wrote on Oct 13^th, 2002 at 6:48am:

beech_trees, I would expect that Brown, based on the article stating he retired in 1998, did not take a pre-employment polygraph.  I also can find no mention of a polygraph in the article you referenced.

I would expect he did, JB. The Philadelphia Police Department instigated pre-employment screening of all applicants in the 1970's. (Source: The BBC, Loving and Hating Lie Detecting)

The Philadelphia Police Department has ceased using the polygraph in this application only within the past few months.

The article was referenced not to bolster my assertion that retired Philadelphia Police Lt. Brown passed a pre-employment polygraph exam, it was cited to explain the man's malfeasance and to point out the absurdidty of using the polygraph in a pre-employment setting to help determine future behavior.

Curiously, as of this morning The Philadelphia Police Department's website still indicates that the polygraph is used during the application process.