CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Opinion & Scientific Evidence
......Forensic Issues
.........Polygraph
............Specialized Polygraph Stats-Applic's
4 Cards On This Topic:
  • No public safety officer (police officer) may be forced to take polygraph exam.
  • May not require polygraph exams as condition for employment.
  • Lab. Code §432.2 applies to public employees; involuntary polygraph testing of public employees during investigation as condition of continued employment found unconstitutional.
  • Polygraph inadmissible in state bar action in absence of stipulation.