u/Easy-Lack1471

Took my polygraph today and was completely honest. The examiner said that I reacted to 2 out of 15 questions, which were about drug use and domestic violence. Then some dude who is the head of approval or whatever comes in and tells me the machine is telling me you’re being deceptive. I’m like well I was nervous coming into this, it’s my first time here, meeting new people, doing a polygraph for the first time, etc. he said if I wasn’t lying I had no reason to be nervous. He said to explain why I was being deceptive, and if he reschedules me for another exam what is going to change? I kept saying I have been completely honest and transparent and I’m not lying, I don’t know why it’s saying I reacted. He said “you’re never going to be in law enforcement with this reaction. We talk to other departments and they’re going to see you were being deceptive about these questions.” Accusing me of domestic violence is actually crazy to me, I have not laid a finger nor even called a woman an offensive name. He also brought up if I’m nervous for this how can I be a police officer. I said everything that I have submitted for all of my PHS are the exact same, and he said I’m making up a story for them to believe. And because I wouldn’t admit the reason as to why I’m responding that way to questions, that he’s not going to give me an opportunity to retest because I said I’m going to answer the same way. I don’t know what to do, I feel very discouraged being treated this way.