Legal Opinion
Los Angeles Police Protective League v. City of Los Angeles
California Court of Appeal
Decided June 21, 1995No. B077854PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BOREN, P. J.
State law protects public safety officers from being compelled to submit to polygraph examinations against their will. (Gov. Code. § 3307.) We conclude that a city police department may require a polygraph examination for officers who voluntarily seek to be promoted or transferred into a few specialized divisions where the work is unusually sensitive and requires the highest level of integrity. Under these circumstances, the polygraph requirement offends neither statutory law nor constitutional privacy rights.
Facts
In January of 1992, the Los Angeles Police Protective League…
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