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the test, and <br /> • The tests conform to applicable federat,stateor local testing r�jquirements, and <br /> The test results can be obtained..by.,th,e...City.. <br /> • The tests are conducted by federal, state, or local officials having independent author <br /> Whenever such a test is conducted by a law enforcement officer, the driver must contact the <br /> and immed.iately e -t the existence of the test, providing the name, badge number, and <br /> Lpoi <br /> telephone number of the law enforcement officer who conducted the test. <br /> Random Testing. <br /> Every driver will be subject to unannounced alcohol and controlled substance testing on..a <br /> random selection basis. Drivers will be selected for testing by use of a scientifically valid method <br /> under which each driver has an equal chance of bei'ng selected each time selections are made. <br /> These random tests will be conducted throughout the calendar year. Each driver who is notified <br /> of selection for random testing must cease performing safety-sensitive functions and report to the <br /> designated test site immediately. It is mathematically possible drivers may be selected be picked <br /> and tested more than once, and others not at all. <br /> If a driver is selected for a random test while he or she is absent, on leave or away from work, <br /> that driver may.be..required to undergo the test when he or she returns to work. <br /> Federal law.requires the City to test at a rate of at least fifty percent (50%) of its average number <br /> of drivers for controlled substance each.-Year,and to test at a rate of at least ten..12ercent�10,,%)..of <br /> its average number of drivers for alcohol each year. These minimum testing rates are subject to <br /> change by the DOT. <br /> m <br /> ' <br /> 0 <br /> supervisor-------- <br /> o Reasonable Suspicion Testing, <br /> When a <br /> and/or controlled substance test. <br /> The City's determination that reasonable suspicion exists to require the driver to undergo an <br /> alcohol test will be based on specific, contemporaneous., articulable observations conceriu* <br /> appearance, behavior, speech, or body odors of the driver."In the case of controlled substance., <br /> the observations mqy 'include indications of the chronic and withdrawal effects of a controlled <br /> The required observations for reasonable suspicion testing-will be made by a supervisor or other <br /> prohibited by federal law or this policy, the City will require the driver to submit to an alcohol <br /> person designated by the City who has received qppropriate training in identification of actions, <br /> appearance and conduct of a driver which are indicative of the use of alcohol or controlled <br /> substanbe. These observations leading to an alcohol or controlled substance test., will be reflected <br /> in writing and signed by the supervisor who made the observations. The record will be retained <br /> by the City. The person who makes the determination that reasonable suspLcion exists to conduct <br /> testing, will not be the person conducting the testing, which shall instead be condue <br /> another qualified person. <br /> ` <br /> � <br /> | <br /> / <br />