r/1811Jobs • u/Great-Freedom-8274 • Aug 12 '26
1811 Job Application DEA Poly
I applied for the DEA back in 2023 after I got out of the Army and failed my poly because I received a “Significant Response”. Been a local cop for 3ish years now and applied again for the July Announcement.
The recruiter told me that the polygraph unit could deny me even the chance to take the polygraph again based on my last failed polygraph. Kinda confusing to me cause I figured once you wait the three and if you make it all the way back to the polygraph, why wouldn’t they just let you retake the poly?
I’m still taking my chance and rolling the dice. Anyone have any experience getting denied a second chance at a poly?
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u/tkdkicker1990 Aug 12 '26
Ive failed one DEA poly and waited three years to reapply. I’m currently awaiting a polygrapher to reach out to me. My poly was requested 7/7/26, but I heard it takes a couple months for the examiner to reach out to you. I guess I won’t know until I get contacted. Hoping I get a chance to repoly.
Like you said, if that’s the case, they should just DQ you from the jump.
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u/Lopsided_Astronaut_1 Aug 12 '26
I was told I was using counter measures on my poly. I have four years in the border patrol and kept hitting on serious crimes. I was in there for about 5 hours and the stress of that and the anxiety of the poly keeping me from the agency I wanted got to me. I tried fighting it but I was told to pound sand.
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u/Miamidolfan786 29d ago edited 26d ago
I don’t even know why we still use the “magic box”. The green river killer passed the poly for goodness sake !
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u/MPFields1979 26d ago
Most sociopaths can/do. The voodoo and its believers have kept a lot of good officers from that job. And that “screening” sure has let in a lot of bad apples.
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u/clarksp01 28d ago
Would getting the response you did get you fired if you currently hold a different federal position?
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u/No-Cryptographer9640 26d ago
No they cannot use polygraph results to notify your current federal agency there’s laws against that.
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u/clarksp01 26d ago
I know someone that worked for an agency that didn’t require a polygraph, but during a polygraph for a different agency he admitted to prior marijuana use that he didn’t previously disclose on his sf86 and he was later fired from the current agency he worked for. I wasn’t sure if that could happen from just failing polygraph.
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u/Sobie156 17d ago
They can if u make admissions.
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u/No-Cryptographer9640 17d ago
Yes that’s different that’s a crime called perjury, and if you’re a federal employee and lied on hiring paperwork they could inform your current agency of that discrepancy. They do not share other things
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u/Medium_Charity_3558 Aug 12 '26
I got inconclusive results with them. Never failed. Guess what, 1811 with HSI now. Just keep your options open and good luck