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Posted by smd6169
 - Dec 20, 2005, 07:47 PM
While a PD here can not administer a polygraph for employment screening, can a Massachusetts Police Department use results from a polygraph administered in another state for employment screening?  My situation is that I am now going through a BG for a local PD and was asked about other departments I had applied with.  I previously applied with 3 other departments that administered a Polygraph which I either did not pass or conclusive results were not obtained.
Posted by atomic40
 - Nov 18, 2005, 04:11 PM
Thank you for the information.  Very good news to hear.  
Posted by George W. Maschke
 - Nov 18, 2005, 01:58 PM
The so-called National Institute for Truth Verification, which manufactures and markets CVSA, lists the Boston P.D. as one if its clients. However, since Massachusetts law expressly prohibits employment-related lie detector testing of any kind, the device is presumably used for interrogating criminal suspects and not for applicant screening.
Posted by atomic40
 - Nov 18, 2005, 12:46 PM
Thanks,  I read somewhere that the Boston PD uses CVSA.  I guess that falls under a different category regarding the prohibition of lie detector testing in Massachusetts?  
Posted by George W. Maschke
 - Nov 18, 2005, 03:35 AM
None. Employment-related lie detector "testing" is prohibited in Massachusetts (as it should be in other states).
Posted by atomic40
 - Nov 17, 2005, 08:41 PM
Does anyone know which PDs in Massachusetts polygraph?