We are seeking individuals who have been applicants for San Diego Police Dept. both Sworn/Civilian who have been rejected due to the polygraph exam. An inquiry has been launched into alleged abuse of the polygraph. Please contact us at sdpd-reform@justice.com with any info. We appreciate www.antipolygraph.org allowing us to place this request via their message board.
According to the San Diego
Union-Tribune, the SDPD pre-employment polygraph failure rate is 40%. In an 8 Nov. 2002 article titled, "Lon
g arm of the law reaches out for help," (http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20021108-9999_7m8recruit.html) staff writer Shanna McCord reports:
QuoteAnd then there's a lie detector test, which weeds out a large number of applicants.
"Number one for us is honesty," said Stacee Botsford, a recruiter for the San Diego Police Department, which operates with 2,100 sworn officers. "We can't take anyone who lies or tells half-truths or omits information."
Botsford says 40 percent of San Diego police applicants - 2,300 a year for about 100 to 150 openings - fail the lie detector test.
Confidential,
What sort of abuses have been alleged, and will you move forward anytime soon?