Ban on Police Smoking in Public Is Rescinded
From Times Wire Reports
A rule barring Philadelphia police officers from smoking while on duty or in uniform has been rescinded by interim Police Commissioner Sylvester Johnson.
In October, Johnson’s predecessor ordered the ban after a photograph showed an officer smoking as he helped lift a man in a wheelchair outside a burning building.
But the police union complained to the state’s labor relations board.
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