Reference no: EM131702477

Question: Plaintiff Richard and three other Lafayette police officers had performed authorized off-duty security work at Club 410, a nightclub located in downtown Lafayette, Louisiana, for some time. Richard in fact was head of security at Club 410. On the night that other police raided the club and confiscated illegal drugs, Richard received a phone call from the club. On the basis of that call, the ten-year veteran was subjected to a non-random drug test, which revealed the use of steroids. He was fired. Did the employer police department have sufficient reasonable suspicion, based upon the occurrence of the phone call on the night of the raid, to subject Richard to the nonrandom drug test? See Richard v. Lafayette Fire and Police Civil Service Board, 2009 WL 307145 (Louisiana Supreme Court, February 6, 2009).