The mayor in Spring Hill, TN threatens city employees with possible termination if drug results are leaked to the media.

(Tennessee) Spring Hill’s mayor wanted the results of a drug test the town’s police chief failed kept “highly confidential” and threatened to terminate any employee who “leaked” the information to the media, according to an e-mail obtained by The Daily Herald.
Earlier this month, Police Chief John Smith tested positive for codeine during a random drug screening of city employees. The chief said he took the last two pills of an 8-year-old Tylenol 3 prescription to alleviate a sore back a day before taking the random test Nov. 9.
Smith said he threw away the pill bottle and was unable to find a record of the prescription from a doctor’s office or pharmacy.
On Nov. 19, Mayor Mike Dinwiddie responded to an e-mail about the incident from the city administrator with a stern warning for city employees with loose lips.
“It goes without saying that this should be kept highly confidential,” Dinwiddie wrote. “Any city employee leaking this info publicly will be considered for immediate termination. IF the media does get wind of this, please forward their inquiries to me.”
The e-mail was addressed to City Administrator Victor Lay and the town’s aldermen. It was carbon-copied to the city attorney, the finance director and the police chief.



Link: http://www.c-dh.net/articles/2009/11/27/top_stories/01drug.txt