City of East Point v. Smith

Bell, Justice.

We granted certiorari in this case to consider the Court of Appeals’ holding that the City of East Point could not require the appellee, a captain in the East Point Fire Department, to submit, to urinalysis testing for the purpose of detecting marijuana use, where the city lacked reasonable suspicion that Smith was using marijuana. Smith v. City of East Point, 183 Ga. App. 659 (359 SE2d 692) (1987). We reverse.

“In early 1985, the Police Department of the City of East Point received reports that some of its officers were smoking marijuana in public. The chief of police was unable…