Undercover or not ?
Craig D
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I am relatively new to the forum and I need some opinions or ideas. We are locatated in Middle TN the meth capitol of the U.S. We have received word that there may be several indulviduals on second shift dealing illegal drugs and some drug use. We give a drug test at hire, work related injuries and when we have a solid suspicion of some one being under the influence. We do not random test because we feel that we are telling all of our assocaites that we do not trust them. My question is should we bring in an undercover officer on second shift to try and root out any dealers that we may have or is there a better way of handling this? I would appreciate any input anyone would have.
Thanks,
Craig D.
Thanks,
Craig D.
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I have and would again use undercover personalities in this situation. I have one currently employed as a full time employee and only I know this is the fact. He has found some use but for the most part there is a lot of bragging about who can get what and for how much. He has gone to the person, we had heard was the pusher, my insider believes the dude is all talk and no contact, in about another week this employee (my cover employee) will transfer to another work site and try to un-cover a 2nd rumored "HOT SPOT", THIS ONE INCLUDES PROSTITUTION ON SITE BEFORE BREAKFAST. I can't wait to hear that this is going on. After my cover transfers from the 2nd shift to the other work site, I will go in and call the one "dude" up for a "for cause" drug test (OUR POLICY). I will personally take him to the physician's office at 8:00AM and if he is positive he'll be suspended from work until the drug test is identified by a lab to be positive, at which time the suspension will be lifted and immediately terminated. If negative he will be returned to work. If refuses to provide a urine sample for testing, he;ll be terminated on the spot.
Undercover employee does pay for the extra trouble. I convienced the leadership they did not need to be involved, the fewer people who know the better the results. They support me in my efforts to keep our work sites safe and non-violent. Just make sure you tell them you are going to do this and get their blessing for you will never know where this might lead. My cover employee has got a world of information about the work he has been doing. It could lead to even very senior ees that you would never expect. We nailed one of the owner's son; the owner's were heavy family and the board of directors (brothers, sisters, and uncles) got involved and transferred the son to lower LA to work and clean up his act.
Hope this helps!
PORK
Thanks again,
Craig D.
PORK
Good luke got to go!
PORK
This employee is no longer working for us (due to attendance issues) and I haven't heard of any additional problems.
Random drug testing is pretty well accepted in today's times, but it needs some analysis first (Who gets tested, how much will this cost, are you conveniently located to the test center, are you willing to free up the employee and a supervisor to escort them during work hours, etc.)
At my previous employer, we cooperated with the local PD, but it was a bad experience in that the undercover guy was a bad worker who was having to do this to get himself a lighter sentence, the Supervisors knew right away something was up when we bypassed them in our normal selection process, and for whatever reasons our workforce figured out what he was pretty quickly. There were no arrests, it created some resentment, and we had to finally fire the guy for absenteeism after only a couple of months.
Make sure you keep us informed as this develops.
My $0.02 worth!
DJ The Balloonman