Application Omissions Mistakes Not Intentional
Chicago Police Applicant M.D. was disqualified from the eligibility list for the position of probationary police officer for a numeric discrepancy in his admitted marijuana use between the years 2001-2003, and for discrepancy in his admission of using a family member's Tylenol and Codeine pill for a back injury in 2003. A hearing was held. M.D. explained his submission of two numeric rounding of marijuana use from 2001-2003, 100xs and 50-75xs respectively, as he was trying to be as accurate as possible and was giving an estimate. After testimony, M.D.'s use to one Tylenol and Codeine pill given to him by a relative for back pain had obvious surrounding circumstances, and noted for it to be disqualifying, it would have to have been taken within 10 years of the date of M.D.'s examination. "The City's assertion that Applicant had intentionally furnished false or misleading information during the application process was not proved. The inconsistencies present in Applicant's care concerning events which occurred twelve or more years earlier was obviously the result of innocent mistakes rather than any malicious intent on Applicant's part to mislead the Dept." M.D., married with three children, and a steady employment history managing his family business, was returned to the eligibility list. 15HRB080 (2016)