Quote:Mr Cullen
I am not a police officer but I have often been asked to interview both the accuser or accusers and accused in similar cases. If fostermom was asked by the state police to take a poly, someone made an accusation that led to the investigation. Are you assuming the accuser and perhaps victim lied? I dont know and neither do you, but I know there is more to that story. I would withhold judgement and advice until I heard both sides.
I am assuming accusations were made, and that she was told (probably by somebody in LE who knows otherwise) that she needed to take the polygraph to "clear her name", or "eliminate herself as a suspect" (which is not true, the polygraph can't do that).
Not knowing the truth about polygraphy, and being naive and gullible about it (like most of the public) she believed the LE person and eagerly volunteered to take it as a way of clear her name and reputation as a "foster mom".
She then was polygraphed, told the truth, yet failed. As a result, most people ASSUMED she was guilty and "passed judgment" on her, accordingly.
This made her VERY frustrated and angry. As a result, she started "looking for answers". So, she searched everything she could about the polygraph (not something a guilty person is likely to do). She found this BBS, learned the truth about the polygraph and made her post.
It is a common pattern. Wish I had a dollar for every time it has happened. But, yes, the above is all assumption, but based on personal experience and that of many others. As far as assumptions go, most polygraph operators would probably assume she is just lying.
So, ASSUMING my version is true, and that she is not just a child molester putting on and "act" by coming to this board under an "alias" pretending to be "looking for answers" and advice. Maybe as a way of making herself feel less "guilty". What should she do? What recourse does a person like this have, assuming she is being truthful?
Thanks,
TC
P.S. Given your recent claim that single issue polygraphs are "very accurate", and the persistent claim by polygraphers that the test is 98% accurate, one could quite easily assume she IS lying. So, all ASSumptions aside, the million dollar question still remains: "Are polygraphs accurate?"