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...Detector Test. Psychologists agree that every batch of fresh police recruits includes a small percentage who are attracted by the idea of force and like the feeling, as a retired officer in New Orleans put it, "that you carry half the power of God on your hip." Chicago's is one of a growing number of departments-about 10% of all the police agencies in the country-that employ sophisticated testing techniques to identify character disorders early...
...city departments such as Los Angeles and Boston generally use a variety of tests combined with psychiatric interviews. A number of departments throw in a polygraph (lie detector) test...
Astrophysicist Richard Henry and his NRL associates crammed X-ray detectors into the nose of an Aerobee rock et last September and fired it high above the atmosphere, which absorbs X rays before they reach the earth. Telemetry from one detector designed to spot "soft" or low-energy X rays emanating from intergalactic space showed unexpectedly high readings. What- in apparently empty space - was producing this radiation...
...been formally introduced as evidence, instead was shown to the jury to back up the district attorney's decision to reduce the charge. Moreover, Judge Gardner was well aware that higher courts have rarely allowed any testimony related to statements made by a person undergoing a lie-detector test or under truth drugs or hypnosis. Still, Gardner was interested...
...place of arrest, information about whether the defendant resisted or was armed at the time of arrest, a description of any physical evidence seized, and the nature of the charge. The jurists and cops would be specifically barred from revealing any previous record, the results of fingerprinting and lie detector tests, and whether the accused had confessed. They would also be prohibited from giving the identity of witnesses or stating any opinion as to guilt or innocence. The newly adopted A.B.A. guidelines propose penalties, up to and including contempt-of-court citations...