Section 29-14-5 - Polygraph examinations.

NM Stat § 29-14-5 (2019) (N/A)
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After reviewing all the information collected in the course of an investigation of a peace officer, the chief administrator of the officer's employer may order the officer to submit to a polygraph examination administered by a licensed polygraph examiner, provided that:

A. all other reasonable investigative means have been exhausted; and

B. the officer has been advised of the administrator's reasons for ordering the polygraph examination.

History: Laws 1991, ch. 117, § 5.

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Construction and application of Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1988 (29 USCA §§ 2001 et seq.), 154 A.L.R. Fed. 315.