Research Review: The Lie, the Bluff and False Confessions
One of the most controversial aspects of criminal interrogation involves the use of trickery and deceit. While Federal and State Supreme Courts routinely uphold confessions that were obtained from interrogations during which the suspect was falsely told that there was incriminating evidence, academicians and psychologists have argued that lying to a suspect about having incriminating evidence is unethical, erodes the integrity of the criminal justice system and may induce an innocent suspect to confess.
Considering the necessity of dealing with criminal suspects on a somewhat lower moral plane than the average public, Supreme Court justices have rejected the ethical arguments. While there have been some restrictions placed on the use of trickery and deceit during an interrogation, e.g., manufacturing evidence against a suspect, the prevailing logic has been that merely lying to a suspect about having incriminating evidence would not be apt to cause an innocent person to confess. As a recent appeals court ruled, "such misrepresentations (lying about having evidence), of course may cause a suspect to confess, but causation alone does not constitute coercion..."1
A recent study challenges this basic premise.2 The authors offer the paradoxical hypothesis that lying to a suspect about having incriminating evidence actually encourages innocent people to confess. The study used a cheating paradigm in which participants (college students) were instructed not to help another person (a confederate within the study) with a particular task. In half of the cases, the other person asked the participant for help, which most provided. All participants were then accused of helping the confederate with the task and advised that cheating would be a violation of the University's honor code. Under this condition, none of the innocent participants confessed and 87% of the guilty participants confessed.
A second group of half innocent and half guilty suspects were not only accused of cheating but also told that there was a hidden video camera in the room which would eventually reveal their guilt or innocence. Under this circumstance 93% of the guilty suspects confessed and 50% of the innocent suspects confessed.
To anyone who has conducted actual interrogations, this finding makes absolutely no sense. The explanation can be found within the procedures used during the mock interrogation. As it turned out, these innocent participants didn't confess to helping the other person at all. Rather, they signed a prepared statement to that effect. Further, and of most importance, they were reassured that if the hidden camera exonerated them they would not get into any trouble by signing the statement. According to the study, the participants were then told, "stop wasting my time and sign this," which almost all of the guilty suspects did as well as half of the innocent suspects.
If this interrogation tactic were used during an actual criminal interrogation, the confession would be suppressed in a heartbeat. Encouraging suspects to sign a prepared confession by offering them a promise that if future evidence exonerates the suspect the confession will not be used against them, clearly shocks the conscience of the court and community.3 In other words, the innocent participants in this study were manipulated into believing that signing the confession would not result in any negative consequences. The tactic falls just short of having the suspect sign a blank document, which the investigator later fills in.
In real-life interrogations suspects are fully aware that their confession is an admission of guilt. In real-life interrogations if false statements are made to a suspect with respect to evidence, it is that the evidence clearly implicates the suspect in the crime, e.g., "We've got a witness who saw you leave her apartment!" or "We've got your fingerprints from the murder weapon!" Under this circumstance, an innocent suspect would immediately recognize that the evidence could not exist (or was manufactured) and the suspect would be more motivated to maintain their innocence. Certainly the innocent suspect would not be encouraged to falsely confess, as suggested by this research.
In conclusion, this study is a prime example illustrating the dangers of generalizing laboratory research findings to real-life situations. In an effort to prove their hypothesis, Perillo and Kassin have ignored legal guidelines regulating interrogation practices. They created an interrogation scenario that is not advocated by any authority in the field of interrogation that we are aware of, and certainly not by John E. Reid and Associates. Hopefully courts will recognize that any laboratory hypothesis can be proven if one manipulates research variables in a manner favorable to the hypothesis.
1 State v. Perez, WI, 2010
2 Perillo, J. and Kassin, S, "Inside Interrogation: The Lie, The Bluff and False Confessions" Law and Human Behavior, Aug. 2010
3 Frazier v. Cupp, 394 U.S. 731,89 S. Ct. 1420 (1969)
--- printed with permission; PEOA is a longtime Reid member, and can issue a discount code for Reid.com seminars and books.
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It's time to add some new white sticky GSR/EDA electodes to your polygraph supplies!
It's time to add some new white sticky GSR/EDA electodes to your polygraph supplies!
If you don't already use them, shame on you. They replace the stainless-steel and velcro heads when the fingertips are giving no GSR/EDA tracing due to dehydration or other interference. Two go on the palm of the hand; they bear a snap connector. If you are a busy examiner, you have had situations of little or no GSR/EDA tracings; using white stickies on the palm likely would have cured that.
If you already have some, it's a safe bet that they are past their 18-month shelf-life. Don't let that they still are sticky fool you-- what goes bad first is that the electrode's wet gel in their centers will evaporate, killing the good electrodermal connection.
Vermed (800-245-4025 x1203, ask for 'Pearl', www.Vermed.com) carries the popular disposable types for polygraph examiners. The 1" X 1 3/4" rectangular disposable electrodes (part #A10013-100S, also known as 'GSR-13') are only available in a 1000-piece $163 case order (that works out to less than 17 cents each).
For examiners who have been blaming GSR/EDA problems on their instrument or its software, using white stickies almost always solves the problem. We have observed sxaminers ramble on to excess about faulty instrument software when in reality it was just a dehydration issue that could have been cured by use of 'white stickies'.
TIP: remind examinees to drink plenty of water (not soda or coffee) in the hour or two prior to the exam, to help assure hydration.
If you don't already use them, shame on you. They replace the stainless-steel and velcro heads when the fingertips are giving no GSR/EDA tracing due to dehydration or other interference. Two go on the palm of the hand; they bear a snap connector. If you are a busy examiner, you have had situations of little or no GSR/EDA tracings; using white stickies on the palm likely would have cured that.
If you already have some, it's a safe bet that they are past their 18-month shelf-life. Don't let that they still are sticky fool you-- what goes bad first is that the electrode's wet gel in their centers will evaporate, killing the good electrodermal connection.
Vermed (800-245-4025 x1203, ask for 'Pearl', www.Vermed.com) carries the popular disposable types for polygraph examiners. The 1" X 1 3/4" rectangular disposable electrodes (part #A10013-100S, also known as 'GSR-13') are only available in a 1000-piece $163 case order (that works out to less than 17 cents each).
For examiners who have been blaming GSR/EDA problems on their instrument or its software, using white stickies almost always solves the problem. We have observed sxaminers ramble on to excess about faulty instrument software when in reality it was just a dehydration issue that could have been cured by use of 'white stickies'.
TIP: remind examinees to drink plenty of water (not soda or coffee) in the hour or two prior to the exam, to help assure hydration.
How can you already know that a caller will never have a polygraph exam done?
Overall, PEOA members average 50-70% of calls & referrals that actually turn into paid exams.
Some of the other callers are just 'looky-loos', competitors, bluffers trying to scare their girlfriends into confessing, and various other time-wasters.
Some examiners have previously said that they know instantly if a person will be engaging their services or not. So, we polled a group of successful examiners, asking them "How can you already know that a caller will never actually have a polygraph exam done?".
Their answers included:
"If they insist on an e-mail conversation only (no phone), it will not go"
"Requiring you to listen to 30 seconds of rap music before their voice mail message comes on is a sign of no-work-here"
"Calls after midnight virtually never become an exam"
"Telephone calls from 'blocked' or 'withheld' numbers for whatever reason almost never become an actual polygraph exam"
"Getting several calls from a person in a short period usually means too emotional now, and he/she will not show up for their appointment"
"When you call them back and get a message of either 'Voice Mail Full' or 'Voice Mail Not Set Up Yet', it's not going to happen"
"When you hear the caller being told word-for-word what to say to you by someone in the background, its just another control-freak trying to use polygraph as a free scare"
"When they want to discuss their entire relationship problems by phone, it is usually someone who needs a friend and wont be hiring you"
"If they say 'Cost is no concern', don't count on it"
"(If they contact you by e-mail) The longer their e-mail, the lower the chance they will be hiring an examiner"
"When the caller insists that he be present during the test because he doesn't trust his girlfriend alone with an examiner, we have a control-freak that often is putting her through her 2nd or 3rd exam because he's not happy with hearing NDI"
"They will not be showing up if they want to schedule many weeks into the future"
"Should the caller insist that an examiner be either a woman or a very old man, good luck"
"If they say that they will keep their appointment with you depending on if their tax return or some other money arrives, it will be a no-show"
"A woman crying as she tells that she needs to have herself tested because her guy thinks she is cheating, with a baby or two screaming in the background during the call, will not turn into an exam"
Obviously not 100% for certain, but it was agreed that the above is solidly accurate.
Some of the other callers are just 'looky-loos', competitors, bluffers trying to scare their girlfriends into confessing, and various other time-wasters.
Some examiners have previously said that they know instantly if a person will be engaging their services or not. So, we polled a group of successful examiners, asking them "How can you already know that a caller will never actually have a polygraph exam done?".
Their answers included:
"If they insist on an e-mail conversation only (no phone), it will not go"
"Requiring you to listen to 30 seconds of rap music before their voice mail message comes on is a sign of no-work-here"
"Calls after midnight virtually never become an exam"
"Telephone calls from 'blocked' or 'withheld' numbers for whatever reason almost never become an actual polygraph exam"
"Getting several calls from a person in a short period usually means too emotional now, and he/she will not show up for their appointment"
"When you call them back and get a message of either 'Voice Mail Full' or 'Voice Mail Not Set Up Yet', it's not going to happen"
"When you hear the caller being told word-for-word what to say to you by someone in the background, its just another control-freak trying to use polygraph as a free scare"
"When they want to discuss their entire relationship problems by phone, it is usually someone who needs a friend and wont be hiring you"
"If they say 'Cost is no concern', don't count on it"
"(If they contact you by e-mail) The longer their e-mail, the lower the chance they will be hiring an examiner"
"When the caller insists that he be present during the test because he doesn't trust his girlfriend alone with an examiner, we have a control-freak that often is putting her through her 2nd or 3rd exam because he's not happy with hearing NDI"
"They will not be showing up if they want to schedule many weeks into the future"
"Should the caller insist that an examiner be either a woman or a very old man, good luck"
"If they say that they will keep their appointment with you depending on if their tax return or some other money arrives, it will be a no-show"
"A woman crying as she tells that she needs to have herself tested because her guy thinks she is cheating, with a baby or two screaming in the background during the call, will not turn into an exam"
Obviously not 100% for certain, but it was agreed that the above is solidly accurate.
Need a discount on Reid.com interview seminars or products?
Need a discount on Reid.com interview seminars or products?
Polygraph Examiners Of America is a long-time member of the Reid Preferred Group of Associations. RPGA is a program offered to professional associations in which their members receive special discounts on seminar registration fees and training materials.
Every year, thousands of individuals from business, law enforcement, and government organizations utilize Reid's training programs, and products to help them develop interviewing & interrogation skills.
Contact PEOA to receive the code number required for member discounts.
Polygraph Examiners Of America is a long-time member of the Reid Preferred Group of Associations. RPGA is a program offered to professional associations in which their members receive special discounts on seminar registration fees and training materials.
Every year, thousands of individuals from business, law enforcement, and government organizations utilize Reid's training programs, and products to help them develop interviewing & interrogation skills.
Contact PEOA to receive the code number required for member discounts.
Polygraph customers: if your chosen examiner has only an antique 'analog' polygraph, RUN!
Polygraph customers: if your chosen examiner has only an antique 'analog' polygraph, RUN!
Buyer beware - INSIST on a computer polygraph - here's what you need to know:
--From the 1950s to the 1980s, polygraph examiners used the old-fashioned analog polygraph instruments, which were nothing but a roll of chart paper and 4 moving pens.
--Each test produced more than 20 feet of paper of 4 wiggly lines, approximately 120 small body-reaction changes to each be hand-measured by the examiner
--In the early 1990s, about 20 years ago, computerized polygraph instruments arrived. No ink or paper problems, self-scoring, and far more accurate!
--Our Federal government polygraph academy changed to computerized in the mid 90s;
all police and sheriff polygraph units use computerized polygraph instruments;
to use an old antique analog now is almost criminally negligent.
--Almost no real examiner nowadays uses an old antique analog, but there are a few part-timers that will use them instead of the proper equipment, hoping that the untrained public might not know the difference. Don't be fooled!
--The following are secrets that part-timers who can only afford the old antique analog polygraph instruments ($200 to buy one on eBay, since virtually all professionals of the past 20 years have dumped them and instead use $5000 computer polygraphs) DON'T want you to know:
1. On the antiques, the examiner has to assign this point system to every body response on a chart, 40 responses on every chart of a 3-chart exam, so 120 slow hand-scorings total: +1, +2, +3, or -1, -2, -3. This rigid scoring is why there are so many final scores of 'Inconclusive' (Inconclusive= maybe lie, maybe truth, can't decide, too bad for the customer) when using the antiques.
2. Computerized models score body responses far more exacting, assigning fractional & more-exacting points such as '0.8', '1.7' or '2.6' to each of those 120 body response reactions to questions; those fractional differences are very critical when added up using a final scoring system such as the '-7 to +7 System' used by both types.
3. Plus, when the computer does the scoring, there are no personal 'helps' such as being too easy or too hard, and also: nothing can be missed.
4. While old antique analog polygraph instruments make up less than 10% of the instruments in use today, they account for 50% of the complaints of 'false positives' (where a polygraph examiner says 'Fail' and the examinee is not lying).
The bottom line: if an examiner can not afford modern equipment, not wanting to invest in the equipment best for his/her clients, that is a sign that you should call the next examiner.
SOURCE: John Grogan, Polygraph Instructor, Los Angeles/Atlanta/Boise/New York, AmericanPolygraphAcademy.com
Buyer beware - INSIST on a computer polygraph - here's what you need to know:
--From the 1950s to the 1980s, polygraph examiners used the old-fashioned analog polygraph instruments, which were nothing but a roll of chart paper and 4 moving pens.
--Each test produced more than 20 feet of paper of 4 wiggly lines, approximately 120 small body-reaction changes to each be hand-measured by the examiner
--In the early 1990s, about 20 years ago, computerized polygraph instruments arrived. No ink or paper problems, self-scoring, and far more accurate!
--Our Federal government polygraph academy changed to computerized in the mid 90s;
all police and sheriff polygraph units use computerized polygraph instruments;
to use an old antique analog now is almost criminally negligent.
--Almost no real examiner nowadays uses an old antique analog, but there are a few part-timers that will use them instead of the proper equipment, hoping that the untrained public might not know the difference. Don't be fooled!
--The following are secrets that part-timers who can only afford the old antique analog polygraph instruments ($200 to buy one on eBay, since virtually all professionals of the past 20 years have dumped them and instead use $5000 computer polygraphs) DON'T want you to know:
1. On the antiques, the examiner has to assign this point system to every body response on a chart, 40 responses on every chart of a 3-chart exam, so 120 slow hand-scorings total: +1, +2, +3, or -1, -2, -3. This rigid scoring is why there are so many final scores of 'Inconclusive' (Inconclusive= maybe lie, maybe truth, can't decide, too bad for the customer) when using the antiques.
2. Computerized models score body responses far more exacting, assigning fractional & more-exacting points such as '0.8', '1.7' or '2.6' to each of those 120 body response reactions to questions; those fractional differences are very critical when added up using a final scoring system such as the '-7 to +7 System' used by both types.
3. Plus, when the computer does the scoring, there are no personal 'helps' such as being too easy or too hard, and also: nothing can be missed.
4. While old antique analog polygraph instruments make up less than 10% of the instruments in use today, they account for 50% of the complaints of 'false positives' (where a polygraph examiner says 'Fail' and the examinee is not lying).
The bottom line: if an examiner can not afford modern equipment, not wanting to invest in the equipment best for his/her clients, that is a sign that you should call the next examiner.
SOURCE: John Grogan, Polygraph Instructor, Los Angeles/Atlanta/Boise/New York, AmericanPolygraphAcademy.com
What is 'Oculomotor Measurement Deception Detection Testing'?
What is 'Oculomotor Measurement Deception Detection Testing'?
Known as ODD or Oculomotor Deception Detection, is a growing form of lie-detection that uses eye pupil changes & movement tracking to detect deception.
A pupil size (diameter) increase strongly appears to be indicative of lying. Other pupil response measurements such as dwell time and movement are also involved.
ODD depends on cognitive rather than emotional responses that polygraph depends on.
See www.OculomotorDeceptionDetection.com for more information.
Government grants are funding additional study.
Known as ODD or Oculomotor Deception Detection, is a growing form of lie-detection that uses eye pupil changes & movement tracking to detect deception.
A pupil size (diameter) increase strongly appears to be indicative of lying. Other pupil response measurements such as dwell time and movement are also involved.
ODD depends on cognitive rather than emotional responses that polygraph depends on.
See www.OculomotorDeceptionDetection.com for more information.
Government grants are funding additional study.
A CounterIntelligence polygraph examination needed in Temple Hills Maryland
(from PEOA's all-day polygraph referral internet listserve)
A CounterIntelligence polygraph examination needed in Temple Hills Maryland for a software-engineer job applicant
peoamail@aol.com
Note: most polygraph examiners do not know of these 3 similar exams below as they are not taught by civilian lie-detection academies, so consider this your 'lesson of the day':
--A Lifestyle Polygraph asks the examinee questions that concern the applicant’s personal life and conduct, and can involve all aspects of present and past behavior. Questions asked could concern drug and alcohol use, sexual misconduct, mental health, family relationships, compulsive or addictive behavior, and more. A LifeStyle Polygraph looks for issues in an applicant’s private life for which he or she might be susceptible to blackmail or coercion, and/or whether or not that applicant can be trusted with sensitive information. A very detailed questionaire is involved.
--A CI or CounterIntellgence Polygraph asks only questions to determine whether the examinee ever had any involvement with or knowledge of espionage/sabotage/terrorism against the United States, unauthorized contact with representatives of a foreign government, or unauthorized disclosure of classified material. It is sometimes used to determine initial eligibility for a special assignment or special access, and is often administered to persons who already have Top Secret clearances. Usually there are no lifestyle questions included.
--A FullScope Polygraph is the LifeStyle Polygraph and CounterIntelligence Polygraph combined. Common for software engineer job applicants. A very detailed questionaire is involved.
(data above courtesy of www.LifeStylePolygraph.com)
A CounterIntelligence polygraph examination needed in Temple Hills Maryland for a software-engineer job applicant
peoamail@aol.com
Note: most polygraph examiners do not know of these 3 similar exams below as they are not taught by civilian lie-detection academies, so consider this your 'lesson of the day':
--A Lifestyle Polygraph asks the examinee questions that concern the applicant’s personal life and conduct, and can involve all aspects of present and past behavior. Questions asked could concern drug and alcohol use, sexual misconduct, mental health, family relationships, compulsive or addictive behavior, and more. A LifeStyle Polygraph looks for issues in an applicant’s private life for which he or she might be susceptible to blackmail or coercion, and/or whether or not that applicant can be trusted with sensitive information. A very detailed questionaire is involved.
--A CI or CounterIntellgence Polygraph asks only questions to determine whether the examinee ever had any involvement with or knowledge of espionage/sabotage/terrorism against the United States, unauthorized contact with representatives of a foreign government, or unauthorized disclosure of classified material. It is sometimes used to determine initial eligibility for a special assignment or special access, and is often administered to persons who already have Top Secret clearances. Usually there are no lifestyle questions included.
--A FullScope Polygraph is the LifeStyle Polygraph and CounterIntelligence Polygraph combined. Common for software engineer job applicants. A very detailed questionaire is involved.
(data above courtesy of www.LifeStylePolygraph.com)
Almost all immigration-related polygraph exams nationwide are requested through Polygraph Examiners of America!
Almost all immigration-related polygraph exams nationwide are requested through PEOA!
When attorneys need immigration credibility assessment polygraph exams for their client's federal hearings (applicants bear the burden of proving their case to the judge or hearing officer), these federal personnel are typically very accepting of properly-prepared polygraph examination reports as our federal government is the world's biggest user of polygraph itself. PEOA's extensive nationwide public-awareness promotion of using lie-detection testing to prove an applicant's pleading is so thorough that virtually all such contacts are made through PEOA's many sites.
Need Immigration Credibility Assessment polygraph training? www.AmericanPolygraphAcademy.com offers EXHAUSTIVE training in this lucrative specialty, led by John Grogan's www.ImmigrationPolygraph.com, the foremost authority on immigration & asylum lie-detection. One-day seminars and at-home study material are both available.
When attorneys need immigration credibility assessment polygraph exams for their client's federal hearings (applicants bear the burden of proving their case to the judge or hearing officer), these federal personnel are typically very accepting of properly-prepared polygraph examination reports as our federal government is the world's biggest user of polygraph itself. PEOA's extensive nationwide public-awareness promotion of using lie-detection testing to prove an applicant's pleading is so thorough that virtually all such contacts are made through PEOA's many sites.
Need Immigration Credibility Assessment polygraph training? www.AmericanPolygraphAcademy.com offers EXHAUSTIVE training in this lucrative specialty, led by John Grogan's www.ImmigrationPolygraph.com, the foremost authority on immigration & asylum lie-detection. One-day seminars and at-home study material are both available.
A FullScope Polygraph Exam needed in Macon Georgia
A FullScope Polygraph Exam needed in Macon Georgia for a job applicant
peoamail@aol.com
(Note: PEOA and Amercan Polygraph Academy both offer training for FullScope and LifeStyle polygraph)
peoamail@aol.com
(Note: PEOA and Amercan Polygraph Academy both offer training for FullScope and LifeStyle polygraph)
Upcoming EPPA seminar in Los Angeles
Upcoming EPPA seminar in Los Angeles
contact peoamail@aol.com to be put on the e-mail notification list
www.EmployeePolygraphProtectionAct.com
www.AmericanPolygraphAcademy.com
contact peoamail@aol.com to be put on the e-mail notification list
www.EmployeePolygraphProtectionAct.com
www.AmericanPolygraphAcademy.com
Are you taking a polygraph examination soon? Here are 11 tips on how to help improve its accuracy
How To Increase The Accuracy of Your Polygraph Examination
1. Have a full night of sleep the night before.
2. Have no alcohol or unprescribed drugs in your system.
3. Do not arrive late or rushed for your exam.
4. No gum-chewing.
5. Answer Yes or No with your mouth only (do not nod or move your head when answering)
6. Remain still during the entire examination; no moving of hands, feet, neck, or anything other than your mouth.
7. Don't answer any questions louder or stronger than the others.
8. Sit in a position that will remain comfortable for a few 5-minute chart-collections.
9. No deep-breaths during the chart collection; breathe the same on all questions.
10. Insist that all testing be done on a modern computer polygraph (not on an old-fashioned antique 'roll of chart paper with 4 moving ink pens').
11. Drink plenty of water in the hours just before the testing.
1. Have a full night of sleep the night before.
2. Have no alcohol or unprescribed drugs in your system.
3. Do not arrive late or rushed for your exam.
4. No gum-chewing.
5. Answer Yes or No with your mouth only (do not nod or move your head when answering)
6. Remain still during the entire examination; no moving of hands, feet, neck, or anything other than your mouth.
7. Don't answer any questions louder or stronger than the others.
8. Sit in a position that will remain comfortable for a few 5-minute chart-collections.
9. No deep-breaths during the chart collection; breathe the same on all questions.
10. Insist that all testing be done on a modern computer polygraph (not on an old-fashioned antique 'roll of chart paper with 4 moving ink pens').
11. Drink plenty of water in the hours just before the testing.
Do you do probation-related polygraph exams?
Do you do probation-related polygraph exams?
PEOA launched nationwide marketing this month specifically for this justice-system specialty.
If you are a competent examiner but you lack probation polygraph experience or training, www.AmericanPolygraphAcademy.com can assist with related training.
peoamail@aol.com
PEOA launched nationwide marketing this month specifically for this justice-system specialty.
If you are a competent examiner but you lack probation polygraph experience or training, www.AmericanPolygraphAcademy.com can assist with related training.
peoamail@aol.com
1-day polygraph seminar in Los Angeles in August
1-day polygraph seminar in Los Angeles in August
Details to follow
www.AmericanPolygraphAcademy.com
peoamail@aol.com
Details to follow
www.AmericanPolygraphAcademy.com
peoamail@aol.com
Dear Examinee: Drink a few glasses of water in the hours right before your scheduled exam.
Dear Examinee,
Drink a few glasses of water in the hours right before your scheduled exam.
One of your four body reactions that we will be recording is 'skin conductance' at your fingertips; if you are somewhat dehydrated, that would interfere with the testing.
Thank you,
Your Examiner
Drink a few glasses of water in the hours right before your scheduled exam.
One of your four body reactions that we will be recording is 'skin conductance' at your fingertips; if you are somewhat dehydrated, that would interfere with the testing.
Thank you,
Your Examiner
2010-2011 PEOA Examiner Certification Test now available
2010-2011 PEOA Examiner Certification Test now available
Must be completed by July 1 2010
More than 100 questions
Fee waived for members who have completed a PEOA referral in the last 90 days
Certificates mailed within 7 days of scoring
Must be completed by July 1 2010
More than 100 questions
Fee waived for members who have completed a PEOA referral in the last 90 days
Certificates mailed within 7 days of scoring
GSR/EDA 'tips' for the coming hot weather
1. Instruct that the examinee drink plenty of water (not soft drinks) in the 2 hours prior to the exam
2. For when using the white 'stickies' on the palm instead of the steel fingertip type, make sure that the center gel has not evaporated (this is why they have expiration dates)
3. No gsr/eda at the fingertips or palms?
Use the steel/velcro connections on two TOES of the same foot instead. Toes, like fingers, are extemities that we can use.
2. For when using the white 'stickies' on the palm instead of the steel fingertip type, make sure that the center gel has not evaporated (this is why they have expiration dates)
3. No gsr/eda at the fingertips or palms?
Use the steel/velcro connections on two TOES of the same foot instead. Toes, like fingers, are extemities that we can use.
American Polygraph Academy offering more new seminars and materials
www.AmericanPolygraphAcademy.com
PEOA 'Polygraph Fundamentals Workshop' 3/27-3/28 in Los Angeles CA
PEOA 'Polygraph Fundamentals Workshop' 3/27-3/28 in Los Angeles CA
Members only
Members only
States that do NOT license examiners
States that DO NOT license polygraph examiners:
Alaska
Arizona
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
DC
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Kansas
Maryland
Minnesota
Missouri
(but one county requires a license: St. Louis)
Montana
New
Hampshire
New Jersey
New York (but two counties require a license: Erie
& Suffolk)
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Rhode
Island
Washington
Washington DC
Wisconsin
Wyoming
also:
Canada
from the www.AmericanPolygraphAcademy.com Licensing page
Alaska
Arizona
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
DC
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Kansas
Maryland
Minnesota
Missouri
(but one county requires a license: St. Louis)
Montana
New
Hampshire
New Jersey
New York (but two counties require a license: Erie
& Suffolk)
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Rhode
Island
Washington
Washington DC
Wisconsin
Wyoming
also:
Canada
from the www.AmericanPolygraphAcademy.com Licensing page
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