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Officer on Mayor's Security Detail Tests Positive For Marijuana: Sources

By  Murray Weiss and Ben Fractenberg | January 17, 2017 6:35pm | Updated on January 18, 2017 8:01am

 Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner Bill Bratton announced that most people caught with 25 grams or fewer of marijuana will be issued a summons rather than arrested. They spoke at a press conference at One Police Blaza Monday, Nov. 10, 2014. 
Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner Bill Bratton announced that most people caught with 25 grams or fewer of marijuana will be issued a summons rather than arrested. They spoke at a press conference at One Police Blaza Monday, Nov. 10, 2014. 
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MIDTOWN — An NYPD officer on Mayor Bill de Blasio’s security detail was suspended after testing positive for marijuana, sources said.

NYPD Sergeant Tracy Gittens tested positive for pot within the past couple days after a random drug test, the New York Daily News first reported.

Gittens has been on the force since 2002 and was assigned to the intelligence and municipal protection unit, sources said.

It was not immediately clear how long she has been on the mayor’s detail.

De Blasio’s office declined to comment.