notguilty1 wrote on Mar 14^th, 2008 at 2:57pm:

nopolycop wrote on Mar 14th, 2008 at 1:05pm: TheNoLieGuy4U wrote on Mar 14th, 2008 at 3:45am:  nopolycop,  That my experiences are different than yours is what this board is all about as the moderator would have us provide a macro view of who is out there, and what their polygraph experience(s) are.  Where we differ is only that you and others seek to ban all of this NoLieGuy: You are assuming too much when it comes to motives.  I seriously doubt if any career LEO would call for the total abandonment of polygraph procedure.  I certainly don't, the procedure has it's place.  But, that place is not in pre-employment for civilian law enforcement, WHEN it is used as the break-point for whether a person gets a job or not.  It is simply too inaccurate for that purpose.  I haven't formed an opinion as whether or not it should be used as a fact finding tool for LEO screening,  I am conflicted about that. I do know my own experiences though, and what I have read here and elsewhere.  American citizens deserve more than being branded as being dishonest when they are routinely called such by trade school graduates.  Polygraph errors effect people long term, not just for that one particular job where the false positive occured.  In any BI packet, it is always asked if they have taken a polygraph before, and what those results are.  If one states they failed a previous one, they are assumed to be a liar from the beginning, and likely will fail the next one too.  Gotta go, time is money. If it is "too inaccurate for that"  why would it be accurate enough in any situation?? The fact that a false positive follows you forever is real ( even though Sackett think it's just whinning ) for this reason it is iportant to stop the use of these unscientific "tests".

Because, I feel all sex offenders should be doing their full sentance anyway.  when they are released early, with restrictions such as taking polygraphs, that's better than nothing.  Frankly, sex offenders should be locked up and forgotten about.  so, using the poly on them is not a concern of mine, waterboarding should be allowed too.

As far as criminal investigations, if there is already reasonable suspicion that the person committed the crime, and that person wants to take a polygraph to clear his name, then that is okay.  But, the LE agency should not automatically take this at faith value, but continue to investigate, simply using the passed polygraph another piece of evidence.  Conversly, because someone fails a polygraph, that doesn't mean the LE Agency stops looking for other suspects.  it is just another piece of evidence.