Paradiddle wrote on Oct 16
th, 2007 at 8:17pm:
For advice on taking the polygraph, see
www.polygraph.org or better yet,
www.polygraphplace.com
In your case, I would want you to see a physician or a psychiatrist. You may be one of the very rare few who are unsuitable for testing but were tested accidentally i.e. mental retardation, schizo-effective, schizophrenia, psychosis, arythmic heart, brain damage from head trauma or repeated sports injuries to head ----or a number of other serious conditions that you may or may not be aware of. Otherwise relax and tell the truth----and disclose any "cards up your sleave." To be honest and to ask that you not take this personally as I don't know your identity and you don't know mine------but from a statement analysis standpoint, many of your posts contain a number of indicated deceptions and/or distortions. Quite frankly Sarge, you are not who you indicate that you are----and when you debate issues, that deception comes through and is very distracting. I mean no disrespect, but I simply don't believe your polygraph story of having failed 3 tests with 3 different examiners. Perhaps you failed 2 polygraphs with the same examiner. Regardless, I smell fish.
I understand.
It is far easier for you to engage in ad hom attacks against me, doubt my veracity, and question my stated profession than it is to deal with the circumstances I have presented.
If you were to accept my story, you would have to deal with the fact that a person who has gone on to have a very successful police career with an unblemished record of honorable and professional behavior was disqualified three separate times for absolutely no reason by the pseuodoscience that is the polygraph.
I suspect that is where the majority of the hostility directed at me by many other posters on this forum originates as well.
My story, if you accept it, would lead any reasonable person to question the utility of the polygraph. If you believe I have been a sworn officer for over ten years and am currently a shift supervisor who enjoys the utmost respect of the people serving under him, it would be more difficult to pass my tale off as the bitter rantings of some guy on the Internet. You might actually have to consider that the polygraph screws over some very good people, and I'm sure you would prefer not to do that.
It is far easier to take shots at me and state you don't believe than it is to consider what it might mean if I am telling the truth.
If you are in law enforcement, think of the most respected sergeant you know. The most tactically and technically proficient supervisor who commands the respect of not only his or her own shift, but also the respect of officers on other shifts. Now picture that man or woman telling you they failed three out of four polygraphs while telling the truth in each one.
That's me. But I know it is easier for you to attack me than it is for you to believe me.