also known as the 50-pound
'polygraph-academy-in-a box'!
(index text and
support materials of fundamental TOPICS, KEY POINTS, and DATA --and much, much more!-- for polygraph
classrooms, workshops, self-teaching, seminars, and
agencies)
The 'secret formula':
The best in private
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NOTE: two different versions of this package are available!
See ordering information at the end of this long
document.
THE ULTIMATE LIE-DETECTION PRIMER and START OR IMPROVE A POLYGRAPH
BUSINESS NOW GUIDE and STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUMENT OPERATION
GUIDES
compiled & written by John Grogan Polygraph
Instructor/Polygraph Examiner
NOTE: before you get to the 78-page
Table Of Contents below, you will find nearly thirty pages of information
that many traditional polygraph schools and organizations (that the schools
PUSH you to join) do NOT want you to know, as it
exposes their faults, mistakes, and in some cases: their fraudulent
activity. (shared with you to help you decide this: do I need
someone to read to me all day, or can I learn at my own
pace?!)
It is sad that some of the information
below needs to be posted. However, as traditional polygraph schools and
associations will try to insist that you can only learn about polygraph from
one of their own member sources, you need to see the 'real
picture'!
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details and for the newest version of this comprehensive package
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Updated for 2009:
Learn why Federal polygraph examiners are said to be the best:
This
updated version now also includes many 'tips', 'notes', 'variations', and
training materials recently or currently being used & taught at
DACA (Defense Academy for Credibility Assessment), the
US Government's 10-week polygraph school) on many different
lie-detection topics.
Our staff recently spent a month reviewing all
materials, notes, and hand-outs of the modern Federal polygraph program,
and we updated our materials with that knowledge!
DACA is where FBI &
CIA polygraphers, military polygraphers, and about 20 other Federal
agencies get all of their polygraph training.
Greatly differing from
that taught by private polygraph academies, DACA also oversees
extensive reasearch designed to improve the accuracy of polygraph
examination results. New techniques and data developed here seems to
sometimes never 'trickle down' to the civilian polygraph
academies!
Learn what Federal examiners know: at no additional cost to
you, this 2009 package includes more than a dozen training material sets
issued by the Federal polygraph academy!
For
example: Materials from some schools still tell that certain
breathing patterns indicate LYING, while newest DACA research shows that
those same breathing patterns do NOT indicate deception.
OUCH- this could be causing some examinees to be falsely
failed!
(note: until recently, DACA was known as
'DoD-PI', Department of Defense Polygraph Institute)- -
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Lie-Detection work is an excellent avocational situation: "av·o·ca·tion (av'O-kAshun); noun: An activity taken up in
addition to one's regular work or profession". Most
lie-detection is done by examiners around their regular occupation or
income!
For both conventional (analog) and
computerized polygraph instruments.
Condenses
the fundamental topics, key points, and data of a typical full-term polygraph
academy --and far, far more!-- into a
primer-plus package to study at your own pace and
schedule.
Referred to as "like a polygraph academy in a box"!
Most colored-ink text pages are printed with
colors on bright-white inkjet sheet paper.
Includes
the current trends, techniques, and specialties of private and government
polygraph examiners nationwide.
Is the actual 50-pound package used by some polygraph classes as their
complete foundation.
NOTE: new pages and/or
improvements are added EVERY week!
Includes interviews and
past technical input from every polygraph manufacturer!
Written and compiled by a polygraph instructor/examiner who has
current (2007/2008 models) computerized polygraph instruments from ALL FOUR
polygraph manufacturers, and several analog instruments from BOTH
manufacturers!
We are NOT a 'school' or a
'diploma mill'; you are learning directly from polygraph examiners who
have actually earned a living in the private practice of this
profession.
8 X 10 color photographs printed on
high-resolution photo-paper stock. Many full-color 'screenshots', as if the
polygraph was right in front of you.
Follow this comprehensive
package with practice and continuing education to become a competent
examiner (this is what all polygraph training sources say!). Read
and re-read the material; if you retain what is provided, you are
well-prepared.
So thorough and well-rounded that a
troubled California polygraph academy recently secretly obtained a package
via a 'decoy' purchase!
Which of the four brands of computerized polygraph
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Learn about financing a computerized polygraph instrument; we know the
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"My partner and I
purchased the "Polygraph Academy In A Box" and found it to be what we
expected and more. We were promised very extensive set of study materials
and that is exactly what we recieved. Also we would like to thank many PEOA
members for all the profession support via the many telephone
conversations, email correspondence, and in person study time given to
us.
We were told we could call anytime for help, and we have done so
without any problems whatsoever. To our complete satisfaction you have
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Polygraph instrument and the testing process. I would recommend this package
to anyone who wants to learn the polygraph instrument, the testing
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We
purposely chose not to go to a vocational school offering polygraph
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enforcement officers who wanted to add polygraph services to our Private
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all.".
Ron Rose, POLYGRAPH EXAMINER, 24-7 Investigations,
Inc www.24-7investigation.com, California
Some schools secretly
get a $1000 commission each time a student buys a certain brand of
polygraph instrument, so they will not be introducing you to the other
brands! Some might just 'shame' or 'push' a student into returning his/her
new and perfectly-good computerized instrument and then to buy one that the
school gets that large commission on.
Other brands might have better
features; others offer student discounts and
financing.
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Ouch!
Fall 2007: Polygraph Association Report & Investigation determines
that their own member, a school approved by them, is committing
fraudulent activity and is in violation.
(clipped directly from the XXX
Inspector's report, word-for-word, no word changes made. This came after
complaints, a surveillance, and an XXX surprise site inspection of
records).
"Inspector's Conclusion:
Under Director XXX
XXXX, XXXXXXX Polygraph Academy knowingly and
intentionally misrepresented thir current school's training schedule
to purport to comply with XXX and possibly California educational
standards, while teaching an abbreviated daily schedule.
Had the
school continued on the abbreviated schedule, the course would have been
approximately 100 hours short.
After a thorough
investigation, this chairman of the Educational Accreditation Committee makes
the following findings:
First: XXXXXXX
Polygraph Academy is in clear violation of XXX
accreditation regulations governing accurately scheduling and reporting
school training schedule. All records indicate the school was starting at
08:00AM and ending daily at 5:00 PM. These records do not
accurately reflect the school’s training schedule.
Secondly: XXXXXXX Polygraph Academy is in
clear violation of XXX accredited training attendance requirements in
that the students were not receiving required time limits of
for basic polygraph course instruction.
Third: Most seriously, this inspector finds that
the printed syllabus clearly misrepresents the actual
schedule to the detriment of the students and professional
training, this inspector believes that a fraud
has been perpetuated on those relying on the accuracy of the school’s
records and representations.
Representing that the XXXXXX Polygraph Academy follows and adheres to XXX
standards of basic polygraph training is misleading and
untrue.
Fourth: Regarding the
statement alleged to have been made by personnel associated with the XXXXXXX
Polygraph Academy, “if you don’t tell (XXX), we won’t either”. In a frank
discussion with PI XXXXX, he states that through some discussion with the
students, a statement in some way similar to the one above may have been
made but according to him, it was not meant in context as it now sounds out
of context. This inspector finds that in or out of context, the statement
was inappropriate if it in any way it referred to XXX oversight
authority."
"It is apparent that
you put a lot of thought and time into its development. Thank you. I would
certainly recommend this product for anyone starting out in the Polygraph
Industry. And an experienced examiner could benefit too, with the great
deal of information on the business aspects of polygraphy. The extensive
operational info you have on all the polygraph manufacturers will allow an
experienced examiner to switch instruments in an emergency. You have
included all of the Computerized Scoring Systems and their operational
protocols; I hope that you pass my thoughts on to students and other
examiners".
Michael Hodge, POLYGRAPH EXAMINER, Forensic
Credibility Assessments, www.ForensicExamination.info, Maryland
Learn how you can have a new computerized polygraph
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Developed with many
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polygraph schools lack.
We know of schools/trainers that CHANGED their
curriculum after reading the 78-page index (table of contents)
below!
We have copies of their OLD websites, etc, and can show the
dates they were changed!
Fall 2008: a
polygraph academy owner is under investigation at the same time by the
Federal government, his state government, his county law enforcement agency,
and his city police department, all for different crime
accusations!
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Not all polygraph schools are
equal:
Recently, we completely reviewed a set of every hand-out,
guide, study-sheet, notes, etc, --virtually the complete & entire
curriculum-- from a recent class of a respected full-term 'approved by an
association' polygraph academy; OUCH- the quality
was terrible.
Other than pieces provided by visitors or 'guest
instructors', it was mostly hundreds of pages of dull, black-on-white
photocopies, many off-centered and/or originally printed using
an outdated typewriter instead of modern fonts and printers. Hard to read;
tiny print; boring and 'hard on the eyes'. Some were dated more than 25 years
ago. And NOTHING regarding the 'business end' of polygraphy.
The
depressing lack of color and/or photographs made for a far-less enjoyable
learning situation, and is far-less likely to ever be seriously re-read in
the future. We learn 'visually', and those materials were sub-standard for a
modern learning environment.
Poor materials make for useless later
review; perhaps this is why so many of their students need to later pay
this school for a 'refresher course'.
" I learned more from
this package than I did by my spending 8 weeks at a $5000 polygraph
academy. With what I know now, all thanks to this package, I wasted 8
weeks of my life and was ripped off by attending that academy. Your
description (these pages) really is accurate."
Lisa Javoric,
POLYGRAPH EXAMINER, LLJ Polygraph, www.LLJpolygraph.com,
California
1) Learn by your own study and
practice, with no guidance. the good- low financial
cost. the bad- your hundreds of hours of Internet
searching and book-buying might only scratch the surface.
2)
'Preceptor': learning while working under a polygraph examiner. the
good- it is 'fun'. the bad- unless it is with a
long-experienced, high-volume examiner, you will never learn
enough.
3) Attending an 8-to-10-week school. the good-
structured. the bad- see the many secrets revealed on these
pages.
4) Learn at your own pace, at home or office, with
PolygraphAcademy.com. the good- learn polygraph basics,
business, and advanced. the bad- none!
Fully independent, so you receive accurate &
unbiased data regarding the use of, and purchase from, the
several polygraph manufacturers. Their literature is
supplied.
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The 'Phonies & Hypocrites Club':
Although their
website claims '. . education of the polygraph community . . ', the truth
was shown when a small polygraph organization recently offered a 2-day
training seminar.
The state in which this group is based, which is
also where the seminar was held, has about a half-dozen polygraph training
schools. Graduates of all of these schools are serving the public
today.
Only graduates of two of those six polygraph schools were
allowed to attend the 2-day seminar; graduates from the other schools were
not allowed.
Not exactly a 'brotherhood' or 'dedication to improving the
profession'!
If the group had its own telephone number, (it doesn't;
it is far too small and inactive to need one) perhaps we could call them and
help them correct the error.
Note: this same group 'Certifies' its
members as long as they attend just 12 hours of polygraph education per
year-- BUT it requires that these 12 hours include attending (and paying
for) this group's own yearly 2-day seminar: or no
'Certification'!
Such self-serving requirements are shameful, but
the group would be forgotten without them.
Such disgusting 'politics'
have no part in a profession.
"This package is SUPERB! The best
money I ever spent to further my career! If you want to study
Polygraphy...you would be foolish to go anywhere else. His study materials
are very complete."
Daniel Ribacoff, POLYGRAPH
EXAMINER InDepthPolygraph.com, New
York
Are you a government polygraph examiner, and want to
retire and start a private polygraph practice? Other polygraphers in your
area do not want you (you are competing for the same clients they
are), so they will not be of much help; we can help make the transition
smoother: --needed techniques you are not aware of --'secrets' to getting
government contracts --how to get clients --samples of private-sector exam
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the public --low-cost advertising methods that produce results --and much
more!
Another lie-detection school telling
lies: One 'NOT approved by a polygraph organization' school continually
tells potential students that "We can sponsor you to join that association"
when they know that their graduates are continually denied
membership!
Posted recently on a
polygraph discussion group:
"We knew this is how XXX (now often called
the 'Amateur Polygraph Association' because of the continual fiascos)
would be handling it. Instead of finishing this with professionalism, XXX
would lose thousands of dollars this year if they removed their approval of
this school thus losing future XXX member dues from XXXXXX students, so no
punishment.
XXX has been increasingly worthless for over a decade
now. Their 'approved schools' are often of lesser-quality than schools
who choose not to involve XXX."
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The 1980s were long ago; so why do most polygraph
schools still teach the same as then?
" I was
polygraphed for a job in the late 1980s by the main writer of this
package. I also had him come into my classroom then, and he did a
presentation about polygraph.
In the 1990's he trained me for polygraph
amd Interview and Interrogation. That same decade, I often assisted him
in teaching basic classes for these specialties.
The
PolygraphAcademy.com comprehensive package is full of knowledge that many
current examiners don't even know about because they haven't yet
experienced all types of situations possible.
Very, very thorough and
well-presented". Steve Avery, POLYGRAPH EXAMINER, NorthEast Lie
Detection, www.AveryPolygraph.com, Rhode Island and
multi-state
Are you planning to attend a polygraph academy soon? This package
will put you WAY ahead of the other students! Or, already graduated? See
the 78-page index (table of contents) below to see what you didn't
learn!
Why were two polygraph academies
recently ordered to refund THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS to their
students?!
Includes many 'tips', 'tricks', and
special advice that even most long-time polygraphers --and polygraph
'instructors'-- don't know!
From a published report in a legal magazine, written by
a polygraph examiner with 40 years experience, who taught at the US
Government polygraph academy and who now works with polygraph licensing
bureaus and polygraph schools (and he has been a full-member of (XXX) for more than 30 years):
"The XXXXXXX Polygraph Association (XXX) in all appearance should be the watchdog of the
industry, but it is no more than a trade association with minimal
standards as to what a polygraph school should teach. The XXX scratches the surface with school inspections and student
review. As a matter of fact, the XXX was
denied authority by the Department of Education for academically
accrediting polygraph schools, therefore,
the XXX possesses little or no authority
to endorse a post-secondary educational
institution".
Are these two
really 'polygraph academies'?!: In the last year, one held 2 very small
classes the whole year; the other had only 2 students the whole
year! That's not what their websites say!
Why have so many polygraph 'instructors' NEVER operated a
successful polygraph agency of their own?! If they never supported
their family by obtaining and satisying polygraph clients, how in the world
can they teach someone else to?! The truth is, almost every polygraph
examiner you will ever meet has NOT ever paid his/her bills with a 'polygraph
business': instead, he/she either has a 'real' job, a pension, or a working
spouse! Why? The work IS there and available-- you just need to direct it to
YOU.
Can send the 50-pound package in one
delivery-- or can send in four logically-timed
deliveries!
Here's a scary fact: most
examiners who claim to be 'Certified' get & keep that title through one
small group that requires only that every year they have 12 hours of
education, WITH NO TEST GIVEN;
Yes, that's only one hour per
month, with no testing or scoring, in a high-tech profession that has
continual changes & improvements!
Sadly, in an attempt to improve
the quality of examiners, one nationwide polygraph organization has suggested
raising it to 15!
If Required Continuing Education is a primary
difference between a 'trade' and a 'profession', then these numbers are a
disgrace.
Experienced, and want to do
contract work for law-enforcement agencies? All typical form letters, tips,
and questionaires used for pre-employment testing are included; no need to
'reinvent the wheel'! Many documents and instructions are from major
law-enforcement agencies. In fact, this section has doubled in size since
the last major update.
"After nearly 20 years of
Military Intelligence as analyst, law enforcement, criminal & insurance
fraud investigations, as well as a criminal justice and psychology
background, . . . . . . .I studied the available curriculum at 'so-called
expert' polygraph schools, and realized that their curriculum content was
somewhat weak. . ..
I found PolygraphAcademy.com. Needless to say,
there was literally no comparison in curriculum, personal instruction,
training, and of course the cost. The depth and level of knowledge, including
both military and federal polygraph techniques was second to none. As
such, I jumped on it. Taking the knowledge from PolygraphAcademy.com
afforded me the opportunity to start generating an income much sooner, as
well as affording me the ability to obtain the instrument. After the
learning, I realized you're not just 'thrown to the wolves' but can remain in
a professional relationship with John Grogan, who has more experience in this
industry than most examiners and has always made himself readily available to
myself.
Clearly, anyone learning from the comprehensive package will
enter the polygraph profession more knowledgeable, better trained and
prepared than by any school. Period. Needless to say, I obviously and highly
recommend PolygraphAcademy.com to anyone desiring to get into this lucrative
and honorable career field".
Bob Korter, POLYGRAPH EXAMINER,
Vancouver Polygraph, www.VancouverPolygraph.com,
Washington
Examiners are ethically required to not
participate in any exam that they have either an interest in or a
conflict-of-interest in.
During discovery in a civil trial, it was
learned that the polygraph testing used in the defense of the management
personnel being sued was conducted by an examiner who was the cousin of the
management personnel tested.
Despite the report saying that management
was truthful, the hidden-but-discovered relationship killed all
credibility.
The other side used a polygraph examiner with no improper
relationship.
The other side won.
NOTE: The offending examiner
had graduated from an 'approved by an association' polygraph school a year
before.
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schools are equal:
A sad 'secret'-
Many good polygraph examiners
write terrible reports.
As a director who approves examiners to
receive referrals for polygraph examinations from the nationwide
polygraph referral network Polygraph Examiners Of
America (www.peoa.US), I am required to review a sample report from
every member before they can receive a referral.
Some excellent examiners
are found to be producing a final work product, their written report, that is
so poor that it lessens the value of their work. These reports, read later
by other persons, do not reflect the skill of the examiner. Instead, some
wrongly look like amateurs.
Interviewing many polygraph
academy graduates revealed a common statement: "In school, we didn't spend
much time on writing reports". And some schools spent NO time on report
writing!
When a completed examination is later being discussed, you
are not there: your report is standing there for you. A crummy report
could mean that your client wasted the money.
Included in this 50-pounder
are enough sample reports to assist any examiner in writing respectable
examination reports.
Update Fall 2008: This week, another
recent graduate of an 'association approved' polygraph academy advised "I
have a client now and I need a report sample-- the $5000 8-week school I just
graduated from did absolutely no mentioning of how to do a report, not even
giving us a single sample". More proof that some polygraph academy owners
know this sad truth: most $5000 graduates will NEVER have a real polygraph
business after finishing.
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Most pages
inserted in clear plastic sleeves. This comprehensive package is
had-assembled as 'heavy-duty' (a slow method of production, but allowing the
best in quality!) as can possibly be, as to allow years of
review.
Like having a 'best friend' in the polygraph
business who will share ALL of the industry information with
you!
" I wanted to thank you
for putting together such a comprehensive training program for the polygraph.
I conducted almost 20 examinations within the first weeks of receiving the
giant Academy in a Box. With all the guidance and support available
from PEOA members on a daily basis, I have actually secured a
weekly polygraph interview spot on a popular radio station in the Bay Area".
Larry DiPaola, POLYGRAPH EXAMINER, Modern
Polygraph www.ModernPolygraph.com,
California
Nearly 15 pounds heavier than the last major update (we don't
waste resources, so imagine how much information is contained in
that extra fifteen pounds of material; the new index (table of contents)
alone is 20 pages longer!)
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Not all polygraph schools are equal:
Again, we recently
completely reviewed a set of every hand-out, guide, study-sheet, notes,
etc, --virtually the complete & entire curriculum-- from a recent
class of ANOTHER respected full-term 'but NOT approved by a polygraph
organization' polygraph academy.
Far better than it's 'approved by a
polygraph organization' competitor!
Yet, it still could be greatly
improved, and NOTHING about operating a polygraph BUSINESS.
(To be
fair, most schools are NOT going to teach any polygraph 'business'; they are
there to prepare you to work FOR a polygraph examiner).
We buy the teaching materials from polygraph schools that went
out of business. Sometimes we trade such items with operating
schools. Usually, they are outdated or worth little; if we find a 'gem',
we include it for you!
Learn why one brand of
computerized polygraph instrument is such a better choice to buy than all of
the others.
Included are ‘scripts’ for using
the common polygraph examination techniques, and step-by-step initial
instructions for all FOUR different computerized polygraph
instruments.
"As a
Private Investigator for over 11 years you have a tendency to be somewhat
suspicious of people. I saw PolygraphAcademy.com's polygraph package on the
Internet and it seemed too good to be true. After mulling this purchase over
for weeks and speaking to John Grogan several times on the phone, I purchased
the 40+ pound Polygraph package. I was extremely impressed with the content
of the package. This is without a doubt the most comprehensive polygraph
training program in America. The materials are an exhaustive reference for
anything involved with the polygraph business, from history, marketing,
techniques, protocol, to the various polygraph instruments on the market. I
was assisted with the secrets on deciding which polygraph instrument to
purchase and I received a large discount on a computerized polygraph
instrument just for learning via this extensive program.
I also attended
a www.PEOA.us workshop which I found to be informative, educational and
entertaining. The fellow attendees were a wealth of questions and information
that you could only attain at a Grogan-led workshop.
I would highly
recommend this program to anyone looking to get into the polygraph
business".
Dan Riemer, POLYGRAPH EXAMINER, Revelations
Inc www.SouthFloridaPI.com,
Florida
Used to guide the popular 'Polygraph Fundamentals Workshop'
seminars.
Just wondering what the
difference is: Why would a polygraph organization 'approve' a 2-week
course in South America, but require FOUR-TIMES that when it is done in the
US?!
Perhaps why the website of a
'bigger' old polygraph organization had its 'Contact A Member' section down
the first half of 2007:
1) While that group had been claiming to have
nearly 3000 members, it was revealed by counting each member in that
portion of the website, state-by-state, every state, that it added up to
be far closer to 500! Where are all the others?!
2) Nearly 1/3 of
the contact e-mail addresses were not valid!
Removing the 'Contact A
Member' section of their website has likely cost their dues-paying members
many paid examinations.
Update 5/2008: this
section of the website has been back up for about a year: a fresh count
adds up to about 800, including from all countries worldwide
and from both private and government, and including full and associate
members! Again: where are all the other 'thousands of members'?!
It
is sad to see these 'figures' about their membership.
"If you
want to become a trained Polygraph Examiner sooner than all the students at
the distant academies, get the extensive "Polygraph Academy in a
Box".
Honestly, I looked into several training programs that were very
expensive and took several months to complete. None had all the coverage I
was looking for. Instead, I went with the PolygraphAcademy.com package-- it
was exhaustively thorough and very detailed. It is the kind of materials that
teach you all that you need to know in order to be a competent examiner,
quickly and completely, without wasting your time in long class sessions
where they spend much of their time on non-essential time-wasting
matters.
Another reason to jump on this package is that you can do it on
your own time and with the convenience and privacy of studying in your own
home".
Restricted Availability: also discussed are various
'countermeasures', methods used to attempt to falsely pass a polygraph
examination. This includes the two nearly undetectable methods, which if
not spotted could allow a lying person to be scored as
truthful (undercover government agents know these two secret
techniques, to try if being polygraphed by those who they have
infiltrated; some sex criminals share them with each other while in
prison).
Why did the top polygraph examiner in a
major police department's polygraph unit get demoted and lose his supervisor
position? Complaints from examinees and from his own
employees!
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Not all polygraph schools are equal:
Many
polygraph academy graduates do not know anything about 'countermeasures'
because their 'instructor' told them that there is "no such thing as a
countermeasure- there are no ways to even try to alter a polygraph's
results". He teaches this despite the strong industry training
and seminars teaching the many cheat-methods being
used.
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Note: this is NOT a
quickie 'click-on-print-and-out-comes-a-manual'. This is a FIFTY POUND, hand-assembled primer-plus package of
hundreds of pages of data, hand-outs, color photographs, lesson
guides, government polygraph training data, scripts, report samples,and
more (a slow method of production, but allowing the best in quality!)
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Not all
polygraph schools are equal:
Recently, complaints to a state
school-licensing bureau about another high-volume polygraph academy
produced yells of 'Fraud!'.
This school had been
advertising that they were providing students with even more hours of
training than a polygraph organization's recommended guideline polygraph
training hours.
This school had submitted a very specific curriculum
of polygraph training to the state, including exactly how many hours would
be spent on each topic. The state approved this polygraph class, 'to be
taught AS SUBMITTED & APPROVED'.
Instead, it was alleged that: --
most classroom materials used were VERY poor -- -- there were giving less
than 1/3 the promised hours -- -- a past instructor had been told by the
school owner: "Don't teach them so much, or they will become our competitors"
-- -- most 'graduates' there never again touched a polygraph -- -- the
current 'instructor' had little real-world polygraph experience -- --a past
guest-instructor had been told by the school owner: "Even though the students
were only here for a few hours, write 8am to 5pm next to each of their names"
(he refused)-- -- school staff openly slandered competitors and past students
--
As most students there were injured in their past jobs, and
attended here only due to the recommendation of their Workers Compensation
Vocational Rehabilitation counselors, many students --and insurance
companies-- were 'ripped off'.
A polygraph organization publicly
criticized the school owner, about the lack of hours, in the polygraph
organization's publication.
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Learn
about a rarely-known but growing source of polygraph work: polygraphing
for Immigration / Asylum / Refugee immigration applicants! Your work
might make the difference between the request being granted or
not.
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Not all polygraph schools are equal:
Recently, we completely
reviewed a set of every hand-out, guide, study-sheet, notes,
etc, --virtually the complete & entire curriculum-- from a recent
class of DACA (Defense Academy for Credibility Assessment), the Federal
government polygraph academy previously known as DoD-PI (Department of
Defense Polygraph Institute). Very good - orderly
and well-researched. But 'dry'. No photographs. No
color; all black and white photocopies.
And it is based on the type of
exams conducted by government examiners-- where in most situations, the
examinee is required to submit to the exam. So, the DACA materials are
excellent for that, but are lacking in training for the many variables
encountered in private-sector exams (and of course, no polygraph 'business'
materials).
Note: many tidbits of updated research & technique
information were obtained during this review, and they have been added to
this 2009 version!
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Two more polygraph academies went out of business recently, both
in areas where there is a shortage of private polygraph examiners. Perhaps if
their past students had received better materials, ? ? ? ?
Don't we need to trust those 'approving' the polygraph
school?: When one school was undergoing their 'approval visit', they
tell that they were told to "Get rid of Instructor XXXXX; he does not meet
our standards; I can't approve you until you do". But months later,
Instructor XXXXX starts his own school, and he is approved by the same
person!
Learn how you can have a new computerized polygraph
instrument in your hands in 24 hours!
"The Polygraph Training
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genuinely say that this training guide is well worth the
purchase".
Trying to 'fluff up' the 'hours of teaching', some schools
advertise that their schedule includes TEN to FIFTEEN hours on 'History
of Lie-Detection'. Do you think that you that you will be a better
polygraph examiner by knowing how the ancient Indians or the Salem Witch
Trials did lie-detection?!!!
The 2 most common
compaints made to school licensing boards about polygraph academies: 1.
Many less class-room hours than per catalog (if you attend one, keep a
log: they can be ordered to give you back a % of your $!) 2. No 'jobs'
that were implied by their staff (when being 'sold' on the school, they
either offer 'placement' or tell you that gov't agencies will be looking to
hire you!)
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Not all
polygraph schools are equal: (Two similar examples-- see what the sad common
denominator is!)
1) Recently, a person was ready
to sign up to attend a 'respected' polygraph academy in a major city, one
that is 'approved by a polygraph organization'. He had cash ready.
But
the school's 'intake person' told him that "there is no work available for
private polygraph examiners, so unless a police department is ready to send
you to this school, just forget it".
This is in a state with a
shortage of private examiners!
2) Students at
another school in the same major city area were often told: "There is no work
for private examiners; get a government agency to hire you, as the public is
not a source of work",
The sad common denominator: Both schools are
owned by private examiners who have good business income from the public, and
they don't want their own students taking away their
business!
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Many good polygraphers have only little business: they
are well-skilled, but are lacking in 'marketing savvy'. Included in this
package are samples of PROVEN marketing tools- relatively inexpensive yet
effective!
Earning 'extra credit' at a
polygraph school?! OUCH! Complaints to the school licensing board about a
polygraph academy where the instructor asks women students to meet him after
school in the motel room across the street from the school (where he
stays during the school week). He even asked them to bring their own
liquor!
Would you like to be taught by a 'guest
instructor' who smokes marijuana during class-room breaks?!
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Learn which 5 little
parts get lost or broken the most often, so you can keep spares with
you. (Have these backup parts with your instrument; these are
all very low-priced, yet could keep you from working until a replacement
arrived)
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Not all
polygraph schools are equal:
Regarding the instructor at an 'approved by
a polygraph organization' school:
Has he been approved to be an
instructor by either that same polygraph organization OR by the state school
licensing board?!
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Also learn about PCSOT Examinations (Post-Conviction Sexual
Offender Testing), the most popular polygraph continuing-education
choice.
There are about 40 states that require sex offenders to
submit to polygraph testing!
Includes some of the knowledge gained
from attending three 40-hour 'approved by a polygraph organization' PCSOT
seminars and from years of actually conducting real PCSOT
examinations.
NOTE: a polygraph organization recently revealed a
disturbing fact: many PCSOT 'instructors' teaching at 'approved 40-hour PCSOT
courses' actually have litle or NO real-life experience in
actually conducting this type of exam!
The writers/compilers of this
2009 version have hands-on PAID experience administering this type of
examination for government agencies, county through
Federal.
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Research
is important:
For example, there are currently four 8-week polygraph
academies in California alone (there was a fifth, which recently
closed).
We thoroughly reviewed recent & complete sets of all
issued training materials and student notes from every one of these
schools.
NONE has near the range of coverage that this 50-pound package
does!
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Not all polygraph
schools are equal:
Another long-time instructor at
a respected/'approved' polygraph academy is no longer there, now replaced
by a younger and far-less experienced -but better- instructor. Wonder
why?
Could it be that many reviews completed by graduating students
contained complaints that the old instructor continually boasted, actually
sometimes many times every day, that he himself was the best examiner
anywhere while often including insults about his
competitors?!
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Injured,
and thinking about learning polygraph? One polygraph academy was said to have
been turned down for 'approval by a polygraph organization' because of
their 'accepting re-hab students'. Not exactly
ADA-compliant!
Sleazy behavior by a
couple of polygraph academy owners:
Some instrument manufacturers sell
complete new polygraph instrument packages to schools for only about
$1500, with the promise by the schools to NEVER sell them; they are
super-discounted only to be used at the school, in hopes that students will
like that brand and then order them for the full regular price of $6000 for
the same package.
Well, some schools have ordered several at about $1500
each, then re-sold some or all of these school instruments to
their students at prices from $3000 to $5000. Unsuspecting students don't
know, until a warranty repair or an upgrade is needed.
Note: some schools
are authorized sellers of instruments, making a $1000 or more commission on
each sale, which explains why they push a lesser brand than the
best.
Don't count on the class dates listed
on a school's website: many schools quietly 'skip' scheduled class dates,
entire 8 or 9 week blocks, when there were not enough students to 'make
it worth it'; this often happens AFTER you have paid and have arranged to
be off work for those entire months! One 'approved' school, listed a calendar
last year that 'showed' back-to-back classes the entire year: but really
only 2 of those scheduled classes ever were held!
Why does one
polygraph 'instructor' lie to the excited new students at the 'approved
by a polygraph organization' school he teaches for, telling them "I charge
$2000 for a polygraph exam"? The truth: he really charges 1/5 of that:
$400! It is improper to lie to students, giving those students
unreasonable expectations about possible future
earnings.
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Not all
polygraph schools are equal:
Another example of FRAUD when it comes to
advertised hours of training; BUT this time, it is to deceive the very
'polygraph organization' who granted them 'Approved by a polygraph
organization' status!
This school is advertising that they are providing
the students with the hours of training per the organization's recommended
guideline polygraph training hours.
Admitting to the students that it
would be less hours per day than the posted schedule, they actually told the
students: "We won't tell (that polygraph organization) if you
don't"!
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The 5 most
common lies told by polygraph examiners to prospective clients:
1) "I
use a computerized polygraph". (said by some who only have old
analogs)
2) "The exam will take X hours". (Many examiners say double
the time it will really take)
3) "I am a Dr./PhD". (There are several
who have diploma-mill titles)
4) "I've done XXXX polygraph
exams". (One was embarrassed in court when found lying)
5) "I've done
polygraphs for XX years". (a timeline shows the lies)
A proper
training foundation is better than having to lie.
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Hundreds of dollars/hours of continuing
education every year are used to continually improve this
package!
Also improved for the 2009
edition: every section and page listed in the giant index (table of
contents) has been reviewed by a series of polygraph examiners, below new
and old, for suggested improvements and updating. Those modifications have
all been included!
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Not all polygraph
schools are equal:
Why was one 'respected' polygraph academy recently
quietly for sale for years; unsold for years, what event made it's value
suddenly become far, far less?!
Update: it finally sold, recently, to the
instructor there!
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Also learn about the extensive use of polygraph examinations at
sporting events (bodybuilding tournaments, races, fishing, cycling, and many
others). Why polygraph has replaced drug testing and more!
Why are most graduates of 8-week polygraph academies, one year
after graduating, NOT in the polygraph business?!
Instead of just 'theory', learn from those with years of 'applied
use' of lie-detection: learn from the real-world successes -and
mistakes- of others!
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Not all polygraph schools are equal:
Insist on
HONESTY- ask any school for an exact and detailed list of all
materials you will be receiving for your $5000 payment. Then ask to
review a set before you pay!
And not a 'Here's what we'll be
talking about' list; you want a list of the printed handouts and
materials.
Or ask to see every piece FIRST- then put it them on a
scale and see how much less material they are providing than what is in
this 50-pound package!
Our 'cards are on the table': our list is
below (and at about 10% of what the alternative would
cost!)
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Includes past input, technical support, and data from all four
polygraph manufacturers!
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Pirate alert! Last year, a less-than-honest
fellow decided to try to sell photocopies of an older version of
this copyrighted material to the public. He (and his buyers) ended up
paying more in fines and legal expenses than this fellow had earned in
the previous two years. And it was an older, smaller
version!
NOTE: new pages and/or improvements
are added EVERY week!
Compare the index (table of contents) below to the
posted schedule of topics offered at any polygraph academy
nationwide:
From the 78-page index
(table of contents):
(Specifications and prices are subject to change; your package may
slightly differ from this index in content and order)
SECTION INDEX
Simple and
to-the-point: what one thing really determines if an examinee
passes a polygraph exam— or fails (exams by FBI, police, or
private: we are all looking for this same thing)
The 2 important
words you learn the first day at an 8-10 week polygraph academy (Know
these or you’ll sound like an amateur!)
More words- "Lie Detector
Test", AKA: (Names used for a polygraph examination)
More
words- "Polygraph Examiner", AKA: (Titles used by persons who conduct
polygraph examinations)
The 3 main parts of a Polygraph
Examination (conducted in this order)
Polygraph
History (The evolution of lie detection) with
'DACA/DOD-PI notes'
More polygraph history details (a
time-line)
Additional polygraph history
The first time a
polygraph was used in court (February 2, 1935; and the
details)
Polygraph Theory (How a polygraph works to detect
deception)
Psychology terminology
Physiological (the five
systems)
Physiological (Lies and the human body: one
overly-simplified path)
Physiological: Autonomic Nervous System (sympathetic and
parasympathetic)
Physiological: Muscle
System
Physiological: Cell System
Physiological: Plasma
Membrane System
Polygraph and/or Interview Text
Materials (Very few are available)
Polygraph
Tracings (What a polygraph is measuring)
Polygraph Tracings:
example (showing all four typical measurements)
Polygraph
Tracings (Cardio tracing
terminology)
Conventional/Analog/Mechanical-type Polygraph
Instruments (Never called a polygraph "machine"; known as a polygraph
instrument)
Close-up photo of a Stoelting analog polygraph
instrument
Close-up photo of a Lafayette analog polygraph
instrument
Photo: the two different GSR/EDA
finger-types
You will break your GSR/EDA finger-connectors
(electodes) (It will happen, sooner or later; here's how to be
prepared!)
Photo: close-up of a broken GSR/EDA steel-velcro
electrode
Do you only have the GSR/EDA cable that uses the 'adhesive'
electrodes, and you want to use steel-and-velcro connections on the
fingers instead? (here is a quick conversion that should work for all
brands that use the standard adhesive electrodes!)
Photo: adhesive GSR/EDA
disposable electrodes (very enlarged; finger-side of a wet-gel
electrode)
Photo: adhesive GSR/EDA disposable electrodes (very
enlarged; snap-side of a wet-gel electrode)
Where to buy adhesive
GSR/EDA disposable electrodes (where hospitals buy them
from!)
Another source to buy adhesive GSR/EDA disposable electrodes
from (also where hospitals buy them from!)
Label, GSR/EDA
disposable electrode packaging (includes part number used since
2006)
GSR/EDA electrode packaging (what main package looks
like)
Photo: a typical pneumo with
bead-chain
Are your pneumo chains too short? (With bodybuilders and
other large persons, occasionally the standard 48" chains are not long
enough. Here are suggestions from polygraphers across the
nation.)
When your black rubber
inflation-bulb to your blood-pressure cuff gets a tear (instead of
paying $100-$150 to the original instrument manufacturer, replace it for
under $20!)
Photo, replacement inflation bulb
An
Interview or an Interrogation? (What's the difference?)
Basic
Interview Techniques (Federal training)
Promises of
Leniency
Conducting a Custodial Behavior Analysis
Interview
Interview & Interrogation (additional Federal
training)
Interviewing
Interviewing Juveniles (Federal
training)
Interviewing children of sexual abuse
The Client
Interview (Learning the details and the client's desired
goal)
A ‘Culture Tip’ (so that you don’t get flustered when
the unexpected happens)
When & how does the
client pay? (Before I begin, when the testing is done, or when the
written report is ready? And: Cash only? Check? Credit card?)
The
safest way to accept credit cards (You actually get paid in cash while
the client gets to 'finance' the examination!)
‘Send’ form, for
client to pay by credit card but you get paid cash
‘Receive’ form, for
you to receive cash from your client’s credit card payment
An
alternate ‘Send’ form, for client to pay by credit card but you get paid
cash
An alternate ‘Receive’ form, for you to receive cash from your
client’s credit card payment
More ‘pay by credit card’
information
Credit Card Promissory Note (Not a guarantee that a
regular credit card payment can not be stopped, but it
helps!)
The Pre-Test Interview (Obtaining information
while instilling examiner confidence) with
'DACA/DOD-PI notes'
The Pre-Test Interview (Federal
training)
The Pre-Test Interview Discussing any polygraph
research done by examinee and details of any past exams he/she has
had
Non-Verbal Communications (Federal
training)
Pre-Test Interview worksheet
Pre-Test psychological
questionaire
Attaching an Examinee to the
Polygraph (Step-by-step)
Attaching an Examinee to the
Polygraph (Federal training)
Attaching an Examinee to the
Polygraph (diagram)
Instructions to Examinee: How to
increase the accuracy of your polygraph examination
What if the examinee
is an amputee? (Loss of limbs does not always stop a
polygraph)
What if the examinee is pregnant? (Pro and
Con)
What if the examinee is pregnant? (Federal CID
guidelines)
What if the examinee is incarcerated? (notes about
in-custody examinations)
Some rules for CA adult
institutions (inmates and staff)
The 'Acquaintance
Test' (Coins---cards---numbers; also known as a 'Stim
Test') with 'DACA/DOD-PI notes'
The
Acquaintance Test (Federal training)
An alternate acquaintance
test
CVOS (Sometimes used instead of or as an 'acquaintance
test')
The 3 Types of Questions Used in a Modern
Polygraph
Examination (Irrelevant--Relevant--Control/Comparison)
Question
Formulation
Control/Comparison questions (also known as 'known lie'
questions; the hardest theory for many polygraph students to
understand; if done incorrect, will often make an examinee falsely
fail)
Control/Comparison question samples (for various types of
examinations)
Comparison/Control Questions for juveniles
List of
typical Comparison/Control questions used in Law Enforcement applicant
examinations
How to refer to the name of an
individual mentioned in relevant questions (Federal
training)
exercise: Irrelevant Questions
exercise: Relevant
Questions
exercise: Control/Comparison Questions
Test
Question construction
Test Question construction (Federal
training)
Test Question construction (more Federal
training)
Test Question construction (additional Federal
training)
Single-issue examinations and multi-issue polygraph
examinations (One is much more accurate)
The client 'needs'
more relevant questions asked than allotted for on a standard
technique; what can I do? (Here's how some polygraph examiners handle
that!)
The 5 most common lies told by polygraph examiners to
prospective clients!
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SECTION
INDEX
'Techniques' Used By Polygraph
Examiners with 'DACA/DOD-PI
notes'
Should I use MGQT, or use
Zone? (Federal training recommendations)
MGQT: Modified General
Question Technique (A popular polygraph technique) with 'DACA/DOD-PI notes'
MGQT: Modified General
Question Technique (Federal training)
MGQT: Modified General
Question Technique ("The question #3 mystery"; many persons fail
anything asked as question #3, but if they are asked the same question
as #5, 8, or 9 they will 'pass' it!)
MGQT: Modified General
Question Technique (more information)
MGQT: Modified General
Question Technique (Employee Theft 'script' example)
MGQT:
Modified General Question Technique (Relationship/Infidelity 'script'
example)
MGQT: Modified General Question Technique (Employee
Theft 'script' example; blank, and with no theory/terminology, as to be used
near examinees --also included on the
CD-ROM--
MGQT: Modified General Question
Technique (Infidelity 'script' example; blank, and with
no theory/terminology, as to be used near examinees --also included on the CD-ROM--
MGQT: Modified General
Question Technique (Employee/money theft; blank,
ENGLISH-SPANISH)
MGQT: Modified General Question
Technique (GENERIC BLANK; used by many polygraphers) --also included on the CD-ROM--
MGQT: Modified General
Question Technique (alternate format sheet)
AFMGQT: US Air
Force MGQT (as taught at DACA/DOD-PI; primarily used within the US
Government) with 'DACA/DOD-PI
notes'
AFMGQT: US Air Force MGQT Federal
training
AFMGQT: US Air Force MGQT additional Federal
training
ZCT: Zone Comparison Technique (Has safeguards for the
innocent and outside issues) with 'DACA/DOD-PI
notes'
ZCT: Zone Comparison Technique Federal
training
ZCT: Zone Comparison Technique additional Federal
training
ZCT: Zone Comparison Technique additional
training
ZCT: Zone Comparison Technique additional
training
ZCT: Zone Comparison Technique example
ZCT: Zone
Comparison Technique example: law enforcement applicant,
drug-specific
ZCT: Zone Comparison Technique BLANK (GENERIC
BLANK; used by many polygraphers) --also included
on the CD-ROM--
ZCT: Zone Comparison Technique
BLANK (alternate format sheet)
ZCT: YOU-PHASE (Federal
training)
CIT: Concealed Information Test
POT: Peak Of Tension
test
POT: Peak Of Tension test (Federal training)
POT:
Peak Of Tension test (additional Federal training)
POT: Peak Of
Tension test (additional training)
TES: Test for Espionage and
Sabotage (a ‘directed-lie’ technique, developed and taught by
DACA/DOD-PI)
R/I: Relevant/Irrelevant
R/I:
Relevant/Irrelevant (Federal training)
R/I:
Relevant/Irrelevant (additional Federal training)
R/I:
Relevant/Irrelevant (scoring)
C/I:
Counter-Intelligence (to protect against Espionage, Sabotage,
Terrorism)
What if the examinee is
incarcerated? (notes about in-custody examinations)
Example of
a judge’s court order allowing a polygraph examiner access to enter a
detention facility to conduct a polygraph examination
Example: court
application used to obtain court order to llow a polygraph examiner access to
enter a detention facility to conduct a polygraph examination (2
pages)
Example of typical ‘Professional Visiting Rules’ for detention
facilities, large major-city law-enforcement agency
Another example: a
judge’s court order allowing a polygraph examiner access to enter a
detention facility to conduct a polygraph examination, 3
pages
Example: an Appointment Order, assigning an expert witness
(polygraph examiner) to a court case Example: typical request form for a
privileged (non-recorded and non-monitored) telephone conversation with a
person in a detention facility, large major-city law-enforcement
agency
Example: a typical request form for an interview with a person
in a detention facility, large major-city law-enforcement
agency
Example: a typical request form for a visitor’s pass to see a
person in a detention facility, English, large major-city law-enforcement
agency
Example: a typical request form for a visitor’s pass to see a
person in a detention facility, Spanish, large major-city law-enforcement
agency
Example: prisoner data form, large major-city law-enforcement
agency
Example, ‘Coding Guide’ (service codes and descriptions for
invoicing of court-appointed services, large county superior court
system)
Example, ‘Instructions for Declarant’ (instructions for
invoicing of court-appointed services, large county superior court
system)
Example, ‘Declaration And Order RE Fees For All
Appointments’ (reimbursement request for payment, under penalty of
perjury, for invoicing of court-appointed services, large county superior
court system)
Example, ‘Detail Of Services And Expenses
Attachment’ (Declaration And Order RE Fees For All Court
Appointments) (a detailed breakdown for all items invoiced, for
invoicing of court-appointed services, large county superior court
system)
Some rules for CA adult institutions (inmates and
staff)
Major law-enforcement
agency pre-employment polygraph examination 16-page background
questionnaire (aka Pre-polygraph Questionnaire) (16 pages;
200+ questions; used for testing; typically about drug use, habits, sex,
past criminal activity, and more; with each ‘Yes’ answer given it asks
“How many times did you do this?” and then asks for approximate
dates)
Another typical extensive law-enforcement agency
pre-employment polygraph questionnaire
Another typical extensive
law-enforcement agency pre-employment polygraph questionnaire
Another
typical extensive law-enforcement agency pre-employment polygraph
questionnaire
Another typical extensive law-enforcement agency
pre-employment polygraph questionnaire
Typical law-enforcement
agency Personal History Statement 7-page background
questionnaire
Another typical law-enforcement agency Personal History
Statement 9-page background questionnaire
Law Enforcement Applicant
Testing (Federal training)
Questions often asked
of law-enforcement applicants during pre-test
interviews
LEPET: Law Enforcement Pre-Employment Test (Federal
training)
LEPET 2: Law Enforcement Pre-Employment
Test (additional Federal training)
LEPET 3: Law Enforcement
Pre-Employment Test (additional Federal
training)
LifeStyle/FullScope polygraph examinations
Federal
‘Public Trust Questionaire (pre-polygraph questionnaire- 11
pages)
ZCT: Zone Comparison Technique example: law enforcement
applicant, drug-specific
List of typical Comparison/Control
questions used in Law Enforcement applicant examinations
Typical
relevant and comparison questions asked of applicants with no prior
law-enforcement experience
Typical relevant and comparison questions
asked of lateral applicants (with prior law-enforcement
experience)
Follow directions! ‘Fail letter’ from a law-enforcement
agency to an applicant regarding his examination
Newspaper story about
a major-city police department's polygraph unit
Court ruling: police
can be forced to take a polygraph test
Are you an experienced polygraph
examiner, and you want to do exams for a law-enforcement agency? (Here
are some questions often asked of you at hiring interviews)
Example:
typical government agency job posting
If you want to contract with
government agencies, here are some questions they may be asking of the
‘References’ you listed on your application or bid:
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Polygraph
'Countermeasures' (Methods used to try to 'beat' the
polygraph; virtually all fail, and why)
Effect of Drugs on
polygraph examinations (Federal
training)
Countermeasures (additional training)
The One
'Countermeasure' Method Most Likely To Quietly 'Beat' A Polygraph
Examination - If Not Closely Watched For (Obviously, to be kept very
confidential)
Verbal indicators of deception
Defeating
'Mental Countermeasures' (Some examinees will compute math equations or
other mental exercises while answering Yes or No, to reduce the size of
their responses; here is a technique to reduce that from being
effective!)
Polygraph Terminology
List
Polygraph terminology glossary, 14 pages
Polygraph
Terminology List, additional
Polygraph Acronyms
Polygraph
Chart Markings (Common symbols that an examiner places on the
charts; many to show an improper movement -an
'artifact'-- that could wrongly effect the examination
results)
Working with 'plunging GSR' (when the GSR/EDA tracings
are immediately dropping hard after each answer)
Chart
Analysis/Numerical Scoring (Did he pass or did he fail?)
Manual
Chart Analysis/Test Data Analysis (Federal training)
New 2-page
scoring list from DACA/DoD-PI/DACA: As of 2007, these are the 12
diagnostic features that can be used for computing polygraph scoring. (9
of the 21 that were previously used are now no longer used, due to lack of
research supporting them!)
Manual Chart Analysis/Numerical Scoring (Scoring ratio
chart: 2:1 =+1, etc)
Manual Chart Analysis/Numerical
Scoring (3-position vs 7-position)
Manual Chart Analysis/Numerical
Scoring (Why DACA/DoD-PI advocates the use of 7-position instead of
3-position)
Numerical Scoring sheet
Manual Chart Analysis/Test
Data Analysis (Assigning values when using 7-point
scoring)
Scoring using DACA/DoD-PI’s Numerical Evaluation Scoring
System (Nobody has studied polygraph scoring more than
DACA/DoD-PI! with ‘DACA/DoD-PI
notes’
Manual Chart Analysis/Test Data Analysis (Did the
changes occur in a timely manner?)
Manual Chart Analysis/Test Data
Analysis (Peaking)
Numerical Scoring of EDA/GSR (the three
diagnostic evaluations)
The 3 possible results of scoring an
examination (NDI, DI, or NO/INC)
News story: court dispute
about polygraph scoring
Additional Scoring
Post-test
Interviews (discussing the results, and more; and a little-known
important reason to conduct a post-test interview)
Denial vs
Lying
Verbal indicators of deception
Credibility Assessment
through Linguistic Analysis (Federal training)
Typical clients
of polygraphers (Who should I market to?)
Common Types of
Polygraph Examinations
SPECIALTY:
IMMIGRATION/ASYLUM/REFUGEE POLYGRAPHS
Polygraph
for Immigration / Asylum / Refugee applicants
Information on the US
Asylum Program
Asylum polygraph information
Acronyms involved
with Immigration/Asylum/Refugee matters (Know what these initials stand
for, or risk looking uninformed when dealing with immigration
attorneys!)
The US Government’s definition of Asylum
The
required elements of Asylum
What determines a ‘Well-Founded
Fear’?
What is ‘Persecution’?
The REAL ID Act of 2005
Key
laws involving Asylum
What is a ‘Merits Hearing’?
Definition of
Marriage Immigration Fraud
Sample: an actual Asylum Hearing appointment
letter
Affidavit of Support (19 pages)
VAWA: Violence Against
Women Act (increasingly involved in immigration
matters)
Websites of government agencies connected to
immigration/asylum
Definition of Amnesty
Amnesty
information
The major sources of evidence
Definition of ‘Expert
Witness’
Testifying in court as a Polygraph Expert
Other types of
Immigration-related hearings
Glossary of Immigration terms
More
asylum polygraph information
News story, misconduct and wrongly
deporting/denying
PCSOT: Post-Conviction Sex
Offender Testing ‘Cycle of Abuse’
chart
PCSOT Post-Conviction Sex Offender
Testing (Countermeasures)
PCSOT QUIZ 3 (covering
'countermeasures')
PCSOT: Post-Conviction
Sexual Offender Testing (Abbreviations and acronyms
used in dealing with mental health professionals-- a 10-page
list!)
PCSOT: Post-Conviction Sexual Offender
Testing (BA, CGP, CSAT, CSG, LCSW, MA, MFT, MPA,
PhD, RN, etc: what do all those letters following the clients' names
mean?)
PCSOT QUIZ 4 (covering 'initials following clients' names')
PCSOT: Post-Conviction Sexual Offender Testing (Sex Offender quiz)
PCSOT:
Post-Conviction Sexual Offender Testing (Pedophiles)
PCSOT: Post-Conviction
Sexual Offender Testing (Study results:
re-offending, those polygraphed compared to those not)
PCSOT: Post-Conviction Sexual Offender Testing (Child Pornography)
PCSOT:
Post-Conviction Sexual Offender Testing (Incest)
PCSOT: Post-Conviction
Sexual Offender Testing (Guidelines for juvenile
sex offenders from one state agency; the surprising young age approved under
these guidelines)
PCSOT Post-Conviction Sex
Offender Testing (Administering the Sexual History
Disclosure Examination)
PCSOT: Post-Conviction Sexual Offender Testing Objectives of the Sexual History Disclosure
PCSOT: Post-Conviction Sexual Offender Testing Sexual History Disclosure Questionnaire (7
pages)
PCSOT Post-Conviction Sex Offender
Testing (Sexual History Disclosure
Examination questionaire, 20
pages)
PCSOT: Post-Conviction Sexual Offender
Testing Typical weekly questionnaire used at a sex-offender treatment
center
PCSOT Post-Conviction
Sexual Offender Testing US v. Antelope; 2005 decision (28
pages)
PCSOT Post-Conviction Sexual
Offender Testing (Model PCSOT
Policy)
PCSOT Post-Conviction Sex Offender
Testing Alaska's PCSOT program
PCSOT Post-Conviction Sex Offender Testing Wisconsin's PCSOT program
PCSOT Post-Conviction Sexual Offender Testing Example of a government agency or treatment-provider referral
form
PCSOT Post-Conviction Sex Offender
Testing What is a '730
Evaluation'?
PCSOT Post-Conviction Sex
Offender Testing What is an 'Abel
Assessment'? (Some PCSOT clients ask if you could also provide
this)
CONREP: Conditional Release Program (Introduction)
CONREP QUIZ 1 (covering 'Introduction')
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Legal
Ethics (From 'bribes'
to examinee privacy)
Ethics (newspaper story)
The
‘dark side’ of the polygraph profession (all professions have it; a small
percentage here too!)
Polygraph newspaper
Legal 1
Legal 2
Polygraph in court (Related
decisions)
Legal Considerations (Federal
training)
Miranda admonishment, English/Spanish
Consent
form
One type of Consent form
Consent Form, Federal
Consent
Form, Juvenile-Parent
Example of a judge’s court order allowing a
polygraph examiner access to enter a detention facility to conduct a
polygraph examination
Example of a law-enforcement agency request for
a copy of a polygraph report from you (2 pages)
Employee Notification Form
Employee Notification
Form
Employee Notification Form, Spanish
Employee Notification
Form, alternate Spanish
Example: polygraph declaration, under
penalty of perjury (when submitting an exam into court
evidence)
Definition of ‘Expert Witness’
Testifying in court
as a Polygraph Expert
Example: declaration, under penalty of
perjury (when submitting a polygraph report into court evidence; often
done on ‘pleading –numbered- paper’)
Sample sheet: pleading
paper (you can photocopy)
Order Denying The Government’s Motion
In Opposition To The Admission Of Polygraph Evidence (USA v Davlia and
Cummings; government agencies use polygraph examinations, so how can they
not accept polygraph as evidence?!)
United States v
Scheffer
United States v Scheffer II
Court ruling: police can be
forced to take a polygraph test
9-page Confidentiality
Agreement (very detailed and extensive; used by a
multi-millionaire celebrity for all vendors and
employees)
Polygraph Declaration for
in lieu of personal testimony
Court-Admissibility list, state-by-state
Federal Rules of
Evidence (Article VII: Opinions and Expert Testimony)
Federal
Rule of Evidence 702 (Testimony by Experts: qualified by knowledge,
skill, experience, training, or education)
SECTION INDEX
SPECIALTY:
MILITARY
PCASS: Preliminary Credibility Assessment Screening
System Facts and figures
PCASS: Preliminary Credibility
Assessment Screening System News story
PCASS: Preliminary
Credibility Assessment Screening System Another news
story
PCASS: Preliminary Credibility Assessment Screening
System Photo
PCASS: Preliminary Credibility Assessment
Screening System Another photo
Quality
Control/Peer-Review/Quality Assurance (Evaluating another polygraph
examiner's work)
Quality Control / Peer-Review (a
check-list)
Example: Quality Control/Peer-Review/Quality
Assurance (a sample of a critical evaluation of another polygraph
examiner's work)
Another example: Quality Control/Peer-Review/Quality
Assurance (another sample of a critical evaluation of another polygraph
examiner's work)
Another example: Quality Control /
Peer-Review (when two exams in the same week give different results, and
the other examiner’s charts are not made available, an
interview)
Polygraph Schools
What is
‘Preceptor-trained’? (Instead of attending a polygraph academy, some learn
polygraphy by working under a polygraph examiner)
Typical 3-page
Intern Evaluation/Progress report (used in some states that regulate
trainees)
DACA: Defense Academy for Credibility
Assessment (The world’s largest polygraph academy; changed it’s name from
DOD-PI - Department of Defense Polygraph Institute – in
1/2007)
DACA: information
DACA: history
DoD-PI:
color
DoD-PI: black & white
CIFA/DoD: color
John
E. Reid and Associates (Interview & Interrogation training and
materials)
SPECIALTY:
YOUTH/TEENS
Polygraphing
Youth/Teens
Testing juveniles: What age is OK? (guidelines that
Federal polygraph examiners follow)
Juvenile worksheet: their ‘right
from wrong’ ability
Interviewing Juveniles (Federal
training)
Consent Form, Juvenile-Parent
Interviewing children
of sexual abuse
Verbal indicators of deception
Example of a
judge’s court order allowing a polygraph examiner access to enter a
detention facility to conduct a polygraph examination
The Use Of Law
Enforcement Polygraph Tests With Juveniles
Control Questions for
juveniles
Testing juvenile sex offenders (Guidelines for juvenile sex
offenders from one state agency; the surprising young age approved under
these guidelines)
Cults, Ritualistic Abuse and Satanism (100
pages)
REVIEW EXAMINATION 2 3
EPPA: Employee Polygraph Protection Act (Since 1988, it
affects pre-employment and employee-theft examinations)
EPPA:
Employee Polygraph Protection Act (Common violations that bring big
fines!)
EPPA posted sign- English
EPPA posted sign-
Spanish
EPPA posted sign- Spanish / color
EPPA complete 1988
text --also included on the
CD-ROM--
Employee Notification
Form
Employee Notification Form
Employee Notification Form,
Spanish
Employee Notification Form, alternate Spanish
United
Stated Department of Labor’s WH-1481 EPPA form
United States
Department of Labor’s Fact Sheet #36: EPPA (two
pages)
Example: another type of employee
notification letter
--also included on the
CD-ROM--
Example: post-examination (analog)
report to client
Spanish (Terminology and a special
note)
Using an Interpreter (Federal training)
Using an
Interpreter (additional Federal training)
Networking for
Polygraphers
PEOA.us website homepage Polygraph
Examiners Of America (the nationwide polygraph referral
network)
PEOA.us website menu (enlarged) Polygraph Examiners Of
America (the nationwide polygraph referral network)
PEOA.us
website bodytext (enlarged) Polygraph Examiners Of America (the
nationwide polygraph referral network)
PEOA.us
postcard Polygraph Examiners Of America (the nationwide
polygraph referral network)
ASTM
ASTM membership
information
ForensicInvestigatorsNetwork.com website
homepage (another source of work for polygraph
examiners!)
ForensicInvestigatorsNetwork.com body text
(enlarged) (another source of work for polygraph
examiners!)
ForensicInvestigatorsNetwork.com icons
(enlarged) (another source of work for polygraph
examiners!)
Continuing Education
thePIdirectory.com
website homepage (another source of work for polygraph
examiners!)
thePIdirectory.com body text (enlarged) (another source of
work for polygraph examiners!)
thePIdirectory.com icons
(enlarged) (another source of work for polygraph examiners!)
General
list of items on a typical state-licensing test or on a certification
test
Repairs and Supplies
Polygraph in other
countries
Polygraph: England
SPECIALTY: TV AND OTHER MEDIA APPEARANCES
(A note about TV and entertainment polygraph exams: Most exams were
actually conducted off-camera. What you see on TV is usually a pretend
exam filmed next, for TV purposes. The movements, unusual questions and
silly answers are not what you can expect on a real examination.)
‘As Seen On TV’ sign
Dealing with the
Media
Television appearances ‘tips’
Television appearances: ‘tips’
#2 (more to know before your first appearance)
“To be on TV, don’t’ I
need to be a member of SAG or AFTRA?” No! (and why)
Example:
contract required that you sign to allow your likeness to be used and
televised; ‘Personal Appearance Release Form’
Example: Personal
Release
Example: contract required that you sign to allow your
likeness to be used and televised; ‘Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure’
agreement
Another example: contract required that you sign to allow
your likeness to be used and televised; ‘Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure’
agreement
Another example: contract required that you sign to allow
your likeness to be used and televised; 3-page ‘Contributor
Release’
Filming sign 1
Filming sign 2
Example: a
filming ‘call sheet’ (daily schedule) from a TV show involving
polygraph
Example: Actual ‘cue cards’/reference cards used on
live-taped TV shows
Script example: polygraph scene, 2007 TV
commercial, where a polygraph examiner was hired to be on-set during
filming as a Technical Advisor
Script example: polygraph scene, 2007
TV detective series, where a polygraph examiner was hired to
be on-set during filming as a Technical Advisor
Screen shot: TV
examination
Screen shot: chart sample
Screen shot: Editor’s
view of a TV taping
Director’s hand-drawn film-set diagram for a
polygraph show, showing where cameras and all else will be
located
Screen shot: TV examination
Release
agreement
Celebrity Lie Detector
Celebrity Lie
Detector
Example of a Product Tradeout Agreement (appear on TV
in exchange for an advertisement at the end of the show)
More
Celebrity Lie Detector
More Celebrity Lie Detector
Example: a
5-page Associate Release (appearance) agreement
Screen shot: TV
examination
Example: an Emergency Medical Authorization and
Release
Screen shot: TV examination
Example: polygraph news
blurb and photo, AP / Associated Press
Example: polygraph
examination photo, television show
AFTRA timesheet
example
AFTRA check authorization example
Standard AFTRA
Engagement Contract example
AFTRA application example
W-9
form (most studios will ask you for one)
Screen shot: TV
examination
Time card
9-page Confidentiality Agreement (very
detailed and extensive; used by a multi-millionaire celebrity for all vendors
and employees)
Mileage form
‘As Seen On TV’
sign
SPECIALTY: BIDS AND REQUESTS FOR
PROPOSALS
State government agencies post requests for bids
on providing examinations; here’s one website example!
A source for
finding many RFPs (Request For Proposals) and other job postings and
bid-requests nationwide
Typical recent RFP / Request For Proposal /
bid-request from a government agency, all requirements (20
pages)
Another typical recent RFP / Request For Proposal / polygraph
bid-request from a government agency, all requirements (33 pages)
Another
typical recent RFP / Request For Proposal / polygraph bid-request, from a
state supreme court, all requirements (28 pages)
Another typical
recent RFP / Request For Proposal / polygraph bid-request from a government
agency, all requirements (24 pages)
Example: typical government agency
job posting
Insurance (typically, 'Liability' and 'Errors &
Omissions')
Example: typical application for professional
insurance
another typical application for professional
insurance
Archive: lie-detection advertisement
FLpolygraph.org
website homepage Florida Alliance of Polygraph Examiners (FAPE is the FL
division of PEOA.US)
News story: FBI: 'Killer cracked after polygraph
test'
SECTION
INDEX
SPECIALTY: RESEARCH
Lie-Detection Research Laboratory (Largest organized private
repository of lie-detection-related literature/memorabilia/PCSOT and VSA
data/operation and repair manuals/ hand-outs and materials from polygraph
seminars & schools; textbooks/DOD-PI Annual Reports To
Congress/instruments/ and more; coverage era 1950s to present)
(To
see the titles of some of the research literature that has been
produced.)
One view of a wall of Lie-Detection Research Laboratory's
library
(each example below shows approximately 10 titles; NOTE- no
copies of these materials are available from us.)
Example 1:
Lie-Detection Research Laboratory
Example 2: Lie-Detection Research
Laboratory
Example 3: Lie-Detection Research Laboratory
Example 4:
Lie-Detection Research Laboratory
Example 5: Lie-Detection Research
Laboratory
Example 6: Lie-Detection Research Laboratory
Example 7:
Lie-Detection Research Laboratory
Example 8: Lie-Detection Research
Laboratory
Example 9: Lie-Detection Research Laboratory
Example
10: Lie-Detection Research Laboratory
Example 11: Lie-Detection Research
Laboratory
Example 12: Lie-Detection Research Laboratory
Example
13: Lie-Detection Research Laboratory
Example 14: Lie-Detection Research
Laboratory
Example 15: Lie-Detection Research Laboratory
Example
16: Lie-Detection Research Laboratory
Example 17: Lie-Detection Research
Laboratory
Example 18: Lie-Detection Research Laboratory
Example
19: Lie-Detection Research Laboratory
Example 20: Lie-Detection Research
Laboratory
Literature from Polygraph Manufacturers
Own your own ‘dot-com’ name in 5 minutes for about $10 per
year
Websites of various Polygraph Examiners (listed as examples
only; no permission granted to copy them)
Example: website of a
Polygraph Examiner (shown as an example only; no permission granted to
copy it)
Another example: website of a Polygraph
Examiner (shown as an example only; no permission granted to copy
it)
'VIPs' in Polygraphy Today (Names to know in the
polygraph industry)
Tribute to a passed Polygraph Examiner: Jamie
Skeeters
Tribute to a passed Polygraph Examiner: Chris
Gugas
Tribute to a passed Polygraph Examiner: Chris
Gugas
Tribute to a passed Polygraph Examiner: Tom Ezell
Future
of Lie-Detection
Polygraph Research (Federal
training)
Security and Safety (for the examiner and for the
instrument)
PolygraphAcademy.com website homepage
'Certified
Polygraph Examiner' (an examination to promote nationwide
standards)
States that License or Register
Polygraphers
States that DO NOT License or Register
Polygraphers
Where To Buy USED Polygraph Instruments
Proper
Attire for Polygraph Examiners
Polygraph shirts: Often used by
law-enforcement agency polygraph units; short-sleeved polo shirts popular
with examiners (full ordering details)
Photo: polygraph examiner
shirts
Other polygraph shirts more short-sleeved polo shirts
popular with examiners (full ordering details)
Photo: other
polygraph examiner shirts
Polygraph Examiner 'Horror
Stories' (don't repeat their mistakes, including: using phony ‘PhD’ or
‘Doctor’ titles; falsely testifying in court that “I did x000 exams in
the last x years”; stepping on toes to look for thumbtack; testing with a
missing pneumo; using bad spelling on reports; causing a $$$$$
EPPA-violation by asking about other than the loss; polygraph instructor
who every day for 8 weeks told the class how great a polygrapher he is-
every 15 minutes; claiming to be the Technical Advisor for a TV show- when
they chose a different polygrapher instead; and administering marriage
therapy instead of conducting an impartial exam)
Polygraph
Quick Reference Guide (The often-needed data, all on one
page)
'Which 5 little parts get lost or broken the
most often, so I can keep spares with me?’ (Have these backup parts
with your instrument; these are all very low-priced, yet could
keep you from working until a replacement
arrived)
LosAngelesCountyPolygraph.com website homepage (a
source of work for polygraphers in California) (This is a division of
PEOA.US)
LosAngelesCountyPolygraph.com cities list
CD-ROM and CD
forms list
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SECTION INDEX
Computerized Polygraph
Instruments (Never called a polygraph "machine"; known as a
polygraph instrument)
FOUR TOOLBARS, side-by-side (one each,
from all four computerized
manufacturers)
Axciton
Lafayette
Limestone
Stoelting
Scoring
Software for Computerized Polygraphs (programs to analyze polygraph
data)
QUIZ: Scoring Software for Computerized Polygraphs (match the
programs to their developers)
Identifi (using this popular scoring
algorithm)
Polyscore (using this popular scoring
algorithm)
OSS 1 and 2 (Objective Scoring
System)
OSS3 Objective Scoring System 3 -released
8/2007-
Financing A New Computerized Polygraph
Instrument
Computer storage/carry cases (photo
example: the most popular hardcase, upper level)
Computer
storage/carry cases (photo example: the most popular
hardcase, lower/hidden level, with computer lifted away)
Instrument
storage/carry cases for computerized polygraph instruments (Would you
carry a $6000 polygraph in a kid's $15 backpack?!) (example: the
popular hardcase)
Examples of case nameplates available for
hardcases that slip into the space cut out near the handle (actual
size)
Instrument storage/carry cases for computerized polygraph
instruments (example: the popular softcase)
Video
Cameras for attaching to computerized polygraph instruments (example:
the most-recommended model)
Surge/Spike protector (example: the
popular palm-sized model)
You WILL lose mobile exams without this
99-cent adapter (some older homes & offices can not use your power
cords)
Portable printer (photo example: a $50 color printer in
a hardcase with power supply, USB cable, and 2 spare ink
cartridges)
Portable printer: (photo)
Another portable printer
(photo)
Another portable printer (details)
Portable Power (a
small portable power supply that can power your laptop computer for a few
extra hours when conducting polygraph examinations at remote locations that
have no electricity; $99 - $150)
Software to clone your hard drive to
a back-up hard drive (saves all of your past examinations, along with your
complete operating system and your polygraph software-- plus your
scoring software which usually only allows ONE installation! Prepares
a back-up hard drive, ready to plug into any computer if
needed)
Remote-monitoring of an
examination, using inexpensive video equipment (allows for monitoring
without being in the same room)
Specifications of typical
remote-monitoring video equipment
2-page brochure, typical
remote-monitoring video equipment
photo, typical
remote-monitoring video equipment, in a hard carry-case
photo, front,
typical remote-monitoring video equipment
photo, rear, typical
remote-monitoring video equipment
photo, portable VCR, in a hard
carry-case
USB cable choices (and why to carry a
spare)
photo, USB cable
EXAMPLE: a
generic post-examination report blank --also
included on the CD-ROM--
EXAMPLE: an
employee money theft post-examination report blank --also included on the CD-ROM--
QUIZ: Axciton computerized polygraph (Terms and
Notes)
View of CD software: Axciton computerized
polygraph
Another view of CD software: Axciton computerized
polygraph
‘How to give an exam in 7 easy steps’ (Seven pages of
help from the Axciton staff!)
INDEX TOOLBAR 4.8: Axciton computerized
polygraph
INDEX TOOLBAR 6.5: Axciton computerized
polygraph
EXPLANATION, INDEX TOOLBAR: Axciton computerized
polygraph
Changing the language: Axciton computerized
polygraph (The only polygraph already programmed for 3 languages:
English, Spanish, and Russian!)
Screenshot- language choice
menu: Axciton computerized polygraph
Accessing the
built-in Pharmaceutical Dictionary: Axciton computerized
polygraph (If examinee tells of using a drug, see which tracing it is
likely to affect)
Federal training
volume, Lafayette LX-4000 computerized polygraph
TERMS: Lafayette
LX-4000 computerized polygraph
NOTES: Lafayette LX-4000 computerized
polygraph
QUIZ: Lafayette LX-4000 computerized polygraph (Terms and
Notes)
Test Data Notations, Lafayette LX-4000 computerized
polygraph (Federal training)
View of CD software: Lafayette
computerized polygraph
SCREENSHOT: Security Screen (requires 'User
ID' and 'Password' to start program) Lafayette LX-4000 computerized
polygraph (9.9)
Save time: removing the requirement of entering
a User ID and Password: Lafayette LX-4000 computerized polygraph (see
which LX-4000 versions this will work for and will not work
for)
Adding a "Center ALL Tracings' Button: Lafayette LX-4000
computerized polygraph (Instead of manually clicking on the tip of each
tracing arrow one-at-a-time to center the tracings, adding this one button
will let you click just once to instantly center all four!)
"What is
the button marked 'pneumo vent' for?": Lafayette LX-4000 computerized
polygraph (Quick help for the Lafayette staff!)
Using the Drug
Reference Guide Lafayette LX-4000 computerized polygraph
SCREENSHOT:
Drug Reference Lafayette LX-4000 computerized polygraph
Finger-cuff Lafayette
LX-4000 computerized polygraph (an alternative to the arm blood-pressure
cuff; it improves examinee’s comfort, allowing longer test
times!)
3A: SCORING an
examination with POLYSCORE: Lafayette LX-4000 computerized polygraph (for
after completing all steps of 'Preparing to Start an Examination' and
'Administering an Examination')
3B: SCORING an examination with OSS:
Lafayette LX-4000 computerized polygraph (for after completing all steps
of 'Preparing to Start an Examination' and 'Administering an
Examination')
"Why are my GSR tracings dropping?" Lafayette LX-4000
computerized polygraph (Quick help from the Lafayette
staff!)
Do you only have the
GSR/EDA cable that uses the 'adhesive' electrodes, and you want to use
steel-and-velcro connections on the fingers instead? (Lafayette has a
quick conversion that lets you use the standard electrodes
instead!)
Did your cardio pen and its tracings disappear off the
screen? Lafayette LX-4000 computerized polygraph
Repairing a Pneumo
Chest Assembly (Thanks to Lafayette Instrument!)
Lafayette 2008
training seminar schedule
Lafayette 2008 training seminar schedule, local
hotels list
Sales literature 1: Lafayette LX-4000 polygraph
(2004)
Sales literature 2: Lafayette LX-4000 polygraph
(2004)
Sales literature 3: Lafayette LX-4000 polygraph
(2004)
Sales literature 4: Lafayette LX-4000 polygraph
(2004)
Sales literature 5: Lafayette LX-4000 polygraph
(2005)
Sales literature 6: Lafayette LX-4000 polygraph
(2005)
Sales literature 7: Lafayette LX-4000 polygraph
(2005)
Sales literature 8: Lafayette LX-4000 polygraph
(2005)
(ARCHIVE) Preparing to start
an examination: Lafayette 3000 computerized polygraph (for
LX-3000 model only; an older model; no video; gold DAS box; no USB--
requires a serial port; uses batteries or an AC-adapter for
power)
BEFORE using your new instrument: Limestone
computerized polygraph (One of the ‘default’/shipping settings is set
way to high to be instantly usable)
Quick Start instructions, 15
pages: Limestone computerized polygraph (Polygraph Professional Suite
version 2.6 1/2007)
Quick Start instructions, 11 pages: Limestone
computerized polygraph (Polygraph Professional Suite 2.0
1/2006)
Session Information screen: Limestone computerized
polygraph (Polygraph Professional Suite version 2.6 1/2007)
Customing
your 'Event Markers' (F-keys): Limestone computerized polygraph (Those
on-screen F-keys are programmable, allowing you to make specified keys place
words permanently on the charts, from 'cough' and 'talk'-- to your own
name!)
Saving changes you made to the screen: Limestone
computerized polygraph (pin/pen positions, colors, tracing thickness,
sensitivity, etc; quick help from the Limestone staff!)
“How do I
check to see which PPS software version I have?” Limestone computerized
polygraph (two pages- quick help from the Limestone staff!)
How to use
the Session Information Dialog Limestone computerized
polygraph (for versions 2.4.0.0 12/2006 and higher)
Save time:
removing the requirement of entering a password to start
program: Limestone computerized polygraph
Left-side toolbar: Limestone
computerized polygraph (seen in ChartRecorder)
ChartViewer
'Program Options': Limestone computerized polygraph (seen in
ChartRecorder)
"I forgot my password!" Limestone computerized
polygraph (Quick help from the Limestone staff!)
'Event Marker' bar:
Limestone computerized polygraph (seen in ChartRecorder)
Making
customized question templates: Limestone computerized polygraph (such
as 'MGQT/theft' or 'ZCT/relationship')
Examinations, #2 of 3: ADMINISTERING an examination:
Limestone computerized polygraph
"Why are my EDA/GSR tracings so
big?" Limestone computerized polygraph (Quick help from the Limestone
staff and others!)
"Why have my EDA/GSR tracings gone
flat-line?" Limestone computerized polygraph (Quick help from the
Limestone staff!)
Green-Red timing light system: Limestone
computerized polygraph (as explained by Limestone's support
team)
‘Why is the on-screen blood-pressure gauge dead?” Limestone
computerized polygraph (Quick help from the Limestone
staff!)
Double-checking your hand-scoring with
Rank-Scoring: Limestone computerized polygraph (Have the chart open to
use this feature. For Limestone software versions since
mid-2007.)
Also includes a CD-ROM of these
important documents, formats and templates to add to your
computer: interview sheets, techniques, various types
of 'fill-in-the-blanks' report samples, complete 1988 EPPA text, employee
notification forms in English & Spanish, and more! Most
content of this CD-ROM was built using WORD, so you can customize them
at any time as needed.
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details and for the newest version of this comprehensive package
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The complete 50-pound package "polygraph academy in a
box": $895. + shipping/handling (or we can use
your UPS/FedEx account, or you can pick it up!) (818)
883-6969
Included, but also available separately, are all
'sections', including:
any of the four manufacturer
sections for examiners who already completely know all polygraph
fundamentals and who have now purchased a new or used computerized
instrument; $195 + shipping
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any of the 'specialty' sections $195 to $245, +
shipping (to verifiable examiners only)
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a CD-ROM of these
important documents, formats and templates to add to your
computer:
EPPA (complete 1988 text)
Employee Notification form,
English
Employee Notification form, Spanish
Employee Notification
form, Alternate Spanish
Modified General Question Technique
blank --General Purpose
Modified General Question Technique
blank --Employee Money Theft
Modified General Question Technique
blank --Relationship/Infidelity
Modified General Question Technique
blank --PCSOT maintenance
(most of the content of this CD-ROM was built using
WORD, so you can customize at any time as needed);
$95 +
shipping
The complete 50-pound package "polygraph academy in
a box": $895. + shipping/handling (or we can
use your UPS/FedEx account, or you can pick it up!) (818)
883-6969
--- Specifications and prices are subject to change; your package may
slightly differ from this index in content and order ---
We are not a 'school'; you are learning
this avocational specialty directly from Polygraph Examiners who
have earned a living in the private practice of this profession! No
in-person training is included with the 50-pound Comprehensive package; with
that, you are obtaining an exhaustive set of self-study manuals and have
no interaction with instructors.