Comments on Pro Libertate: The State on Steroids

While there are police officers who use steroids, ...

2011-04-18T18:59:52.786-06:00

While there are police officers who use steroids, I never did. I was conscientious about my job and the trust placed in me by the people of Houston. When this allegation came up, the Houston Police Department drew blood and we paid for our own tests. No steroids or any other drugs or indications of any past drugs were found. We even submitted hair samples. Nothing was found. This is conveniently omitted from the story. I wonder how much more of it is rumor and conjecture. Again, I categorically deny ever using steroids or any other illegal drugs before, during or after my police career.

Scott Tschirhart Denies ever using steroids. From...

2008-02-06T08:42:00.000-07:00

Scott Tschirhart
Denies ever using steroids. From the Houston Police Department, he became a Sheriff's deputy in a south texas county. in 1999, he passed the Texas Bar and has been a practicing attorney since.

police stake out kid for video taping them:http://...

2007-09-28T20:12:00.000-06:00

police stake out kid for video taping them:http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/19/1988.asp

If one excludes improper diet, lack of exercise, a...

2007-09-27T22:28:00.000-06:00

If one excludes improper diet, lack of exercise, and insufficient rest, the biggest threat to the average American's health is probably big government. The high taxes and currency debasement that are required to feed the ever expanding welfare/warfare/police state creates massive distortions and opportunity costs that cripple economic prosperity.
Not so long ago one income sufficed to maintain a household and raise a family. When debt and lack of savings are factored into the current picture, Americans were actually doing far better in the 50's, 60's, and early 70's.

I watched Chris Benoit's father and a neurosurgeo...

2007-09-27T09:08:00.000-06:00

I watched Chris Benoit's father and a neurosurgeon on one of the morning shows last month, they showed a brain scan of Benoit. The physician stated it was not the steroids but rather the massive brain trauma sustained over a wrestling career that caused the mood swings and depressions and so forth in Chris Benoit and caused the tragedy. The father therefore is crusading to stop the use of metal chairs for hitting the heads of pro wrestlers.

How the American people put up with a government that tells them what to do is beyond my ken.

Bourbon = GOOD
Marijuana = BAD

WHY? Because Big Brother says it is so.

Yes, most PDs (at least those in major metropolita...

2007-09-27T08:32:00.000-06:00

Yes, most PDs (at least those in major metropolitan areas) have steroid testing programs. But all of the circumstantial evidence so far, at least that which I've seen in the press, seems to indicate that punishment for those who test positive consists, at its most severe, of a slap on the wrist and a stretch of desk duty. Usually there is no punishment at all, which figures. Why wouldn't cops be given a free pass for violating a "drug law" they're supposed to enforce, just like the free pass they're given for all of their other crimes?

Anonymous -- I did NOT know that about Ronnie Cole...

2007-09-26T17:19:00.000-06:00

Anonymous -- I did NOT know that about Ronnie Coleman.

Marty, I noted in passing that Boston PD has a steroid testing program, and I appreciate you mentioning that other departments have moved in this direction -- which is a good thing. Most of the coverage I've read about this issue points out that there can be serious negative career repercussions for a cop who tests positive for 'roids. But the roid-head cops who end up in jail usually get there because of OTHER drug offenses, such as possession/distribution of cocaine or Ecstasy (one case involved a cop who traded a huge cache of Ecstasy for steroids).

Most of the time, a cop in possession of 'roids will be fired.
By way of contrast, private citizens are routinely sent to jail or prison for steroid "offenses." Take the case of Donnie Keith Wall of Texas, who received a 35-year sentence (!)for possession of steroids. Why this disparity? If there is a disparity in treatment between cops and citizens, it ought to work the other way around.

I'd prefer a regime in which cops could be permanently cashiered from police work for steroid use, with neither cops nor citizens facing criminal sanctions (and private citizens liable only to their employers for steroid use).

"So, how is the state condoning this?"My response ...

2007-09-26T16:18:00.000-06:00

"So, how is the state condoning this?"
My response to Marty is......WTF?! Did you read the article?

Many departments will test cops and then they will...

2007-09-26T16:00:00.000-06:00

Many departments will test cops and then they will suspend or fire the ones that test positive. Sometimes it's alcohol and sometimes it can even be other drugs. But, you will get fired.

So, how is the state condoning this?

You might have mentioned Ronnie Coleman, the winn...

2007-09-26T15:25:00.000-06:00

You might have mentioned Ronnie Coleman, the winner of multiple Mr. Universe bodybuilding contests. He's supposedly a police officer down in Texas somewhere. Can't imagine how his department justified his activities.