Lie-Detection In The News

(short blurbs only, links to entire stories are sent directly to PEOA members)

City vehicle set on fire in Wilson vandalism spree
KXII-TV
Investigators believe the suspects then went to two other officer's homes, slashing more tires. They say they do have suspects in mind. A polygraph is ...


Stengel won't pursue allegations against Pitino
Louisville Courier-Journal
Pence also said Pitino passed an independent polygraph examination "refuting" Sypher's allegations. U of L Athletic Director Tom Jurich issued a statement ...


Man accused of child molesting in New Albany
New Albany Tribune
According to court records, Askern failed an Indiana State Police polygraph examination about whether he had inappropriately touched the girl. ...


Missing boy's foster dad pleads for his return
San Francisco Chronicle
An attorney consulting with the couple said Ross took a polygraph test Wednesday, one day after police and FBI investigators with search dogs went through ...


Officer wins reinstatement
WXVT
The board ruled Wednesday that the police department violated Officer Wiley Willis' rights because a polygraph expert failed to tape his examination of the ...


Board reinstates Willis, says city violated his rights
Shreveport Times
The Civil Service Board ruled that Willis' rights, under the Police Officer Bill of Rights, were violated because an expert failed to record a polygraph ...


Guyanese trade union rejects polygraphy of public servants
Caribbean Net News
Yarde is appealing to persons dismissed as a result of failing the polygraph test, to come in and make a report, regardless of whether or not that person is ...


One of missing boy's caretakers will take polygraph test
San Jose Mercury News
Well-known civil rights attorney John Burris said Wednesday that one of the caretakers will take a polygraph test, while the other will not because she is ...


Missing boy's foster father to take polygraph
San Jose Mercury News
A prominent Bay Area civil rights attorney says the foster father of a missing 5-year-old boy with cerebral palsy will take a polygraph test. ...


Burris: One of missing boy's caretakers will take polygraph test
San Jose Mercury News
... for a missing 5-year-old Fremont boy with cerebral palsy will take a polygraph test, while the other will not because she is six months pregnant. ...


Missing boy's relatives plead for his return
San Francisco Chronicle
An FBI expert will administer the polygraph, sources say. FBI Special Agent Joseph Schadler, a spokesman in the agency's San Francisco office, ...


HC posts Raju tests hearing on Aug 19
Daily News & Analysis
Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh High Court has posted the case on CBI conducting polygraph and brain mapping tests on B Ramalinga Raju and others to August 19 ...


23 questioned over missing money from county desk
WXVT
AP - August 12, 2009 9:04 AM ET LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Pulaski County Comptroller Mike Hutchens says 23 employees will be given polygraph tests in the ...


GPSU assails gov't over arbitrary use of polygraphs
Stabroek News
The union's comments follow an announcement by lead government spokesperson Dr. Roger Luncheon who had said that the government has moved to add polygraph ...


Deputy resigns, avoids hearing
Marietta Times
"Would you take a polygraph concerning that?" the investigator asked. "Would you take one concerning the rest of this stuff?" the investigator asked. ...


To tell you the truth
Indian Express
But the polygraph test gave him away when he denied at having put up a show to gain media attention. Chaudhary insists the polygraph test is incorrect. ...


Government urged to regulate 'outrageous' reality shows
The National
Contestants on SKS are asked a series of increasingly personal questions while a polygraph tests the veracity of their answers. Critics say questions such ...


No sympathy for Michael Vick
Examiner.com
But “Vick was administered a polygraph examination by the FBI. Vick failed the examination as it related to the killing of the dogs… ...



Guv for amending laws to deal with hi-tech crimes
Rising Kashmir - Srinagar,Jammu and Kashmir,India
... digital signatures, electronic records, computer data, DNA tests, narco analysis, brain mapping, lie detection, voice detection, photographic morphing etc