Section 3257 Of Chapter 9.6. Firefighters From California Government Code >> Division 4. >> Title 1. >> Chapter 9.6.
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. (a) A firefighter shall not be compelled to submit to a lie
detector test against his or her will.
(1) Disciplinary action or other recrimination shall not be taken
against a firefighter refusing to submit to a lie detector test.
(2) No comment shall be entered anywhere in the investigator's
notes or anywhere else that the firefighter refused to take, or did
not take, a lie detector test.
(3) Testimony or evidence to the effect that the firefighter
refused to take, or was subjected to, a lie detector test shall not
be admissible at a subsequent hearing, trial, or proceeding, judicial
or administrative.
(b) For the purpose of this section, "lie detector" means a
polygraph, deceptograph, voice stress analyzer, psychological stress
evaluator, or any other similar device, whether mechanical or
electrical, that is used, or the results of which are used, for the
purpose of rendering a diagnostic opinion regarding the honesty or
dishonesty of an individual.