The war on steroids is rapidly shifting into its next phase. After almost a decade targeting steroids in sports, the media has recognized that steroid fatigue has created considerable apathy towards doping by athletes. The witch-hunt against athletes on steroids is winding down with the highly celebrated government investigations targeting Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Lance Armstrong reaching their conclusions this year. The media has sensed the steroid fatigue among the general public and has started a new witch-hunt targeting cops on steroids. When the media starts creating hysteria about steroids, politicians and government investigators inevitably sense an opportunity to grandstand and possibly advance their careers.

The “investigative reporters” at the Star-Ledger did an exposé on cops that “blew the lid off the hidden world of steroid use and fraud among law enforcement officers across New Jersey.” Who were the cops that were recklessly using these performance-enhancing drugs? They were adults, primarily in their 30s and 40s, who were prescribed testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) by their doctor(s). [Read more…]

A police detective has been busted in an anabolic steroids distribution case in England. Merseyside Detective Paul David Fletcher was charged with eights counts of conspiring to supply anabolic steroids before the Liverpool magistrate’s court. Detective Fletcher’s co-defendants in the case include his 26-year old son as well as another police officer. Steroids are categorized as a Class C drug in the United Kingdom. [Read more…]

The Portland Police Bureau has plans to implement random anabolic steroid testing for officers beginning in July 2011. Police watchdogs pressured the city to test officers for steroid use after arguing that they caused “abnormal and aggressive behavior”.

The Portland Police Association, a 900-member police union representing Portland law enforcement personnel, and the city reached an agreement that included steroid testing in February but Portland has been unable to find an affordable solution for steroid testing up until now. [Read more…]

The details of a secret internal affairs investigation codenamed Operation Oklahoma in Australia have been made public several months after its conclusion. The investigation implicated eight police officers as well as local businessman and athletes. The investigation led to the firing and resignations of the “Tamworth four” which included the snitch who provided critical information about the steroid ring to investigators. Ironically, the details of Operation Oklahoma were only made public because the informant at the center of the investigation submitted an application for wrongful termination.

Former Constable Matthew Walsh became a “willing informant” for the New South Wales Police Integrity Commission during their two-year internal affairs investigation of a police network involved in the trafficking of anabolic steroids. Walsh provided assistance to investigators and agreed to provide court testimony against fellow officers implicated in the steroid trafficking ring. The Commission acknowledged his assistance with a “letter of comfort” that confirmed his willingly participation during the investigation. [Read more…]

An anabolic steroids investigation by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and possibly other federal agencies have led to internal affairs probes of steroid use by multiple Massachusetts law enforcement departments. The Pittsfield Police Department and Massachusetts State Police have acknowledged being alerted by an “outside law enforcement agency” that specific officers were involved in purchasing steroids.

Pittsfield Police Officer David P. Kirchner, a narcotics investigator with the Berkshire County Drug Task Force, was suspended and demoted in rank to a patrol officers after reaching an agreement with the department. An internal probe by the Pittsfield Police determined that Kirchner violated two of the department’s rules and regulations i.e. “criminal conduct” and “conduct unbecoming of an officer”. [Read more…]

Former Department of Public Safety Trooper Jeff Jerman was sentenced to 90 to 180 days in jail after pleading guilty to the delivery of anabolic steroids, a controlled substance. The second-degree felonies involved the delivery of $800 worth of the anabolic steroids trenbolone, nandrolone and stanozolol to a Kerrville Police Officer in a steroid deal in the local H-E-B parking lot on September 7, 2009. [Read more…]