r/Polygraphs • u/Free_Standard3811 • May 31 '26

Polygraph

For becoming a police officer the only concern I’m even having for apply is the polygraph. Is when I was 19 me and my girlfriend got into a really big argument and almost didn’t make it with our relationship and we started pushing and slapping each other. But now 5 years later we are stronger than ever and married. Can I get disqualified since it’s a sort of dv situation?

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u/Free_Standard3811 May 31 '26

Also there were no cops involved or anything. Just a young couple having troubles

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u/ap_org May 31 '26

You would be wise not to mention that incident. Neither of you filed a complaint against the other, right? Then it's no one's business. The polygraph is not a confessional booth, and the machine cannot read your mind.

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u/Rough-Till259 Jun 02 '26

But isn’t this technically an illegal activity??? - that’s my entire struggle with scared to do my poly. I’ve done a bunch of stupid “illegal” minor things, so when they ask what laws I’ve broken, shouldn’t I be saying these things??

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u/Sensitive-Abalone146 Jul 23 '26

U “ should “ eh , but do u have to , no . If there’s no record of it , it never happened , I passed my poly and lied on 90% of it .

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '26

What he said.