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We need this to happen in California also.
Fred,
Public safety officers in California have protections similar to those enacted in Nevada under Section 3307 of the California Government Code:
Quote:3307. (a) No public safety officer shall be compelled to submit to a lie detector test against his or her will. No disciplinary action or other recrimination shall be taken against a public safety officer refusing to submit to a lie detector test, nor shall any comment be entered anywhere in the investigator's notes or anywhere else that the public safety officer refused to take, or did not take, a lie detector test, nor shall any testimony or evidence be admissible at a subsequent hearing, trial, or proceeding, judicial or administrative, to the effect that the public safety officer refused to take, or was subjected to, a lie detector test.
(b) For the purpose of this section, "lie detector" means a polygraph, deceptograph, voice stress analyzer, psychological stress evaluator, or any other similar device, whether mechanical or electrical, that is used, or the results of which are used, for the purpose of rendering a diagnostic opinion regarding the honesty or dishonesty of an individual.
I agree with all the points Gino makes about additional protections that are needed. The protection against even being asked to submit to a lie detector "test" is an important one, because even if no written notes of an employee's refusal to submit are made, mental notes most certainly will be, and the kinds of hard-to-prove retaliation that Nate and Fred mentioned may follow.