Nixaeagle
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While considering items to include in my letters to the attorney-general's.
The polygraph test, I took,came to mind.
I never released the information that I had passed the test to the media, yet it was on the front page of the paper the next day.
So, I started to look through the Google to see if that was a normal LE process and if was legal for the SPD to do so ?
Unfortunately, I didn't have a lot of luck finding a definitive answer on that question.
Cloyd Steiger is one of the most well-known homicide detectives on the West Coast, if not the country. He has consulted on Shirley Rose ( oldest cold case in Springfield ) ,
And he said that in Hundreds of homicides he only polygraphed a couple of people and they were witnesses . He says zeroing in on a poly is lazy .
The fact that they let 48 hours film them live ? And broadcast it ? That was shocking , And I can see why the district attorney was upset.
In transparency , I’ve often wondered who the person that failed was. But that alone without some collaborating evidence , wouldn’t sway my options .
To answer your question , I don’t believe there’s anything “illegal” about it and sometimes they release or hold back information to get a reaction from a possible suspect .