NYPD cop claims she failed her random drug test because a strand from her WEAVE was tested instead of her own hair

  • The claim was made by Sgt. Tracy Gitten, who worked in the personal security detail for First Lady Chirlane McCray, the wife of New York's mayor Bill de Blasio
  • After testing positive for marijuana in a random drug test she was removed from her position at Gracie Mansion 
  • The 13-year police veteran has now been put on paid desk duty in Queens 

By HARVEY DAY FOR MAILONLINE

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An NYPD cop has claimed she failed a drug test because a strand from her human-hair weave was mistakenly tested instead of her own locks. 

The claim was made by Sgt. Tracy Gitten, who once worked in the personal security detail for First Lady Chirlane McCray, the wife of New York's mayor Bill de Blasio.

After testing positive for marijuana in a random drug test she was removed from her position at Gracie Mansion.

NYPD cop Sgt. Tracy Gitten (pictured) has claimed she failed a drug test because a strand from her human-hair weave was mistakenly tested instead of her own locks

NYPD cop Sgt. Tracy Gitten (pictured) has claimed she failed a drug test because a strand from her human-hair weave was mistakenly tested instead of her own locks

The 13-year veteran has now been put on paid desk duty in Queens, according to the New York Post, and is awaiting a departmental trial. 

'She doesn't smoke marijuana and she's unaware how it may have gotten into her system,' one police source said. 

'That's why she's thinking it may have been the weave.'

MailOnline has contacted John D'Alessandro, the lawyer for Sgt. Gitten, for comment. 

The claim was made by Sgt. Tracy Gitten, who once worked in the personal security detail for First Lady Chirlane McCray (right), the wife of New York's mayor Bill de Blasio (left)

The claim was made by Sgt. Tracy Gitten, who once worked in the personal security detail for First Lady Chirlane McCray (right), the wife of New York's mayor Bill de Blasio (left)

In 2009, New York's highest court upheld the right of the NYPD to test its police officers for drugs through hair sampling, according to Newsday. 

Historically, the NYPD had used urine testing and hair sampling, also known as radioimmunoassay, for officers suspected of drug use as well as for probationary officers. 

The department also put in place a random system of selecting officers for drug testing. 

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