In an article titled “Committee expands LAPD recruitment efforts,” MSNBC.com affiliate NBC4.TV reports on the LAPD’s polygraph woes. Excerpt:
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 24 – The City Council’s Public Safety Committee recommended today that the city fund expanded officer recruitment efforts by the Los Angeles Police Department.
The panel unanimously forwarded to the full council Deputy Chief Michael Bostic’s request to approve the creation of several new positions, all of which he said were needed to staff a pilot recruitment program.
“I think the LAPD can ill afford cost-cutting measures on staff when we’re at the breaking point where we are now,” Bostic said.
Among the positions that need to be filled, Bostic said, are polygraph examiners to administer tests to LAPD applicants as part of their background checks.
“Earlier in the year, we asked for eight polygraph examiners; we got six. So, surprise surprise, we’re 800 backlogged and now we’re trying to play catch up,” he said.