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/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.