{"id":4732,"date":"2022-06-05T03:57:37","date_gmt":"2022-06-05T08:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/?p=4732"},"modified":"2023-01-18T13:00:37","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T18:00:37","slug":"arizona-bans-polygraphs-in-law-enforcement-internal-investigations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/2022\/06\/05\/arizona-bans-polygraphs-in-law-enforcement-internal-investigations\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona Bans Polygraphs in Law Enforcement Internal Investigations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry\">\n\n\n<p>According to an official <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220425232318\/https:\/\/azgovernor.gov\/governor\/news\/2022\/04\/governor-ducey-kicks-victims-rights-week-signing-ceremonies-two-victims-rights\">news release<\/a>, Arizona governor Doug Ducey on 25 April 2022 signed into law <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azleg.gov\/legtext\/55leg\/2r\/bills\/hb2159s.pdf#page=8\">H.B 2159<\/a>, a bill introduced by Representative <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Kavanagh_(Arizona_politician)\">John Kavanagh<\/a> that withdraws authorization for the use of polygraphs in law enforcement internal investigations. Kavanagh, a Republican representing Arizona&#8217;s 23rd district, previously worked as a police officer with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azcops.org\/\">Arizona Conference of Police and Sheriffs<\/a> (AZCOPS) attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/azpolicelawyer\">Steve Serbalik<\/a> recorded a video commentary on the new law, which is expected to come into effect in September 2022:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video-responsive\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Polygraphs and Internal Investigations\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vAiFB0bdzMQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The prohibition of the use of polygraphs in law enforcement internal investigations is a sound policy that respects science and protects due process. It should be noted, however, that <em>pre-employment<\/em> polygraph screening is widely required by law enforcement agencies in Arizona. In view of polygraphy&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/articles\/article-018.shtml\">complete lack of scientific underpinnings<\/a>, this arbitrary and capricious practice should also be outlawed (as it long has been in Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Oregon).<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to an official news release, Arizona governor Doug Ducey on 25 April 2022 signed into law H.B 2159, a bill introduced by Representative John Kavanagh that withdraws authorization for the use of polygraphs in law enforcement internal investigations. Kavanagh, a Republican representing Arizona&#8217;s 23rd district, previously worked as a police officer with the Port &#8230;<\/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":[399,32,31],"class_list":{"0":"post-4732","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-polygraph","7":"tag-arizona","8":"tag-labor","9":"tag-police","10":"anons"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4732","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=4732"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4794,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4732\/revisions\/4794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}