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Jamaica: “More J’can Firms Using Lie Detector Tests: But Detractors Sceptical About Polygraph Reliability”

Jamaica Observer staff reporter Ann Margaret Lim reports. WHEN the Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) discovered that 13 of its expensive laptop computers were missing, it called in a lie detector expert. Seven suspects were run through the polygraph test and one was identified as the culprit. Following his confession, he and four people who …

Jamaica: “Lie Detector Tests for Cops: Forbes Outlines New Measures to Stamp Out Police Corruption”

Staff reporter Karyl Walker reports for the Jamaica Observer. THE police chief warned yesterday that cops seeking promotion to senior ranks or to assignments in sensitive areas will be subject to lie detector and other integrity tests as part of his programme to root corruption out of the constabulary. Earlier the Police Services Commission (PSC) …