{"id":1070,"date":"2013-08-21T04:51:56","date_gmt":"2013-08-21T09:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/?p=1070"},"modified":"2013-08-21T04:53:58","modified_gmt":"2013-08-21T09:53:58","slug":"border-patrol-union-knows-polygraphs-are-junk-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/2013\/08\/21\/border-patrol-union-knows-polygraphs-are-junk-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Border Patrol Union Knows Polygraphs Are Junk Science"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"nbpc-local-2544-logo\"<\/a>National Border Patrol Council Local 2544<\/a> in Tucson, Arizona takes a dim view of polygraph “testing” in an article titled “Polygraph = Junk Science.” Excerpt:<\/p>\n

There is a new kingdom being built within DHS. It\u2019s the Polygraph Kingdom. Polygraph examiners have basically been anointed judge, jury and executioner. The problem? Polygraphs are absolute junk science. They are not reliable. Many dishonest people can easily beat them, and many others that would make great agents are screwed out of a career by false positives. So we are more likely to end up with a polished career criminal in our ranks and less likely to end up with a good person who a polygraph examiner decides he or she doesn\u2019t like. Polygraph examiners need trophies on their mantles, just like IA and OIG. The easiest targets are honest people with a conscience. Most criminals have no honesty and even less conscience.<\/p>\n

We have always advised our members to decline an invitation to do a polygraph exam (this doesn\u2019t apply to new applicants, they have no choice). Polygraph exams can\u2019t help you, they can only hurt you. The agency will not dismiss anything because you pass a polygraph, but they will use a negative result to hammer you. As with drugs, the easiest thing to do is \u201cjust say no\u201d to polygraph exams. The old and tired IA\/OIG line \u201cIf you don\u2019t have anything to hide you would (fill in the blank)\u201d is a sure sign that they are desperate to trick you into something. We have seen too many good agents targeted by IA and OIG over the years because of personal bias and grudges. Who is keeping an eye on the IA and OIG agents?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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National Border Patrol Council Local 2544 in Tucson, Arizona takes a dim view of polygraph “testing” in an article titled “Polygraph = Junk Science.” Excerpt: There is a new kingdom being built within DHS. It\u2019s the Polygraph Kingdom. Polygraph examiners have basically been anointed judge, jury and executioner. The problem? Polygraphs are absolute junk science. …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[88],"class_list":{"0":"post-1070","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-polygraph","7":"tag-customs-and-border-protection","8":"anons"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1070"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1074,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1070\/revisions\/1074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}