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Message started by shadow on Oct 14th, 2003 at 12:50am

Title: Re: Las Vegas Metro's poly
Post by dc702 on Mar 12th, 2014 at 10:26pm
I just took the Polygraph test for Las vegas Metro Police and received and inconclusive result.

I anticipated this day just out of fear of the horror stories i've heard of false positives.  The examiner was very nice, and we got to know each other pretty well.  at least enough to creat a bit of a comfort zone. 
He was very educational explaining the entire process and how the polygraph works.
We reviewed the polygraph booklet before testing to make sure there were no errors.  No changes were made as I found no errors or any doubt with any of my answers.

The examiner than starts explaining what each device does as he's hooking you up.  he gives me a moment to gather myself, than we start.  the  instant he said the test is now be gaining, suddenly my nerves became intense.  He told me to stop trying to calm myself down, and just go with it.  so I did.
The examiner than steps out of the room when he's complete and comes back with a printout and another examiner wearing a suit and badge.  They show me my charts which appear like tight lines at the beginning. referred as my base line and tight together lines again at the end of the test, which they called my base line again.  however the entire middle section from the first to last question were all consistent long and wavy lines.   
So they said I was using counter measures to manipulate the test.  made no sense because I was more of a wreck during the test than I was before and after.  so I thought the wavy lines should be opposite.
They said they would give me another chance and warned me to just follow direction and not do it again.  so now i'm more nervous, and wouldn't you know it. the test pattern came out identical as the first.  they ruled it as inconclusive and said they would now have to pull me out of the hiring process and send the info up to the "board" to deliberate whether or not I may be allowed to reapply in the future. 
This completely blows I put a lot of time and energy along with hopes and dreams into this department, and feel crushed now.
I'm still waiting for my assigned investigator to get in contact with me after this situation.  Which happened yesterday by the way.

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