Give Now
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
Available On Air Stations
  • Full Schedule
Watch Live

In Push to Oust Corruption, Baja Police to Take Lie Detector Tests

By Amy Isackson / Border Reporter,  KPBS Public Broadcasting
Published January 11, 2008 at 10:13 AM PST
This story was published more than 16 years ago.

Baja California state police will now undergo routine lie detector tests in attempt to purge corrupt officers from the force. The measure is part of an effort by newly-elected leaders to stop crime an

In Push to Oust Corruption, Baja Police to Take Lie Detector Tests

Baja California state police will now undergo routine lie detector tests in attempt to purge corrupt officers from the force. The measure is part of an effort by newly elected leaders to stop crime and corruption. KPBS reporter Amy Isackson has the story.

All 2,000 state police now have to take a polygraph test every six months.

Advertisement
Become a KPBS sponsor

Officers already take the test when they enter the force.

State law enforcement officials say police will also be drug tested and undergo psychological exams.

When Governor Osuna Millan was elected, he said wrestling the state back from organized crime was his top priority.

He promised to attack the problem with an unprecedented level of resources.

After meeting with Mexico's president earlier this week, Osuna said he expects to have more than $20 million in federal funds to fight crime.

Advertisement
Become a KPBS sponsor

Federal agents are streaming into Tijuana to reinforce state and local police. Between 1 and 2,000 federal agents are expected in all.

Amy Isackson, KPBS News.

Amy Isackson
Amy Isackson was the border reporter at KPBS from 2004 to 2011. She covered breaking news and feature stories on California-Mexico border issues and immigration, for local and national broadcast. Amy got her start in public radio by pitching a series of stories about rural New Zealand - horse dentistry and sheep sheering - to Radio New Zealand's "Country Life" program. She then worked with Peabody Award-winning radio producers Nikki Silva and Davia Nelson, to help create the Sonic Memorial, a series of stories on the World Trade Center before, during and after 9/11. Amy's work has been recognized with awards from the Associated Press Television-Radio Association of California and Nevada, the California Chicano News Media Association, and the San Diego Press Club. She won the Sol Price Prize for Responsible Journalism in 2009 from the Society of Professional Journalists for her story about high school students smuggling people and drugs across the U.S.-Mexico border. Prior to venturing into the wonderful world of public radio, Amy worked for Yahoo! Inc. for nearly five years as an editorial surfer, associate producer and broadcast communications manager. She majored in Latin American History at Williams College. She grew up in San Diego and made frequent trips south of the border.
See stories by Amy Isackson
More News