McCloskey v. Honolulu Police Department

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

LUM, CJ.

This court is called upon to decide whether the drug testing program of the Honolulu Police Department (HPD) violates the Hawaii Constitution. We conclude that neither the right to privacy of article I, section 6 nor the right to be free of unreasonable searches of article I, section 7 is infringed upon by. the HPD’s program of urine testing.

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Plaintiff-Appellant Shanda McCloskey (Appellant) has been a police officer since October 1984, assigned to the patrol division. Before being hired, she submitted to ah extensive investigation of her personal background and…