[Issue]After the guilty verdict of the chief confectioner officer for leaking the location of the strategic chocolate reserve (SCR), the chief milk officer confessed to be the true perpetrator. The CCO claims to suffer from an irrational fear of yes-or-no questions, falsifying any polygraph result on which their conviction has been based on and declared to be @@HIS@@ mission to outlaw this procedure in criminal investigations.
[option 1] "Look, the fact of the matter is that polygraphs are a bad way to investigate a suspect," you hear the CCO repeat for what feels like the thousandth time. "It doesn't account for sweaty and anxious people. I shudder to think how others with a worse condition than mine can cope with this barbaric practice."
[Resolution 1] polygraphs are relegated to the dungeon part of castle museum
[option 2]"Objection!" @@RANDOMNAME@@, your Minister of Justice yells across the hallway. "Despite having our outliers, like this situation, the polygraph still measures any indicators whenever a lie is being told. And between us: Assuming it is hogwash, it still would make perpetrators nervous and more likely to confess. If anything, make them the norm during interviews."
[resolution 2] spooking a suspect into confessing is the new main strategy of an investigation
[option 3] [valid if advanced in science] "Oh come on! Next, you're going to use a crystal ball in our investigations" your science advisor criticizes. "What we need is to modernize our ways of interviewing. With our advances in neurology, we can develop a chip that measures the neural activity of its subject. Give us the funding and be ready for a safer @@NAME@@."
[resolution 3]the new "thought police" branch has been established
[option 4]"Bah!" utters an old @@CAPITAL@@ Police officer in disapproval "If you ask me, these fancy gadgets are making the police too soft. Back in the good ol' days, we had a more hands-on approach and believe me, nothing brings out honesty of a liar than some good old beating."
[resolution 4] even snitches get stitches