Border Patrol has a much higher polygraph failure rate than comparable federal agencies, and former applicants described the examiners as aggressive and hostile.
is eliminating scores of otherwise qualified candidates. Several former CBP applicants — three of whom have other law enforcement experience — shared their polygraph experiences with Fox News and said they don't think the test should be a make-or-break factor in employment.
reported in 2017. The FBI and Secret Service's failure rates were about half that, according to the same report. Throughout the six-hour examination, G.A. said her examiner seemed"hung up" on the fact that she wasn't dating anyone and asked many pointed questions about whether G.A. had done drugs, possibly as"sexual favors" for men.
G.A. said the examiner responded in a condescending, mocking tone,"Oh, what do you say? ‘Dear God, help me'?" "It seems to me that they build some sort of preconceived notion or try to stereotype you based on your background," he told Fox News, asking to remain anonymous because he currently works as a police officer in Texas."You go into the exam, and you're already dead set to fail."applicants.
"It's a lot of time and money having been put out to even get to these polygraphs," Del Grosso said."It's just insanity."The cost of all those polygraphs isn't limited to applicants: CBP’s spending on polygraph examinations has increased sevenfold since 2014, according to federal contract records.
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