Original reporting and commentary about polygraphs, voice stress analyzers, and other purported "lie detectors."
Paul Hughes reports for the Waterbury, Connecticut Republican-American: WATERBURY — Polygraph examiner Leighton R. Hammond says lie detector tests of some city employees should speed the police investigation into whether any of them are responsible for the flooding of City Hall last weekend. “It certainly would narrow the field down very quickly,” said Hammond, who …
Steve Gambini reports for the Waterbury, Connecticut Republican-American. Excerpt: WATERBURY — Employees with access to the fourth floor of City Hall will be asked to take polygraph tests as police continue to investigate possible causes of a massive weekend flood in the building. “We’re going to ask them to take a polygraph because it’s a …
Gallatin News Examiner editor Deborah Highland and staff writer Jane Stegmeier report: An investigator from the Tennessee Fire Marshal’s office is conducting polygraph tests on Gallatin’s firefighters to determine who, if anyone, among their ranks is a quarter thief. “I decided that we would find whether we had somebody that wasn’t telling the truth,” Gallatin …
Linda Slobodian reports for the Calgary Herald: An investigation is underway to determine if candidates for Calgary Fire Department jobs are being asked — in mandatory polygraph tests — if they have ever had sex with cows or dogs, the city’s fire chief has confirmed. However, with the investigation barely underway, Wayne Morris has dismissed …
Dawn Walton reports for the Globe and Mail. This short article is cited here in full: CALGARY — Calgary firefighter recruits will be put through the paces their crime-fighting counterparts have been subjected to for years — polygraph tests. Polygraph machines, popularly known as lie detectors, are used when recruits are being interviewed by fire …
Peter Smith reports for the Calgary Sun. Excerpt: All potential firefighter recruits in Calgary in future must take a lie detector test to prove their credentials are genuine before they can join the department. Following a practice carried out by several fire departments in the U.S., Calgary will introduce the polygraph as the first specialized …