I PASSED!!!!

Thanks for the post Beav.  I did my poly just recently and it went very well.  I'll give you the run down.  First of all I'd like to say that i didn't lie on my test at all.  I don't know any of you so I have no reason to lie.  The first thing we did was the pre poly interview in which we went over 75 questions ranging from beastiality to drug use.  From those questions the polygrapher used fifteen questions on the test.  The polygrapher then hooked me up to the machine and said they wanted to "callibrate the equipment" ::).  As soon as the pneumographs went on I payed attention to my breathing.  I made each breath 3 seconds in and 3 seconds out.  I was told to pick a card and not show it.  The polygrapher then started counting out numbers and told me to lie when they hit the number I picked.  The polygrapher told me my readings were off the charts ;D!!  I really felt like asking to see all the cards but decided against that (hehe).  The polygrapher then instructed me to close my eyes and focus on the questions.  It turned out the test format was Relevant/Irrelevant.  during the questions I just focused on something relaxing.  After the questions the polygrapher said that some of the questions were bothering me and asked if there was something I wanted to talk about.  I said no and she promptly informed me that I passed and the test was over.

All in all it was pretty painless.  I think most police departments these days are coming to the realization that they wont be able to hire just angels who have never done anything wrong and for the most part will forgive a lot of your mistakes depending on how long ago you made them.  They really just want to make sure you are telling the truth on your application.  I'm not in any way condoning the use of the polygraph but I think that if you are considering a job with a police department, get a feel for what is acceptable and what isn't then tell them the bad shit you've done.  I told then stuff I thought for sure would get me DQ'ed but they just shrugged and said that it happened a long time ago and everyone makes mistakes.

             Just my opinion.

Thanks to everyone who responded to my questions and for helping me get informed before my test.