OT: After 23 years

:eek: :eek: Omygosh!!! A three hour polygraph for a volunteer position??!!! I've been retired far too long, or the world's gone nuts....I can assure you that I was with the DEA for about 28 years without taking a polygraph...and I had not only a top secret clearance, but access to SCI for years while in and out of Asia and So. America. Moreover, unless things have changed, polygraphs are not even admissable in court because of interpretation error. Mamav, I am so sorry you had to endure that kind of pressure for trying to be helpful.
 
Good luck, I hope this works out the way you'd like it.

I wondered about the poly too, I held a TS years ago in military intellegence (insert oxymoron joke here), lotsa interviews and random visits to friends I'd forgotten I had by the feds, but no polygraph. Guy I used to lift with told me he was suprised, every department he'd ever heard of did them. Maybe the feds are just too cheap.
 
I must confess I don't understand the polygraph requirement either. The best estimates that I have read are that they are only 90% accurate at the most. There are an estimated 4 million tests given every year in the U.S. That means that every year 400,000 people are either lying and getting away with it, OR are unjustly being accused of lying. There is a reason it's not admissable in a court of law.

I took one years ago for a correctional officer position. The admin there told me that when I was asked if I had ever committed theft, to answer "yes." I said, but I really never HAVE stolen anything, and she asked if I had ever taken a pen or pencil home with me in my pocket from work. I said "sure", and she said, "well then, you're a thief!" !! :confused: :eek:

I couldn't believe it. When the question came, I said "NO!" anyway, and the operator looked at me a bit strangely, but my response "did not indicate untruthfulness", so they had to eat it.

I ended up not getting the position anyway (in retrospect, Thank God!), but it was an interesting experience. I hope it works out well for you Gin. You would be a real asset to the Department, and who knows what your volunteer work would lead to down the road!

Good luck,

Norm
 
Hell, Gin, the whole deal might be yet another trickle-down on Homeland Security carried to yet another extreme. Then too, a volunteer may part of the future hiring-pool the dept. considers and clearing out the security path might just save future problems.

Best wishes.


(You have a teen-age daughter AND may have access to a locked cell? Cool. Are the cells sound-proof?)
 
kamkazmoto said:
Does this mean that I can carry a khuk in Arizona?
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Kam, you can carry any damned thing you want in Arizona, any damned thing you want, as long as it's not concealed.:D :cool: :D Carrying concealed takes a permit.:grumpy: At least they got it half right, now if you could just carry concealed without a permit Arizona would be just as the Gods intended for the way men to live!!!! :D :cool: :D
 
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