Have you been rejected by SDPD ?

[Confidential]

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.

[George W. Maschke]

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," staff writer Shanna McCord reports:

And 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.

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Confidential,

What sort of abuses have been alleged, and will you move forward anytime soon?