Story Time with Zee - The Polygraph Test

My divorce was far from a smooth friendly divorce. My ex tried to make it so that I was not able to see my kids. She did just about anything she could think of to try to keep me from being able to see my kids. One day I came home to find a card on my door from a detective at the local police department requesting that I call them as soon as possible. A few months previous to that I would have taken my cell phone out of my pocket and called the number before I even unlocked the door. I would have had faith in the system with a desire to help the detective in what ever way possible.

Lucky for me I was smarter then that when I read the card on my door. I did get my cell phone out of my pocket to make a call before unlocking my door but I did not call the detective. Instead I called one of my three lawyers who took the information and advised me to avoid talking to anyone at the police department. My lawyer called the detective and found out that I was being investigated for sexual abuse. This was the third time my ex made up stories about me sexually abusing one of my kids to try to keep me from seeing my kids. The first two times Child Protective Services talked to me and then talked to my son and they quickly came to the conclusion that what ever incident my ex was claiming happened did not happen. I don't know what story she was telling this time but it was extremely serious that the police department had an open investigation.

My lawyer told me what would most likely happen if the police had a chance to bring me in for a talk. The detective would be very friendly, he would hear what I had to say, he would say it sounds like a misunderstanding to him, and then he would suggest I take a polygraph to clear things up. If I agreed to the polygraph test then they would have me wait in a room for the test. They would have me wait for hours which would make me get anxious and worried. A police officer would come in and question me in an aggressive loud manner in an attempt to scare the shit out of me. At the point where I was all worked up they would ask me to take a polygraph test which may show false results based on my worked up condition.

My lawyer instead set up a polygraph test for me through an independent polygrapher... or whatever they are called. The independent polygrapher that I used used to work for the county and is very well known and respected by the police department that was investigating me. So I went in to take a polygraph to prove that I've never sexually abused my kids. I also requested that he add physical abuse just to prevent any other future accusations. So he hooked up sensor things on my fingers, wrists, and chest and asked me a series of questions that required 'yes' or 'no' answers. Throughout the questions each of the questions was asked twice but in different ways.

The test showed that I have never sexually or physically abused my kids and the investigation against me was closed right away. That is not the way the system should work though. So much for innocent until proven guilty. I had to prove my own innocence and between lawyer fees and the cost of the polygraph test it cost me about a thousand dollars. The cost for my ex to get an investigation against me was a phone call.