Japan uses a lie detector to recruit

Japanese police are investigating the use of a heart rate monitor to identify potential early offenders of sexual assault and sexual assault.

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The national police department is planning to use a lie detector only for those who voluntarily participate in the test, to avoid alleged privacy violations, the Asahi Shimbun newspaper reported.

Employers plan to analyze responses from applicants after asking their personal views about sexual abuse and their preferences.

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A pacemaker measures and records psychological reactions, such as heart rate and breathing, while the subject is asked. Experts say lying acts cause reactions that are not easily controlled by the body.

Police must follow this after 'recent scandals of people who lack the skills required to work in the police force,' a senior police officer told Asahi.

Japanese police have a very high recruitment rate, as only 14,700 people were admitted to nearly 126,000 applicants in the year to March.

At the same time, the number of police disciplinary offenses increased from 242 in 2009 to more than 400 in 2012. Among them, a police officer was dismissed from the industry for rape in January 2012, who was also sexually abused. Have had sex with minors for a long time.

In addition to the exams, applicants are required to graduate from a police academy before being admitted to a force of 293,000 in a country with a relatively low crime rate.