You know what’s worse than being caught sleeping on the job? It’s buying anabolic steroids on the job.

This is reportedly the crime of (former) Canby police officer Jason Deason. And evidence shows that Deason ordered his supply of the prohibited compounds using the official stationery of the Canby Police Department. Now, Deason and the police department Chief Greg Kroeplin are under federal investigation because of the possible collusion between the two law enforcement officers.

It was reported that Deason and his chief were former housemates and their ‘coziness’ is one of the grounds that prompted federal agents to spearhead a public-corruption investigation.

More on this from the OregonLive:

Two years ago, a neighboring police agency shared a hot tip with the Canby police chief: One of his officers had been spotted buying illegal steroids in Oregon City.

An informant had no difficulty identifying Canby Officer Jason Deason. He came in uniform and rode his police motorcycle to pick up the drugs.

What’s more, the seller — Brian Jackson, then a strength and conditioning coach for the much-heralded Oregon City High School girls basketball team — told the informant he didn’t worry about getting caught by the police because he was selling to the police.

Canby Police Chief Greg Kroeplin didn’t appear alarmed, telling the other agency’s supervisors he’d heard rumors of Deason’s dabbling in steroids many times but could never substantiate them.

Kroeplin brushed off that tip, but the FBI didn’t.

Federal agents this year launched a public-corruption investigation, revealing a cozy relationship between Kroeplin and Deason in the 24-member force that allowed the officer to brazenly buy steroids while on duty and in uniform and tip off his suppliers to police inquiries, according to multiple search warrant affidavits filed in U.S. District Court.

In the process of investigating Deason, authorities also uncovered a steroid distribution network that operated in Oregon, Arizona, and Washington.

Deason resigned on July 17, 2007. Jackson, meanwhile, was kicked out of his coaching post.

One of the most damning evidence collected by investigators on Deason was a copy of his handwritten order of human growth hormone and an anabolic steroid using the City of Canby police stationery. On said paper, Deason was ordering kits of hGH and testosterone from his supplier William Traverso. The former police officer even signed his name and left his Canby police extension and home phone number.

Dated April 30, 2002, it reads: “Bill; Here is $160.00 towards the stuff. $100.00 of it is for Brian’s and $60.00 is mine. Brian would like you to get 3 kits of the HGH and if you can 1 or 2 bottles of T200. He wants to know how much the T200 is. Thanks Jason.”

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