trying to recruit blacks, no more polygraph for PA cop applicants

[cheka.]

if candidate is a criminal we cant hire him, so we are covering our eyes so that the criminals can get dey badges too

w.t.f.

this is the guy that did it: http://milfordnow.com/wp-content/uploads/blocker-200x200.jpg

https://www.policeone.com/police-jobs-and-careers/articles/279889006-Pa-troopers-union-criticizes-plan-to-scrap-lie-detector-tests-for-recruits/

HARRISBURG, Pa. — In a move sparking controversy, Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner Tyree C. Blocker has quietly scrapped the agency's long-held practice of administering lie-detector tests to its recruits.

State Police officials confirmed this week that applicants vying to become state troopers will no longer undergo polygraph testing as part of an extensive background check that helps determine their acceptance into the State Police Academy.

Blocker is facing pushback from troopers who believe eliminating the polygraph takes away an important tool the agency has used to weed out unqualified applicants.

Joe Kovel, president of the Pennsylvania State Troopers Association, called it a "bad idea."

"Right now, people in society want to know that we are doing everything we can to ensure that the men and women we hire are of the outmost integrity _ and the polygraph test has proven to be an important tool in determining that," said Kovel.

He said he had expressed the concerns of his union's membership _ more than 4,000 troopers _ to Blocker.

Despite debate over the effectiveness and reliability of lie-detector tests, most federal, state and local law enforcement agencies use them when screening applicants. Candidates may be asked, for instance, about sexual activity, employers, past drug use, contact with criminals or legal actions against them.

[Ares]

It always comes down to accommodating niggers to dropping standard.

Education is a PRIME example of this.

[madfranks]

Checka, you nailed it in your thread title, even though that point is really not discussed in the article. What other reason could there be, other than the fact that black candidates routinely fail the polygraph, when their white counterparts do not?

[cheka.]

Checka, you nailed it in your thread title, even though that point is really not discussed in the article. What other reason could there be, other than the fact that black candidates routinely fail the polygraph, when their white counterparts do not?

spot on. we know. pd's across the country are lowering standards in several ways to meet same goal. my question is who/what is forcing this action?

[Hitch]

What other reason could there be, other than the fact that black candidates routinely fail the polygraph, when their white counterparts do not?

Are sure this is a fact though? The background process for getting accepted as a police candidate, is a very thorough process. They have access to everything that is in the system. Usually they lower the standards at the beginning of the application process, such as giving minorities extra points in the beginning to rank higher on the list, before continuing on with the process. By the time the polygraph comes, the recruitment process has already spent many thousands of dollars in their investigation of that recruit. Then there's "rule of the list" don't get me started on that...

But, removing the polygraph is a bad idea, period. It's something you've got to get through, and when you do, it's a good feeling for everyone.

[Ares]

spot on. we know. pd's across the country are lowering standards in several ways to meet same goal. my question is who/what is forcing this action?

When accepting outside money, be careful of the strings attached to it. Just about every Police Department in the nation accepts grants from the Government. The government then pulls on those strings whenever it wants.



“When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation, since the hand that gives is above the hand that takes. Money has no motherland; financiers are without patriotism and without decency; their sole object is gain.”

― Napoléon Bonaparte