Drugs, Wife beater, and theft !!!  wew.. you've made alot of admissions in your polygraph exam.  I understand your honesty  but this is alot!!!

Holding marijuana (for 10 seconds) meets the parameters for possession.  My question would be, what were the circumstances?  Was it because you were selling the nugget along with a couple of ounces to someone else?  Lot of room for the imagination there.  I think you're a long way from Mother T.

Saidme wrote on Aug 21^st, 2003 at 2:13am:



You are right, what were the circumstances???  Wouldn't a competent background investigator want to explore that to see if I am telling the truth?  Wouldn't a BI want to know if I ever did have a history with drugs? The department I applied with did not have posession as an automatic disqualifier, only usage and sales.  Again, there have been many people who have become LEOs after having used Marijuana.  I merely held it 12 years ago.  And NO, there is no room for imagination because I was not planning on selling it.  Don't look any further into my post because what I stated is all that happened.  It's funny how I passed all questions on the polygraph about if I have ever "sold, cultivated, used, or transported any illegal drug."  I don't know, sounds like I'm telling the truth.  

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"Isn't that a precursor to stealing money during a drug bust?"  No it isn't.  Petty theft as a child does not mean a person will one day grow up to be a corrupt police officer because almost everybody stole something as a child. Either you are being silly or you have no idea what you are talking about.  I took money from a wallet when I was 8 years old.  OH MY GOD, throw me in jail.  Come on, lets be realistic.  

"Nuggets of pot lead to rocks of crack?"  It gets better.  So, then, all the police officers who have been hired even though they have used Marijuana are all now crack addicts??? Those who have been hired  even with a DUI are now attending AA meetings? 

"First step in learning how to do a shakedown?"   This one made me laugh for a few minutes.  

Anyway, these are the things I was DQ'd for.  So I guess by your logic all police officers in every state, city, and department; all sheriffs, highway patrolmen, FBI agents, border patrol agents, and  such have, 1). never stolen as a child, 2). Never smoked, inhaled, or "possessed marijuana, and 3). have never played slug bug.  I may be wrong, but I don't think that is the case.  

"another bad apple was weeded out from a career in law enforcement." Quite the contrary my dear friend, I have PASSED all aspects of the LAPD process and will probably have my academy date next month.  Then, according to you, I will be able to go to Rampart and "shake down" people, use my Columbian drug connections to deal in the neighborhoods, and beat my wife with violent games of "slug bug."

Now Saidme, you know that is not true. We agreed about the wife taking the poly, and I just agreed with you about the guy wanting to lie on every question, even what his name is as he walks in the door. How can you be so mean and hurtful to me like that?

Mr T and other fellow antipolygraphers

I stand corrected.

Sounds like you got hosed by an incompetent investigator.  I find it hard to believe they didn't ask any clarifying questions.  If they didn't shame on them.