union contracts to spend it illegal drugs! Makes the rest of the honest cops in the department look bad, well, what is left of them.
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Updates on this story
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010 ... f_nj_police_firefigh.html Residents of Hudson County formed the backbone of the practice, prescription records show. At least 40 Jersey City police officers and 27 city firefighters received hormones from Colao. Smaller numbers of officers came from Bayonne, Hoboken and Union City. Fourteen more officers represented the county sheriff?s and corrections departments.
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abuse of prescription drugs is ok too and there is nothing wrong with sport enhancing drugs either.........better still lets give it to all the kids at our local schools..........I bet there is a clause when you sign up as a cop that you're not allowed to take steriods because of the side-effects, but stupid cops who rely on muscle then brains have found a loop hole to exploit it..............................just look at all the police cheif and commanders we have...not one is built like a fridge with no neck......well except Comey who's a fat-ass.
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So how many of these cops have chosen to keep taken their Andro meds at the desk?
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The only aspect I will agree with your opinion, is that you entitled to it.. Please read past replies on this matter so you don?t make the mistake of making misinformed assumptions on this matter. I have basically outlined all the basic information I could ascertain from this matter, so hopefully you can become more informed and make a better decision in the opinion of this matter? A major point of focus that many keep forgetting is the pure fact that not one of these officers did anything illegal ; therefore, not one officer was fired or should be?.
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.. again you are entitled to your opinion on this matter, but unless you are a certified endocrinologist or specialist in the field of hormonal therapy, your opinion lacks merit...
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Did they travel to that pharmacy in Brooklyn to fill their prescriptions? To answer your question to the best of my knowledge and the information I could ascertain is the following : the officers were advised by an initial local HRT doctor who performed blood analysis tests to treat hormonal deficiencies to have their prescriptions filled at a compounding pharmacy called Lowens in New York.. The officers were told that since it is a compounding pharmacy the prescriptions would be delivered in a quick manner. All of the officers I know stated that they used their insurance to fill prescriptions at this pharmacy. Unlike the New York cops who personally visited the pharmacy and purchased steroids or hormones often without a prescription illegally, not one Jersey City officer ever visited this pharmacy or tried to purchase any type of medication without a prescription and usage of insurance. All of the officers can attest that they had no knowledge that this particular pharmacy was conducting illegal sales in different matters. After this mentioned pharmacy was closed for illegally selling steroids, which none of the Jersey City officers ever purchased since each Jersey City officer had a legal prescription to purchase their medications, each officer received treatment from different doctors throughout the state and had their new medications filled at other local pharmacies utilizing the same insurance....
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jcnick, you sound like you're under the spell of a useful delusion, but I'll bite. Cop or attorney?
If it's really a non-issue, why did Chief Comey direct internal affairs to do this testing in the first place? Yes, because similar to the BALCO case in baseball, Lowens Pharmacy in BK was known to be distributing steroids to people who really don't need them. These cops were not even fired. They were gaming a very broken system and went all the way to Brooklyn to find a shady operator to assist them. They are held to a higher standard and they crossed the line. I'll go with the chief on this one.
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Thanks, but I still call BS on the hypogonadism diagnoses. Just a strong hunch.
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Repeating my previous implicit questions: How many different doctors individually diagnosed this medical condition in the officers? And who are they? To answer your question to the best of my knowledge from the information I could ascertain : two of the officers sought treatment from endocrinologists, while the other officers received treatment from five different HRT ( Hormonal Replacement Therapy) doctors....
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Repeating my previous implicit questions:
How many different doctors individually diagnosed this medical condition in the officers? And who are they?
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Quoted by Crazy_ Chester:
"Are you still trying to convince us that these prescriptions were for legitimate medical reasons?" Ok, it is very clear now that your cognitive ability on this matter and an understanding of it's totality of circumstances is lacking; therefore, I will try to help you by stating the following: There is no need to convince you or anyone else for that matter that these mentioned prescriptions were legitimate for medical reasons. The clear fact and point of focus is that they are indeed legal, legitimate prescriptions for a valid medical diagnosis of testicular or endocrine- based hypogonadism that does affect a certain percentage of men in society... These officers did not violate or break any federal or state mandated laws governing medical prescriptions. Yes, I do agree that police officers or members of any public safety entity are held to a higher responsibility to sustain and ensure the safety of the public, but keep in mind all of these officers mentioned are under the supervision of certified doctors who constantly monitor each individual officer; therefore, negating any chance that these officers would become a liability to perform his or her duties. The City and Department are aware of the certain doctors the mentioned officers are receiving treatment from, and not one of these doctors is under any type of investigation for illegal activities... Finally , one main fact that most keep looking past, is that there are no federal laws, state statutes, mandated Attorney General Guidelines, City or Departmental SOP's that govern and enforce a policy of 'LEGAL' prescribed testosterone treatment. There are only guidelines and laws for ?ILLEGAL? usage of steroids or any type of hormones. The only state in the United States that has passed a state-wide policy concerning ?LEGAL? use of steroids or hormonal treatment is Arizona, which allows its officers to receive legally prescribed testosterone treatment as long as the officers are under the supervision of an accredited doctor and the mentioned patients levels are kept at a certain testosterone level with dosages not exceeding 300 mgs per 14 days... All of the officers mentioned were well under these dosage amounts.. From all the posts on this subject, it seems most are ill- informed of the true aspects and details of this entire matter, so hopefully this helps...
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Are you still trying to convince us that these prescriptions were for legitimate medical reasons?
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yes they traveles to brooklyn to get the prescriptions. they are not commonly stocked in target or other places like that and they can be very expensive.
hormone replacement therapy is ususlly conducted with testosterone. so yes it can effect your personality but not any more than anything else that your body produces naturally.
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I'm all for our policemen being big, strong, and fast. But steroids can mess with your head (and heart) and we don't need our cops being big, strong, and fast nutjobs.
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Did they travel to that pharmacy in Brooklyn to fill their prescriptions?
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Television is certainly a factor that affects people's body images, but men have been trying to substitute perceived physical might for real power long before its invention.
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Strange that there is no mention of the doctor's who prescribed the steroids.
There's plenty of talk about the medical conditions that necessitate the use of steroids, but it would certainly bolster their case if a number of different doctors independently diagnosed this testosterone deficiency. I'd like to know how many different doctors wrote those scripts and who they are.
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That would explain why most act like they have small penis syndrome.
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I?m going back (again) to the crap they show on the television. Team scenarios involving doctors and interns, cops and rookies, lawyers and wanna-be lawyers?. and I find so much of it to be baloney.
The TV execs want us to believe that young (and very attractive) adults that appear to be straight out of school or college (and wear tight, suggestive clothing to show muscle or cleavage) are these amazing, genius, experts in their field that are not replaceable, while one older doctor or cop heads up the team. In the real world, those that are usually promoted and are the true experts in their field are not very young or fresh out of training camp. Newbies may have energy, drive and be committed, but they also make a lot of mistakes and must follow the rules in order to be successful, get promoted, and stay employed. The military is very structured, and I?m guessing the police force is set up the same way, with a chain of command and rules, rules, rules. I don?t know any of these steroid using officers and whether or not they require steroid prescriptions, but I do know that if they want to remain on the police force, that they must understand and take seriously, the strict laws governing drug use, and that ?steroids? even by prescription, can be a very harmful drug. If they?re serious about their careers and are able to remain on the force, I hope they will use this experience as a lesson, and put their health, job, and family before any body building passions. And perhaps, shut off the TV.
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