On 20 February 2026, Mike McKnight reported for WOWT that the Omaha Police Department has eliminated its requirement that applicants submit to polygraph screening. This short article is cited here in full: OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – The Omaha Police Department has eliminated one of its requirements for hiring new recruits — the polygraph test, commonly … Read more
SWNEBR.net reports. Excerpt: KEARNEY, NE–In Kearney, Nebraska today Nebraska’s Senator Ben Nelson announced that the University of Nebraska at Kearney (UNK) will receive one million federal research dollars to study two important issues. The first project is to improve the reliability of polygraph technology in an effort to make it more useful in law enforcement … Read more
The following short article from the KETV website is cited here in full: OMAHA, Neb. — A racial slur found inside an Omaha police precinct has one city council member upset. Councilman Frank Brown said he wants police to take a lie-detector test. The slur was found on Thanksgiving Day inside the northeast precinct. Omaha … Read more
Omaha World Herald staff writer Karyn Spencer reports in an article titled, “Closer look into slur requested.” Councilman Frank Brown will ask the Omaha City Council to press for further investigation into who wrote a racial slur at a police precinct. Brown said Monday he plans to introduce a resolution Jan. 7 asking the Police … Read more