Original reporting and commentary about polygraphs, voice stress analyzers, and other purported "lie detectors."
Jennifer Muir and Emma Perez-Treviño report for the Brownsville, Texas Herald in an article titled, “Sheriff holds off on staff changes.” Excerpt: Administrative debates temporarily staved off Sheriff Conrado Cantu’s plan to restructure a troubled county jail staff Monday, but Cameron County’s top lawman said his department will continue considering options this week as his …
Tamara Race reports for the Patriot Ledger of Quincy, Massachusetts. Excerpt: A clerk magistrate will rule early next week whether Plymouth Police Chief Robert Pomeroy and Town Manager Eleanor Beth should face criminal charges for forcing a police officer to take a lie-detector test or lose his job. If convicted, the two would face a …
Tamara Race reports for the Patriot Ledger of Quincy, Massachusetts. Excerpt: PLYMOUTH – A police officer is seeking criminal charges against Police Chief Robert Pomeroy and Town Manager Eleanor Beth, saying they illegally forced him to take a lie detector test or lose his job. Police officer Kevin Furtado was placed on paid leave in …
Oakland Tribune staff writer Ian Hoffman reports. Excerpt: Hundreds of nuclear weapons scientists and intelligence analysts will still be strapped to the polygraph machine for the time being, despite a recent report concluding that polygraphs miss spies and tar the innocent as security risks. The U.S. Energy Department is racing to change its routine polygraph …
Tim McGlone reports for the Virginian-Pilot. Excerpt: NORFOLK — A former Smithfield Packing Co. saleswoman has sued the meat giant and two supervisors, claiming the company illegally tried to force her to take a lie-detector test after she filed a sexual harassment complaint. Julie M. Bannister, a married mother of three, also claims in court …
Jim Muir reports for The Southern Illinoisan in an article titled, “Franklin Sheriff Says One Person Had Access to Pot Storage” Excerpt: BENTON — As the investigation into the disappearance of 5-10 pounds of marijuana from a secure county storage facility enters its third week, Franklin County Sheriff Bill Wilson said only one person from …
Tangeni Amupadhi reports for The Namibian. Excerpt: THE Roads Authority has stopped trying to catch out liars among people it wants to hire or promote. The Authority abandoned using lie detector tests after unhappy workers seeking promotion complained to The Namibian. While the Roads Authority has stopped using lie detectors, the man hired to conduct …
Graeme Hosken of the Durban, South Africa Daily News reports. Excerpt: The three-day strike by Fidelity Cash Management Services employees ended on Tuesday when workers and management agreed to sit down and talk about their disputes. Fidelity Cash Management Services employees went on strike on Saturday to protest about the compulsory polygraph test which workers …
Graeme Hosken of the Durban, South Africa Daily News reports on a strike over polygraph “testing.” This short article is cited here in full: Scores of Durban’s automatic teller machines (ATMs) and businesses are expected to run dry on Monday after Fidelity Cash Management Services (FCMS) employees went on strike over the weekend. The strike …
Brian Falk reports for the Old Colony Memorial of Plymouth, Massachusetts. Excerpt: PLYMOUTH (Aug. 1) – A Plymouth police officer is suing the town for making him take a lie detector test during an internal investigation of an allegation that he improperly touched two young boys. At the time, the district attorney had already conducted …