I recently joined this website to tell everyone about my experience when i was polygraphed and the amount of hate i have towards this screening proccess. I dont know about other people but about seven months ago i applied to become a police officer in an L.A county department but was refused acceptance when i failed to pass my polygraph when i told the truth.
   I was wondering if anyone could tell me why this department did what they did to me after i did everything that was asked about me. As a police officer recruite i took my first polygraph at intercept inc. After i took my polygraph the poligrapher interigated me for about two hours trying to get me to admit to something i had not done...He was accusing me of lying on the question,"have you commited a serious undisclosed crime?" my answer was no.... like anything other applicant im not perfect... but i never did anything in my past that was past stealing chewing gum which i told them about... unfurtunatley since i didnt pass and since i didnt have anything to tell the polygrapher my test was deemed inconclusive even after he tried to make me admit to something.
   After two weeks of waiting my background investigater called me in and conducted his own interrigation, and he then asked me at the end to take a second polygraph since my first was inconclusive. After i took this polygraph i was certain that this method of testing a persons credibility was complete bull. I told the truth but came out a "deceiver".... actually i came out to be 97% deceiving after my second polygraph which i was then disqualified. After another two weeks i received a letter in the mail that formally anounced that i was no longer in the highering process becuase of background issues. I then appealed this disqualification and was granted one more polygraph which i then came out to be inconclusive agian.
   I seriously dont know what to say anymore but im really upset. I scored the highest on the written test, PAT, and the Oral to be first on the hiring list until this stupid polygraph. I was wondering if someone could tell me what an inconclusive test result actually means, and if they disqualify me becuase of that, and also can they overlook a polygraph result if they really wanted to. If someone could answer my question and tell me what my experience really met i would appreciate it becuase i have another polygraph test with a different agency next month and i dont want to fail it when im telling the truth.