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Sweet Litle Lies: The Surreptitious Spread of Police Polygraph Testing – Byline Times

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At least 14 forces in England and Wales have paid money to the main UK trainer and supplier of polygraphs in the last ten years. Polygraphs work as their operators monitor bodily processes such as sweat and heart rate while questioning people. Critics say that while polygraph equipment can accurately measure some physiological activities, these aren't proven to reflect a single process such as dishonesty.

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Sweet Litle Lies: The Surreptitious Spread of Police Polygraph Testing – Byline Times

Police have spent at least £745,000 on “lie detector” test training and equipment with almost no public scrutiny, Byline Times can reveal.  Freedom of Information requests show that at least 14 forces – one-third of the total in England and Wales - have paid money to the main UK trainer and supplier of polygraphs in the last ten years.  While there has been little public debate on the matter, the use of the devices has been allowed in the crimin…

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Byline Times broke the news in on Monday, January 29, 2024.
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