Mandatory Polygraph Testing on Offenders Convicted of Domestic Abuse
The U.K. Government has announced they intend to run a 3 year pilot of mandatory polygraph testing on offenders convicted of domestic abuse. This follows on from the hugely successful use of polygraph examinations as being one of the key elements to monitor sex offenders when they are released from Prison early, on licence. Offenders…
Mike Rumble
Aug 31, 2022
Mandatory Polygraph Test for Domestic Abuse Convicts
The U.K. Government has announced they intend to run a 3 year pilot of mandatory polygraph testing on offenders convicted of domestic abuse. This follows on from the hugely successful use of polygraph examinations as being one of the key elements to monitor sex offenders when they are released from Prison early, on licence. Offenders…
Mike Rumble
Jul 31, 2022
Real Case Studies
Real Life Case Studies of Lie Detector Tests CS-1: False Accusations of Stolen Mobile Phone in Workplace Our client had approached us and sounded very distressed when calling our support team. She had unfortunately been entangled in false accusations that she had stolen a mobile phone from a work colleague. We had advised…
Mike Rumble
Jul 5, 2022
Can your CV get you arrested?
I have blogged previously on the subject of pre-employment screening and the important part it should play in any HR recruitment policy to protect the employer their co-workers. Here in the UK we seem to have almost grown to accept that a CV or Curriculum vitae, Latin for “the course of your life” is as…
Mike Rumble
Feb 13, 2022
An general update on recent Lie Detector Test’s conducted in Essex
Essex is a beautiful county with major historical links to the Roman Empire with many ruins tracing their impact on the area as well as famous Colchester Castle built in the Norman era. The towns and cities of Colchester, Harwich, Clacton-on-Sea, Epping (famous for its forests) and Basildon have been poorly served in the past…
Mike Rumble
Feb 13, 2022
Mondays child in fair of face – unless you were the examinee from Manchester or Leeds!
Last week proved to be an extremely busy week for our team of examiners. Our first examinations were in Milton Keynes, Manchester, Birmingham and Leeds. In the Milton Keynes examination the couple involved were planning to marry but there were some issues that one partner wanted resolving before they could commit to the relationship long term….
Mike Rumble
Feb 13, 2022
Post Conviction Sex Offender Testing
The Sunday Times recently reported on a matter I have raised in a blog some months ago, the monitoring of convicted sex offenders. The process is referred to as Post Conviction Sex Offender Testing or PCSOT for short and was originally developed in America where it has been successfully used for nearly 20 years to…
Mike Rumble
Feb 13, 2022
City Trader admits joining company to steal information for rival firm ………… and still gets the job!
This couldn’t happen, not in your organisation, could it? Let’s just look at this headline again. You are the lead HR representative on the interview panel and this is a highly paid managerial position that can have a major impact on the business, if the right person is employed. Conversely, they will have access to…
Mike Rumble
Feb 13, 2022
How the Polygraph Helps Protect Society From Sex Offenders
I was contacted today by a Solicitor who provides professional development training for the legal profession in England. He was enquiring into the background of the programme for managing sex offenders post-conviction, when they are released from custody early, on licence, or managed in the community when a non-custodial sentence is imposed. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/compulsary-lie-detector-tests-for-serious-sex-offenders This is…
Mike Rumble
Feb 13, 2022
Gov announcement to recruit 20,000 more police officers needs to be met with a degree of caution
It has long been the mantra for recruiting officers, “That Police Officers should be representative of the community they serve”. The recent Government announcement that they intend to recruit 20,000 more Police Officers is I believe to be welcomed with a great degree of caution. This is not a political statement, quite frankly any government…
Mike Rumble
Feb 13, 2022
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