Positive Drug Test – Employment and Clear Record Maintained – Purav Bhatt

H.K.

H.K., a police officer was being investigated for testing positive of cocaine during a random drug test through the police department. H.K., an officer on the force for over a decade, risked losing his job, his pension and any opportunity of being a law enforcement officer with another force if the positive drug test and termination became part of his personnel file. Attorney Purav Bhatt was able to gather evidence and proof that the officer had unknowingly ingested a South American tea that contained coca leaves and can register a positive indication of cocaine metabolites in a drug test. After a disciplinary hearing, attorney Bhatt successfully convinced the department and disciplinary board that the officer should keep his employment, pension and maintain a clear record in his personnel file.