I wonder if the New Jersey law enforcement community will come under the same Congressional scrutiny. After all, there appears to be a huge steroid problem in law enforcement these days. Perhaps 'roid rage is the reason so many cops are being caught on video violating the Constitutional rights of their suspects with overaggressive tactics.
When Dr. Joseph Colao died at the age of 45 from cardiac arrest, there was a sudden concern at multiple law enforcement offices around Jersey City. Strange that so many cops would be so interested in the death of one doctor. Detective Sgt. Ken Kolich began looking into why so many officers were interested in the death of the doctor.
It turns out, a seven-month investigation with the Star-Ledger shows that Colao was supplying police officers with steroids.
A seven-month Star-Ledger investigation drawing on prescription records, court documents and detailed interviews with the physician's employees shows Colao ran a thriving illegal drug enterprise that supplied anabolic steroids and human growth hormone to hundreds of law enforcement officers and firefighters throughout New Jersey.
From a seemingly above-board practice in Jersey City, Colao frequently broke the law and his own oath by faking medical diagnoses to justify his prescriptions for the drugs, the investigation shows.
Many of the officers and firefighters willingly took part in the ruse, finding Colao provided an easy way to obtain tightly regulated substances that are illegal without a valid prescription, the investigation found.
So, we have a steroid problem in law enforcement. Now I ask you, who are you more concerned about when it comes to steroids? Is it the baseball player playing many feet in front of you and very unlikely to suffer from a bout of 'roid rage against you at the plate? Or the police officer who pulls you over with the 'roid rage problem.
This news really puts in perspective where the real problems are, but I don't expect Congress to demand accountability from law enforcement as they do baseball players and Lance Armstrong. They need crazy cops that don't follow the rules for their police state that continues to rob Americans of their Constitutional rights. This will be overlooked by Congress for the next in line in the sports world.
Of course, there is no Constitutional authority for Congress to investigate both groups for steroid use, but the hypocrisy should be pointed out.
