Practice On A Polygraph Exam?

[stopnik]

Thank you. In fact, when some of the knuckleheads get on their high and mighty horses and start lecturing about LE integrity, I think they need to wake-up. I kid you not -- I continually heard (when I was with the FD) LEO say with a totally straight face, "I never did drugs but man I always got sh*t faced!"

And forget about the double standards of driving while on duty. I am talking about the fact that policemen and firemen are some of the heaviest drinkers -- and they are not afraid to get behind the wheel. I personally know quite a few FDNY guys who routinely got drunk at work (beer cans in the soda machine routine). I've been on fire trucks that we had to stop on a run because the driver was too drunk to continue. I got so burned up everytime I saw one of them get into an accident and then walk away because of the "Blue Wall/Red Wall" of covering each other's back.

The polygraph is stupid, useless, and humiliating. But then again - maybe I shouldn't complain. Rather than take a job with the CIA 12 years ago, I am doing quite nicely in private industry. BUT I AM TIRED OF HEARING THE SAME STUPID PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT LEO AND INTEGRITY! They are human beings -- but less accountable because they are always covering for each other.