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SonOfSam SonOfSam:
You ever speed Labbatt?
Is that your only argument? all 10 pages of this I don't think you have gone an entire page without asking that question of someone. Don't lose it now and insult me, I am just making a valid point.
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We need more coppers
Please, answer my question, it is an easy one.
Understaffing is a chronic problem within all police forces in Canada, not just the Mounties. Lack of funds is a big reason for this but recruiting suitable candidates, i.e. those possessing integrity and are physically capable, is also a huge issue IMO.
Anyone who thinks becoming a cop is easy should try applying and see how far you get through the recruitment process. A lot of applicants are "deferred" at the background check or polygraph stage.
LABBATTS50 LABBATTS50:
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We need more coppers
HUA!!!!!
SonOfSam SonOfSam:
Please, answer my question, it is an easy one.
OK if I answer, will you promise to quit asking the same non topic question to EVERYBODY and stick to the topic?
Answer, please, I also encourage other to tell me if they speed or not.
SonOfSam SonOfSam:
Answer, please, I also encourage other to tell me if they speed or not.
Yes, now stop asking.
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RockyMtn_Girl RockyMtn_Girl:
Understaffing is a chronic problem within all police forces in Canada, not just the Mounties. Lack of funds is a big reason for this but recruiting suitable candidates, i.e. those possessing integrity and are physically capable, is also a huge issue IMO.
Anyone who thinks becoming a cop is easy should try applying and see how far you get through the recruitment process. A lot of applicants are "deferred" at the background check or polygraph stage.
RockyMtn_Girl,
If you don't wish to answer these questions, feel free not to as I understand they're prying and personal.
But, based on your post, have you applied to a police force that had a polygraph component? If you did, what happened? I'm just curious as to how the police use something like that when polygraphing is too inaccurate to be used at court.
Dayseed Dayseed:
RockyMtn_Girl RockyMtn_Girl:
Understaffing is a chronic problem within all police forces in Canada, not just the Mounties. Lack of funds is a big reason for this but recruiting suitable candidates, i.e. those possessing integrity and are physically capable, is also a huge issue IMO.
Anyone who thinks becoming a cop is easy should try applying and see how far you get through the recruitment process. A lot of applicants are "deferred" at the background check or polygraph stage.
RockyMtn_Girl,
If you don't wish to answer these questions, feel free not to as I understand they're prying and personal.
But, based on your post, have you applied to a police force that had a polygraph component? If you did, what happened? I'm just curious as to how the police use something like that when polygraphing is too inaccurate to be used at court.
It is not a hired/fired, they just try to get a feel for your character
Labbatt, I applaud your honesty. How many more people here will step up to the plate and admit that they speed?
Penetrator,
It seems to me to be such a thorny issue as to what the hiring force can do with that information with regards to lawsuits or whatnot that polygraphs might end up being more trouble than they're worth.
A friend of my good buddies went to Calgary Police, a female polagrapher did his interview, was asking him if he masterbated, fucked around on his old lady, or if he ever thought about fucking around on his old lady, it was brutal, totally uneccessary IMO, he got hired though.
Polygraph may not be used in court but more or less every Police Service in Canada uses it as an "investigative tool", and most people who 'fail' a polygraph usually confess to whatever was being investigated.
Polygraph has been successfully used this way for decades.
When they use a polygraph and determine you have failed (when being investigated, not for a job) they intervewer will come back in, and go into a well rehearsed Reid's Nine Step. It is fascinating to watch a good guy work the accused, going through the nine steps ultimately to gain a confession. Could take 5 minutes, could take several hours, great to watch though.
Dayseed Dayseed:
RockyMtn_Girl RockyMtn_Girl:
Understaffing is a chronic problem within all police forces in Canada, not just the Mounties. Lack of funds is a big reason for this but recruiting suitable candidates, i.e. those possessing integrity and are physically capable, is also a huge issue IMO.
Anyone who thinks becoming a cop is easy should try applying and see how far you get through the recruitment process. A lot of applicants are "deferred" at the background check or polygraph stage.
RockyMtn_Girl,
If you don't wish to answer these questions, feel free not to as I understand they're prying and personal.
But, based on your post, have you applied to a police force that had a polygraph component? If you did, what happened? I'm just curious as to how the police use something like that when polygraphing is too inaccurate to be used at court.
I'd rather not elaborate on how I know but the polygraph is a tool used to probe someone's honesty, integrity, ethics. A polygraph is a pretty simple thing really. The examiner discusses all the questions with the applicant before hand so there are no surprises. Where people get caught out is when they "forget" to tell the truth or the whole story during the pre-exam discussion. These people do not make ideal police candidates.