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Sources: Palm Beach County Sheriff’s SWAT Boss Loses Command After Drug Testing Refusal

Posted by , January 19, 2012 Print

Palm Beach County Sheriff‘s Lt. Dan Burrows was mysteriously moved from his gig as commander of the high-profile SWAT team.

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PBSO's SWAT squad (courtesy pbso.org)

Burrows, 46, a 17-year veteran also assigned to the midnight shift in the Belle Glade district, was allowed to go on leave to take care of a family emergency.

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The emergency, Gossip Extra hears, is drug treatment.

“Lt. Burrows was called by Internal Affairs and was asked to take a drug test,” a well-placed source said, “and he refused. It’s pretty unusual for someone to refuse.”

It is unclear at this point whether the test was random or the result of a complaint. The Special Weapons and Tactics squad responds to volatile situations such as hostage situations.

Burrows is also a high-ranking representative of the local police union, the Police Benevolent Association. PBA boss John Kazanjian declined comment.

One PBSO insider who asked not to be named said Burrows’ problem is believed to be strong pain pills, which he once took legitimately for an on-duty injury. Incidentally, one of Sheriff Ric Bradshaw‘s law enforcement efforts has targetted pill mills, illegal clinics that dispense dangerous oxycodone.

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4 Comments

  1. maggie, 1 year ago Reply

    could is possibly have something to do with the John Goodman trial?

  2. Steven Hawkins, 1 year ago Reply

    All opiates like darvon, morphine, demerol, hydromorphone, lorcet, lortab, tylox, hydrocodone and others are all narcotic in nature and so have the potential for abuse. These are prescription medicines and are prescribed only when needed by the patients however drug abusers often acquire it and abuse such medicines. These recreational drugs are not easily available over the counter and market but can be availed online. They have many side effects which include impairment of thinking and reasoning ability, insomnia, sedation, drowsiness, lack of coordination of movements, seizures or convulsions, nausea, vomiting and many more. These often lead to respiratory depression.

    These drugs are prescribed by the doctors only when need arises as these causes addiction. Some prescription medicines are used for chronic pain but often recommended for short term treatment. Information about such recreational drugs is available online in different websites like FindRxOnline which provides information about such medicines and its side effects along with the vendors and pharmacies list where it is available. These sites often help users and guide them about the uses of such medicines and warn them about the associated risk. So it is advisable for users to visit the doctor or these sites before using such recreational drugs.

  3. tom, 1 year ago Reply

    If he has a problem , then he needs to take care of it. It doesn’t mean that he needs to be fired. If they took him off being a commander of swat then that was the right thing to do. He is no different than any other person in the work force that becomes addicted. He has a right to get his life into order. Now if he refused to get help or address the problem , then he should be fired. But he has worked long and hard in his career and he deserves an oppurtunity to get clean.

  4. Crooked Cop Hater, 9 months ago Reply

    If he was taking them ‘legally”, there’s no reason to refuse a drug test. He would have proof of a doctors prescription. Case closed.


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