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I've graduated with two police academy classes, one in GA and one in Alabama, I've also passed four prison mandates, hold a bachelors in Criminal Justice, and in all that training, I've never once been told to lie. I have however, been told on more occasions than I could hope to count that "If you lie, you die". I've also seen more cops get fired for lying than anything else.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Testilying
http://www.ocweekly.com/ink/99/38/news-moxley2.php
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While the U.S. Supreme Court has officially sanctioned such dishonesty, it’s fair to ask: When can the public feel confident that its cops aren’t lying?
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well perhaps you simply were in a very honest (small) county or something, where the police don't informally coach the newbies to lie on the stand. the fact that officers were fired kinda proves that this didn't go on.
but as far as lying in the day to day operations, that is expected and part of the job. just look up cunningly coerced into waiving rights or something like that. but you probably didn't mean you don't lie to suspects.