MORE DRUG TESTS AND PSYCHIATRIC EVALUATIONS

MORE DRUG TESTS AND PSYCHIATRIC EVALUATIONS The present leadership of the PNP should be commended for removing various offenders from the service. The moves might seem drastic, but I am sure that these leaders know what they are doing, and that the offenders deserve what they got. I just hope that the removal was done with due process, and that no one was deprived of their rights. I do not know how the PNP is doing it, but I think that all government agencies, especially the uniformed services should conduct drug tests and psychiatric evaluations as often as possible, perhaps even quarterly if their budgets could afford it. I purposely singled out the uniformed services because of many examples of abuse among them, even if we know that most of them are upright and decent. In fairness to all the good men and women in our uniformed services, their top officials should continuously remove the weeds from among the wheat, so that the name of those good people will not be tarnished by the bad people. After all, the laws provide for the due processes that would allow the removal of those who do not deserve to be in the service. Perhaps it would also be appropriate to create new mechanisms to reward the men and women who wear their uniforms with honor and dignity. They could perhaps be given top priority when they apply for public housing, or perhaps their children could be given scholarships with complete allowances for books and other expenses. IKE SENERES/3-9-24