Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mar. 13—A Dayton police reform group wants the polygraph test administered to police candidates to be used specifically to try to ...

Commonly called “lie detectors,” polygraphs are machines that measure a variety of biological factors including blood ...

COOPERTOWN, Tenn. (AP) – A police chief hired to rebuild a tiny Tennessee department dismantled by scandal is using a lie-detector test to keep racists off his force. Coopertown Police Chief Shane ...

A Dayton police reform group wants the polygraph test administered to police candidates to be used specifically to try to winnow out racists and white supremacists, as well as authoritarians. The ...

It's not unusual for police departments to use polygraphs on people before letting them join the force. Police applicants can be asked about past drug use or whether they have been involved in ...