Do you think the General Public would support a "PETITION DRIVE" to create a FEDERAL,or STATE, Law, to COMPELL Law Enforcement Officers to take a LIE DETECTOR TEST, who become a Person of INTEREST (POI) or SUSPECT in MURDER, (etc.)? Upon REFUSAL to do so, they will not be working in Law Enforcement in the MORNING.
2007-12-04 05:33:18 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
I'm curious...but don't the 5th and 6th Amendments pertain to officers as any other citizen?
Additionally, if polygraph is not 100% accurate...why would you use such a device?
2007-12-04 05:42:16 · answer #1 · answered by KC V ™ 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The lie detector tests are super unreliable and that is the worst idea ever. It should never be considered as evidence let alone "key" evidence. It's also very easy to manipulate those machines too. All you have to do is know how. People will always lie and lie detector tests won't help one bit. The only estimate out there on the reliability of them is that they are only 60% accurate. But if you think about it, how can you even know if that is correct because unless you can prove they are lying by backed up facts you can't prove it.
2016-05-28 03:59:21 · answer #2 · answered by margurite 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No one is compelled to take a lie detector, they are completely voluntary. Passing a law compelling a certain group to do so would be discrimination, and completely illegal.
Polygraph results are not admissible in court, so the entire process would be of little value to the investigation.
The final consideration in your "petition drive" is the very few people the law would actually effect. Other than Drew Peterson, how many officers are under investigation for murder at the present time?
2007-12-04 05:39:18 · answer #3 · answered by trooper3316 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
No law should be created to compell a law enforcement officer to take a lie detector test. Why should they be denied the right to refuse? Lie detectors are not perfect.
2007-12-04 05:48:50 · answer #4 · answered by Gypsy Girl 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A question to you first, should EVERY person in EVERY profession be COMPELLED to take a polygraph under the same circumstances or forfeit their job?
Just as we are subject to the same laws as the rest of America, we have the same protections as well. That includes the right not to make a statement that might incriminate us. Polygraphs are unreliable and not admissible in any criminal action. I use the 60/40 polygraph rule. 60% of the time they are 40% accurate.
2007-12-04 15:14:53 · answer #5 · answered by Combatcop 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I applied for a job in the Dallas Police Department and they made me take a lie detector test about what I've stolen in my life.. and to "think of an imaginary check, how much would you fill that check out for, for the price of how much you've stolen in your life?"
It was so retarded.
2007-12-04 05:44:39 · answer #6 · answered by mandymariee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, they are not always accurate, and since cops are excellent liars, they would have more of a chance than the average Joe (or Jane) to beat it.
2007-12-04 07:21:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, because the testing is so fallible that it's not admissable in court so why should their jobs stand to something that cannot withstand legal testing limits.
2007-12-04 05:41:01 · answer #8 · answered by Lex 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Excellent idea! You get it going I'll put a link on my website!
2007-12-04 09:38:29 · answer #9 · answered by gustav_e 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Lie detectors are as innacurate as drug tests.
2007-12-04 05:36:26 · answer #10 · answered by sudonym x 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋