I believe that Ted is telling the truth about his polygraph experience, and that he will be attending a police academy in the near future.....it may or may not be LAPD, but I'll bet that he did get hired by some agency out there.  His first post in this thread about the conduct of his polygraph exam was very detailed, and mirrored my personal experience in the same hotseat.

I hope for the sake of the department that hired him, that he has truely given up using and or selling drugs.  Hopefully he has turned over a new leaf, and realizes that his past behavior was wrong, and now knows that this behavior would not be compatable with a job in the public trust, such as a police officer.  Please tell me this is the case Ted.  

Mom,

You need to relax.   While Ted is no angel, you have to realize that police officers aren't perfect human beings.  They are just regular people from society like you or me.  Everyone, and I mean everyone, including your son has skeletons in their closet.  We have all done something in our past that we are not proud of, or that we regret.  I'm sure that there are many superb police officers serving out there right now that lied on their polygraph or background package to conceal an embarrassing, or minor illegal activity that might have DQ'ed them in the hiring process.  This doesn't mean that they are horrible people, or that they lack any personal integrity.  It means that they are human, that they made an error in judgement, and that they made amends, put it in their past, and moved on.  
 
Just curious, why didn't your son read TLBTLD and utilize countermeasures?  Did he consider that to be unethical?   Hopefully your son can apply to another agency, and use some of the "lessons learned" here so that he can be successful in his future job search.  Good luck.

Kona