Lie Detector Tests in Marengo

Here is how things are done in McHenry County. The Marengo Police Department routinely gives citizens lie detector tests. So does the McHenry County Sheriff’s Department and the Illinois State Police. Right? So, why is it that when there were questions of police misconduct, all three of these agencies refused to give their officers lie detector tests? They claimed that lie detector tests were not effective and therefore were nonsense. They refused to administer them.Officer Scott Crawford was accused of lifting Brian Gaughan by his handcuffs and causing serious harm, after which he threw his face into a police station wall, actually breaking the wall. He then charged Brian Gaughan with aggravated assault, damaging state property, and other serious charges. His brother, Kevin Gaughan, ran to Brian Gaughan’s side after he was down on the ground and screaming in order to see if he was alright. He was also charged with assault and other felonies. Officer Crawford charged the brothers in order to avoid taking responsibility for his actions. Why would the Marengo Police refuse to administer a lie detector test to him? State Police Officer William Kroncke, who attempted to have Kevin Gaughan drop his complaint against the Marengo Police Department by yelling and hitting him, as outlines in this video, has also not taken a lie detector test.:http://marengogazette.blogspot.com/But here is something interesting. Brian Gaughan Sr., the boys’ father, took his sons at his own expense to take lie detector tests. They both passed. Notice, the police departments in question refused to administer the tests to either brother. Their father had to take them at his own expense to take those tests. Don’t you think they have something to cover up? Otherwise why not administer the tests. Surely, both the Marengo and the State Police administer lie detector tests to any and all other suspects whom they think are guilty of a crime. I suggest the reason they did not want to use lie detector tests in this case is that they knew that the Gaughans would pass and that the officers involved in the police brutality would fail.
June 15, 2006