Saturday, March 27, 2010

Lie-Detection In The News

(short blurbs only, links to entire stories are sent directly to PEOA members; search Google using titles below to read further if you are not a PEOA member)

Suspect in killings to take polygraph
Youngstown Vindicator
Jackson, 25, of Trumbull Court, Liberty, agreed to the polygraph during a hearing Friday in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court. Jackson was indicted on two ...

Jeffersonville woman claims teenage daughter was raped
New Albany Tribune
The suspect agreed to take a polygraph examination but then failed to show up at a meeting. Hammack's daughter now wants to take a polygraph examination to ...

Sr. Information Assurance Technologist/ISSO
Defense Daily Network (subscription)
US Citizenship and an active SSBI with CI polygraph required. Must be willing and able to successfully complete a Full Scope polygraph. ...

GREEN v. STATE
Leagle.com
She then agreed to take a polygraph test, and was truthfully told that she had failed the test. Having received some information from the hospital, ...

Mayor Responds To Chief's Allegations
WFMZ Allentown
... against the officers who arrested his son for DUI. Hoffman said that's just not true and he said he's willing to take a polygraph exam to prove it.

Sheriff Cites Polygraph Test For Support Of CSI Chief
KETV Omaha
The sheriff said he believed former CSI Chief David Kofoed's story of cross contamination because Kofoed volunteered and passed a polygraph test. ...

INSIDE THE FORCE: Equine officers excel at crowd control
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Back in the classroom, Detective Derek Piasecki discussed polygraph examinations, which are only conducted by consent. "The polygraph result is only as good ...

New Info To Be Released In Port St. Lucie Woman's Death
WPBF West Palm Beach
Police said Ortiz took and passed a polygraph test. A $1000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of the person or people who shot ...

Drug cartels still actively infiltrating US security
Indiana Daily Student
The US Customs and Border Protection's protocol insists that every new hire must be subject to a polygraph test to prevent infiltration. ...