treetop,
Quote: 1) the Department's contemporaneous rule, which states only current and contemporaneous records of events, occuring two years prior to the date of request, can be produced;
I don't think the California Public Records Act allows any state or local agency to make such an arbitrary rule.
Quote: 2) 5 U.S.C. Section 552 (b) (7) exempts any investigation records compiled for Law Enforcement purposes;
5 U.S.C. 552 (the Freedom of Information Act) does not apply to non-federal agencies. That LASD would cite it in denying your request suggests a disturbing degree of ignorance and/or ineptitude on the part of the person(s) who responded to your request.
Quote: (3) Government Code 6254 (g), which does not require disclosure of test questions, scoring keys and other examination data used for employment or academic purposes."
The above reference is to the
CPRA. I think one could credibly argue that the kinds of questions asked in a polygraph test are not the kinds of questions envisaged by the language of the law, which seeks to protect
tests of knowledge from public disclosure. Releasing your polygraph results to you would not enable you or anyone else to "cheat" on a polygraph examination.
And even if the polygraph questions asked of law enforcement applicants were deemed to be exempt from disclosure under the CPRA, there would be no basis for withholding
all information regarding an applicant's polygraph examination (e.g., the polygrapher's report regarding the examination, including any admissions allegedly obtained, the applicant's score, and even the charts themselves, which typically do not include the questions asked).
I think you should appeal the LASD's decision to withhold the requested material. You might wish to get legal counsel to help you in doing this. I think Twoblock is right; you may well have to file a civil suit to force the LASD to comply with the law.