Cop says she failed drug test because of her weave

An NYPD sergeant claimed that she failed her drug test because of her weave.

Sep 18, 2017

An NYPD sergeant claimed that she failed her drug test because of her weave.

Sgt. Tracy Gittens, who once worked in First Lady Chirlane McCray’s personal security detail, tested positive for pot after a random drug test but has insisted that the whole thing was a massive misunderstanding.

Gittens, a 13-year veteran on the force, claimed that the person running the test snipped hair from the back of her head, where she could not see to tell if the hair was coming from her weave or not. She claimed that she does not use drugs and that if her actual hair had been tested, it would have shown that she was clean.

“She doesn’t smoke marijuana and she’s unaware how it may have gotten into her system,” said a police source, according to the New York Post. “That’s why she’s thinking it may have been the weave.”

However, some of her other colleagues aren’t convinced.

“She should have said upfront that is not my real hair so they could take the hair from somewhere else. I’ve heard every excuse, but those tests are 100 percent accurate and I tend not to believe her story,” one police source said.

Gittens has been on paid desk duty since winter and is now awaiting a department trial. Her lawyer, John D’Alessandro, has declined to comment on her case.