I applied to my local sheriff department like 2 years ago and they rejected me because of psychedelic use (I tried shrooms one time and they barely hit) I regret that but whatever so applied and decided not to lie because I figured I should be honest and it was one time when I was younger. So I show up on the day of the interview and they just look at my application and point to the one time drug use and just say “our policy is 7 years” so I didn’t even get to interview. I got discouraged and stopped my correctional officer application mid way because well now they’re gonna know about the drug use aswell. I’m currently a truck driver and make good money but I really want to do law enforcement. recently I got the urge of wanting to become a CHP. My question is should I even bother? I know people who just lie on the lie detectors but since the sheriffs office essentially has my drug confession i can’t really do that.
Past drug use
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You need to wait till it’s past the time cut off. 2 years isn’t that far removed.
Psychedelics are a permanent DQ at almost all CA agencies that I know of.
Sucks, but actions have consequences. There’s plenty of other candidates out there with no prior drug history.
CHP is going to be the most harsh strict department to try and get into. I would honestly keep going for CO they honestly take just about anyone and are always in dire need of CO’s.
If they said they have a 7 year DQ period as long as you get past the 7 year mark since you tried it it shouldn’t be an issue. Now does that mean you’ll automatically get the job just cause you got past 7 years? No of course not, but at least you’ll be eligible to proceed further this time and give it a shot. You did the right thing by owning up to it regardless btw.