HOW TO BECOME A COP - The Polygraph - Police Hiring Process

In this "Becoming a Cop" series, you will learn about the polygraph. We will go over the requirements for becoming an officer, and what it takes to be a police officer.

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BECOMING A COP SERIES:
1. Introduction
2. The Initial Application
3. The Written Exam
4. The Oral Interview
5. The Physical Abilities Test
6. The Background Investigation
7. The Polygraph
8. The Psychological Exam
9. The Medical Exam

[overfixated]

Just did a polygraph for police process, in the drug and criminal acts portion he kept asking me about my involvement in selling drugs which is 0. He told me I was lying and that I was hiding something from him, he then started to try and get a reaction out of me by telling me that I was a failure and things of that nature and that I was going to be thrown out of the process for lying. Then 20 minutes later says congrats you passed and that I did great lol

[Itisbane]

So reliable and precise it’s not allowed in court. This practice is archaic and faulty.

[Joe-ckju]

Fun fact: The guy who made the Polygraph said its not precise and he regrets making it. Kinda funny that the police use it for the hiring procedure.

[imanola]

Thank you so much for your tips and advice! You were one of the few YouTubers who I watched throughout my police hiring process. Much love!

[thecoolkids]

I've taken multiple polys. On the last ones, I passed my Poly with one agency and Voice Stress with another. On both fronts I thought I failed. Both had me re-answer questions that kept giving me problems so I thought I was done for. In the end, I got calls from both agencies to continue in the background process.

My advice is get all of your stress out the way by talking honestly and candidly with the polygrapher. Once that is out of your system, you'll feel alot better going into the actual polygraph exam. You don't get DQ'd for minor wrong doings (in some cases major) in the past, but you'll get DQ'd for lying.

[chieppachat]

Yeh, I deal with inmates and will yell and keep my composure other then smirking when the compliment drunk comes in. Now talks with supervisors and exams make me nervous but I passed a vocal analysis so it shouldn’t be to hard.

[fotiniluminitsa]

Respected Sir!
Thank you so much indeed!
With Respect and Gratitude,
God bless!!!

[alanluscombea]

Thanks for not having a long drawn out video that talks nothing about what the title claims, pretty much every video like this I come across is just some dude saying his opinion and what not to do but nothing about the actual subject

[Ill]

Yeah polygraphs are not reliable enough. I get they get a sense of things, but crazy how they still use it. It's not a surprise why 60% of police departments struggle to hire strictly because of the polygraph.

[Coffeetime]

The polygraph was so dumb I purposely lied in some answers to test it and the chief said i was the first person to pass it this fast with flying colors...

[BenMontgomery]

I applied to be a cop and went through the hiring process and got to the polygraph lol. I passed it but the funny thing is I lied about multiple things multiple times because I never wrote it down on my big life packet I had to fill out. It really is crazy that if you just look forward and just breath in normal calm breaths and not move while you are in that chair, then you really can pass a polygraph. I was super surprised when they told me I passed with no triggers or anything that showed me maybe even lying. So yes, I would say you shouldn’t even use a polygraph for the hiring process.

[Airtouch]

I worked for 3 different police departments and passed all 3 polygraphs (I have no idea how). Also, a lot of larger departments (big city departments) don't even give these because it's too expensive and time consuming. These are probably 20% accurate at best.

[GabrielMartinez-peln]

Hello, can you make a playlist of the how to become a cop video series?

[gsxrdrama]

Why would they ask me to do the polygraph before a oral interview and before the written test

[michaeltrolan]

I remember reading a news story where a guy had applied with the California Highway Patrol and was asked in the pretest if he had ever viewed child pornography. Whether he had viewed it intentionally or by accident the article did not say, but he was honest and admitted that he had. He was later charged with a crime for admitting to that. Be careful of what you say.

[giocicc]

Thanks for the tips! I passed mine today. It was very easy, just be honest and you’ll do fine. it’s very different in person, but good luck to anyone taking it.

[Mechanic_tk]

Probably the dumbest part of the process. If you did anything you obviously wouldn’t be applying to be an officer. Stress and blood pressure doesn’t have shit to do with your actions etc. there’s people with anxiety issues etc who have irregular symptoms.

[preston]

so whats the point of the test if you can fail it by being honest?

[sparky]

This cant be constitutional, it makes you guilty of something your not and could leave a emotional scar. Defamation of character

[genjimccorkle]

My theory is I think it’s more of a stress test. If you are stressed, you fail, nothing to do with truthfulness per se. As he stated, people who are honest even fail.