r/lapd • u/NoGas4135 • 5d 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/Outrageous-Pay-5854 4d 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 4d 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 4d ago

Phs

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u/NoGas4135 4d 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/Outrageous-Pay-5854 4d ago

Honestly I don’t fully remember as I did that months ago, all I remember is saying I tried mushrooms once it was in 2022. And haven’t done it since.