{"id":7255,"date":"2010-04-04T19:02:54","date_gmt":"2010-04-05T01:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/?p=7255"},"modified":"2010-04-04T19:04:34","modified_gmt":"2010-04-05T01:04:34","slug":"polygraph-testing-for-rss-recruits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/crime-court-law\/polygraph-testing-for-rss-recruits\/","title":{"rendered":"STORY OF INTEREST: Polygraph testing for RSS recruits"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_7256\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7256\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/liedetector.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7256\" title=\"liedetector\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/liedetector-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/liedetector-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/liedetector.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7256\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cIn an organisation like this, there is always the chance of corruption,\u201d Watson said, noting the high frequency of drug-running in the Caribbean.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC  &#8211; In an attempt to rid itself of any  corruption, the Regional Security  System (RSS) is to introduce  polygraph testing for those persons wishing  to join its ranks.<\/p>\n<p>This was confirmed by RSS  Coordinator Grantley Watson in an  interview with the Sunday Sun  newspaper here. He said the decision to  adopt the polygraph  (lie-detector) policy was made last year and that  it should be completed  by the end of April.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn an organisation like  this, there is always the chance of  corruption,\u201d Watson said, noting the  high frequency of drug-running in  the Caribbean.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know for sure that  persons have been approached before and a few  may have cooperated (with  drug dealers and other bad elements). I\u2019m  not saying that there is a  high level of corruption in the organisation  but if we polygraph  everyone coming in, then the likelihood of persons  accepting bribes will  go way down,\u201d said the former Barbados police  chief.<\/p>\n<p>He said the  Barbados-based RSS was concerned that staff members  could be approached  by drug dealers or violent criminals interested in  offering significant  sums of money for sensitive information regarding  the organisation\u2019s  plans in policing coastlines or patrolling suspected  areas of drug  activity.<\/p>\n<p>According to the  newspaper report, in addition to the screening of  all perspective  members, existing staff will be required to pass  polygraphs before being  assigned to special RSS missions, since they  would have entered the  system without going through rigorous testing.<\/p>\n<p>The issue was discussed  at a high-level RSS meeting in St Kitts late  last month.<\/p>\n<p>The RSS is a joint  mission of Barbados  and six members of the  Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) &#8211;  Antigua and Barbuda,   Dominica, Grenada, St  Kitts and Nevis, St  Lucia, and St Vincent and  the Grenadines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC &#8211; In an attempt to rid itself of any corruption, the Regional Security System (RSS) is to introduce polygraph testing for those persons wishing to join its ranks. 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