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Re:The All-American Delusion of the Polygraph by jvanderbot on Tuesday July 16, 2024 @02:41PM (#40979100)
Yep - this is like field sobriety testing, in my mind. Everyone will display some level of nervousness and inability to perform all the tests, and the officer thus has a baseline level of "cause". They can therefore do all kinds of tests or hold you until you do those tests. B/c "He failed his FST"

Same with poly. If they don't like something, they can just say "He failed his poly"

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Re:The All-American Delusion of the Polygraph by johnflan on Sunday July 21, 2024 @07:10PM (#41029181)
I don’t get how “field sobriety testing” in the sense of observing someone perform some coordinated actions is still a thing. In Ireland if stopped by a member of the police (Gardai) and they have suspicion they can require you to provide a breath or saliva sample. If you pass you are free to go, if you fail or refuse you are escorted to a police station and provide a blood sample or urine sample (I think this depends on if suspected of alcohol or drug offences) refusal to provide the sample is an offence
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