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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
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904
80-page TABLE OF CONTENTS:
NOTE: new pages and/or improvements are added EVERY week!
1
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?)
Interview & Interrogation (additional Federal
training)
Interviewing
Promises of Leniency
Conducting a Custodial Behavior Analysis Interview
Verbal indicators of deception
Types of evasive answers
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)
Development
of Control/Comparison Questions
List of typical Comparison/Control questions
used in Law Enforcement applicant examinations
Irrelevant question
samples
Relevant question samples
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)
MGQT: Modified General Question Technique
(ARMENIAN)
MGQT: Modified General Question Technique
(KOREAN)
MGQT: Modified General Question Technique
(SPANISH)
MGQT: Modified General Question Technique
(RUSSIAN)
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 example: law enforcement applicant, drug-specific
ZCT: Zone Comparison Technique additional
training
ZCT: Zone Comparison Technique example
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-citylaw-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
ZCT: Zone Comparison Technique example: law enforcement applicant, drug-specific
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: Law Enforcement Pre-Employment
Test (additional Federal training)
LEPET: Law Enforcement
Pre-Employment Test (additional Federal training)
--Federal ‘Supplemental Public Trust Questionaire’ (pre-polygraph questionnaire for selected positions)
--Federal ‘Questionnaire for National Security Positions’ (pre-polygraph questionnaire- 13 pages;
Security Clearance Questionnaire; GSA-approved;
for military personnel, government contractors,
and government employees to apply for a security clearance:
Confidential, Secret, and Top Secret)
--Federal ‘Authorization For Release Of Medical Information’
--Federal ‘Authorization For Release Of Information’
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)
Newspaper story about a major-city
police department's polygraph unit
Court ruling: police can be forced to take a polygraph test
Follow directions! ‘Fail letter’ from a law-enforcement
agency to an applicant regarding his examination
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:
- - - - -
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 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 (3-position vs
7-position)
Manual Chart Analysis/Numerical Scoring (Why DoD-PI/DACA advocates the use of
7-position instead of 3-position)
Manual Chart Analysis/Numerical Scoring
(Scoring ratio chart: 2:1 =+1, etc)
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 ‘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)
Verbal indicators of deception
Typical clients of
polygraphers (Who should I market to?)
Common Types of
Polygraph Examinations
SPECIALTY: IMMIGRATION/ASYLUM POLYGRAPH
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’?
Terrorism
U-visa
Human Trafficking
The REAL ID Act of 2005
The REAL ID Act of 2005:
Corroborating Evidence “ . . . . may require other evidence to corroborate
otherwise credible testimony”
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
TPS: Temporary Protected Status
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
Bars to Asylum (no exceptions:
if any of these apply to an applicant,
asylum will not be granted)
A potential bar to asylum,
and how to deal with it:
If applicant was a member of
the military in his homeland. (As a military member, he may be
considered to be a ‘persecutor’ himself)
Ineligibility
Inadmissibility
IRCA: Immigration Reform and Control Act
LIFE: Legal Immigration and Family Equity Act
Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification
(four pages)
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 (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 Sexual Offender Testing (Reference chart)
PCSOT: Post-Conviction Sexual Offender Testing (national guidelines)
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 example- maintenance exam question-format
form with ‘DACA/DoD-PI
notes’
PCSOT Post-Conviction Sex
Offender Testing (Administering the Sexual History
Disclosure Examination)
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 Sex Offender Testing (Objectives of the Sexual History Disclosure exam)
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: Conditional Release Program (Additional)
CONREP QUIZ 1 (covering 'Introduction')
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SECTION INDEX
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
Court ruling: police can be forced to take a polygraph test
Example: polygraph declaration, under penalty of
perjury (when submitting an exam into court evidence)
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
Polygraph Declaration for in lieu of personal testimony
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)
Definition of ‘Expert Witness’
Testifying in court as a Polygraph Expert
9-page Confidentiality Agreement (very detailed and extensive; used by a multi-millionaire
celebrity for all vendors and employees)
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)
Court-Admissibility List, state-by-state
SPECIALTY: MILITARY FIELD TECHNOLOGY
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
SECTION
INDEX
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)
Details of one state's Intern Licensing Test
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
Example of a judge’s court order allowing a
polygraph examiner access to enter a detention
facility to conduct a polygraph examination
Interviewing Juveniles (Federal training)
Interviewing children of sexual abuse
The Use Of Law Enforcement Polygraph Tests With Juveniles
Testing juvenile sex offenders (Guidelines for juvenile sex offenders from one state agency;
the surprising young age approved under these guidelines)
Control Questions for juveniles
Consent Form, Juvenile-Parent
Cults, Ritualistic Abuse and Satanism (100 pages)
REVIEW EXAM 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)
SPECIALTY: Plethysmograph
Plethysmograph
The two types of plethysmograph
Plethysmograph manufacturers
Arguments against using plethysmograph
Health History form, 1 of 2
Health History form, 2 of 2
Additional plethysmograph information
SPECIALTY:Marketing and Advertising: -sales- Tools
(cards, brochures, ads, CVs):
Example: polygrapher business
cards
Example: polygrapher marketing tools
Example: another
polygrapher marketing tool
Example: another polygrapher marketing
tool
Example: another polygrapher marketing tool
Example: another
polygrapher marketing tool
Example: ad for a reoccurring polygraph radio
show
Example: another polygrapher marketing tool
Example: another
polygrapher marketing tool
Example: another polygrapher marketing
tool
Example: typical 'Experts and Consultants' listing
Example:
small ad in a ‘throwaway paper’
Example: typical polygraph-related
Internet 'banner ads'
PolygraphConnection.com:
advertise your business for $25 per year!
Example: typical polygraph-network ‘spotlight
ad’
CV: curriculum vitae (a to-the-point list about a
professional)
Example: One polygrapher's CV
Example: another
polygrapher's CV
News story about polygraph
Example: employee polygraph notification letter,
English --also included on the
CD-ROM--
Example: employee polygraph notification letter,
Spanish --also included on the
CD-ROM--
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.
Also, many have 'scripted', 'predetermined',
or 'known solution' results.)
‘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’
Screen shot:
TV examination
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
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
3-page ‘Contributor
Release’
Filming sign 1
Filming sign 2
Example: a
filming ‘call sheet’ (daily schedule) from a TV show involving
polygraph
Screen shot:
TV examination
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
Example: a 5-page Associate Release
(appearance) agreement
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
9-page Confidentiality Agreement (very detailed and extensive; used by a multi-millionaire
celebrity for all vendors and employees)
AFTRA application example
W-9 form
(many studios will ask you for one)
Time card
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
The 25 states that DO NOT License or Register
Polygraphers
North Carolina Polygraph Licensing
South Carolina Polygraph Licensing
South Carolina Polygraph Licensing Laws (7 pages)
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
SPECIALTY: MILITARY PERSONNEL TESTING
MRE 104
MRE 304
MRE 307
Example: military lab report, failed (drug) urinalysis
Example: military Charge Sheet
Example: military Report of Investigation
Example: transcribed and initialed interview
Example: military Request for Legal Services
US v. Sheffer
Example: website of a military polygraph specialist
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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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The complete 50-pound package "polygraph academy in a
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your UPS/FedEx account, or you can pick it up!) (818)
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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
- - - and/or - - -
any of the 'specialty' sections
$195 to $245, + shipping
(to verifiable examiners only)
- - - and/or - - -
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
The best in private polygraph training materials +
the best in government polygraph training materials = the most powerful polygraph training package in the world!
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