Twoblock,

I think we have a fundamental difference of opinion here.  You are of the opinion that a failed polygraph renders any future in LE practically impossible.  I simply disagree.  I know people that have failed polygraphs with one city police agency, and passed with another.  It seems to me that from my own personal experience, and that of my friends, that one police agency doesn't care about the other's polygraph results.  Both agencies that I tested with said they had the best polygraphers in the state, and they didn't care what any other agency's results were.....go figure.  I can't speak from experience how federal agencies treat other's polygraph results, because I simply don't know.  Sorry for being long winded, but my point is, would you want to be in the middle of the application process with say....San Diego PD, while at the same time you are one of many plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit against the LAPD for its use of the polygraph in pre-employment screening?  Talk about having a big red flag on your package.  I would gather that the San Diego PD wouldn't exactly have a warm and fuzzy feeling towards you and your future as a police officer there.  That is why I feel that your advise to hop on the lawsuit train is ill advised for anyone out there that wants to be employed with a city PD/Sheriff's Dept in the not too distant future.  If there are applicants out there that want to join these class action lawsuits, you'd better think long and hard about the ramifications of this.  Someone smarter than me once said, "Justice is like a train that's nearly always late."  Think about it.   

Hi George,

I salute what you are doing here.  This site has so much to offer anyone that is faced with the humiliating possibility of the polygraph experience.  Keep up the great work.   

As I alluded to before, I have zero knowledge/experience with regard to the entire federal LE polygraph experience.  My only experience has been at the city/county level.   

I noticed that the 1st ammended complaint of Croddy, et al. vs the FBI was filed in Oct of 2000, which was three years ago.  Where does this lawsuit sit right now?  I imagine somewhere in legal limbo, between all the Defendent's motion to dismiss and crossmotion for discovery, and the Plaintiff's opposition to the afformentioned.  My whole point here is that these legal remedies take time and money (lots of each).  While these lawsuits may be the "right thing to do," it might not be the best course of action for some of the lurkers here on these message boards.  Some of the people here (city/county LE applicants) might be better served by moving on, applying to different LE agencies, using countermeasures, and landing the job.  Sometimes it's better to sidestep the bully, rather than punch him in the nose.   

Ok, I'm tired of typing.

Kona

Kona

I forgot to add that I would never advocte a class action lawsuit. As I said, 20 individual suits has much more impact than a class action that numbers 200. Your compensation is quite larger, also, when you win. A win is a case for the next Memorandum of Law.