Maggie Shepard reports for the Albuquerque Tribune: Anyone who wants to work in the Metropolitan Forensic Center evidence room will have to take a polygraph test, Albuquerque’s police chief said. With an investigation having determined that $58,000 went missing from the evidence lockup, the Albuquerque Police Department is trying to minimize the chance that anyone … Read more
KOBTV.com has published the following brief Associated Press report: (Santa Fe-AP) — The state Supreme Court has ruled that polygraph test results can continue to be used as evidence in New Mexico courts. New Mexico has allowed the use of lie detector results in courts for decades. However, the Supreme Court has been considering whether … Read more
This article by Albuquerque Tribune correspondent Aubrey Hovey includes a discussion of the Albuquerque Police Department’s policy of polygraphing applicants in an attempt to ascertain their truthfulness with regard to past drug use. Excerpt: A marijuana-induced “buzz” is floating around the Albuquerque Police Department. Past drug use by potential police recruits has caused a rift … Read more
This UPI article is cited here in full: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Sept. 10 (UPI) — A New Mexico judge has recommended the state discontinue using lie detector results in court, saying the tests are too unreliable. New Mexico is the only state to routinely permit the results of polygraph, or lie detector, tests to be entered … Read more
The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that a number of Española, NM civil servants will be forced to submit to polygraphic interrogation in the wake of thefts from City Hall. Excerpt: Two Española police officers, a city clerk and two police clerks will undergo polygraphs to determine whether any of them stole $1,800 and 3.3 … Read more