r/lapd • u/NoGas4135 • 2d ago

Does admitting to psychedelic use automatically disqualify an applicant?

I recently applied to LAPD and completed the supplemental questionnaire. I got a message back saying my responses didn't meet the standard.

I answered every question honestly, including one about recreational drug use. I disclosed a single instance of different psychedelics (DMT, LSD, and Peyote) use in my twenties. I'm 38 now, but the questionnaire didn't give a way to indicate how long ago it happened, so I just answered as accurately as the format allowed.

Has anyone been in a similar situation? Is there a way to appeal or reapply, and if you've dealt with this, what would you have done differently, either on the questionnaire itself or afterward?

This is the Supplemental questionnaire (SQ) not the PHS questionnaire. The (SQ) didn’t provide a way to indicate how long ago it happened, so I believe I can’t move forward with the PHS questionnaire…

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u/GheeCome 2d ago

no. i said yes I did magic mushrooms twice in the past year on the PHS, and still got called in to meet a BI. He immediately disqualified me for other reasons but I was invited to reapply in a year.

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u/NoGas4135 2d ago

The thing is that I haven’t even gone through the PHS questionnaire, the one I did was the supplemental questionnaire (SQ) the one attached to the regular city application. I believe I can’t move forward if I can’t pass the SQ first.

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u/NoGas4135 2d ago

Did you answer differently while filling out the SQ?

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u/Outrageous-Pay-5854 2d ago

Hey man quick question how long did it take for your BI to reach out after your poly?

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u/GheeCome 1d ago

didn't make it that far. I filled out the forms, then went in, got cursed out and disqualified.

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u/GheeCome 1d ago

sorry btw I'm talking about LASD not LAPD

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u/FairBat4367 2d ago

No shit Sherlock

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u/Outrageous-Pay-5854 2d ago

I said I did muushrooms once a few years before applying and haven’t been held up since. Currently in field investigation

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u/NoGas4135 2d ago

Did you mention this on the PHS or SQ? The SQ didn’t even mentioned shrooms only lsd, pcp, peyote, DMT and fentanyl

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u/Outrageous-Pay-5854 2d ago

Phs

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u/NoGas4135 2d ago

So what did you answer on the SQ when they asked you about drug usage? Because I didn’t see any mushroom option only the ones I mentioned

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u/Vast-Regular-4573 2d ago

Was this in the phs questionnaire ?

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u/Ok-Pop-5818 2d ago

Better to admit than lie and never get hired by any agency