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
instruments
is the one to buy?! This package give you an advance-look
at
all of them, so you can be knowledgeable BEFORE you invest.
Learn about financing a computerized polygraph instrument;
we know the
best (and worst) brands and the best deals!
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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
provided us with what we were guaranteed before
purchasing the package. We
feel completely competent with our
knowledge and practical application of the
Polygraph instrument
and the testing process. I would recommend this package
to anyone
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process,
and how to make a living in the polygraph business.
We
purposely chose not to go to a vocational school offering
polygraph
training, because we wanted to learn this trade from someone
who actually
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classroom. We are former law
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polygraph services to our Private
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done so. Thank you again for
all.".
Ron Rose, POLYGRAPH EXAMINER,
24-7 Investigations,
Inc
www.24-7investigation.com, California
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Not all polygraph schools are equal:
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."
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"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
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Learn how you can have a new computerized
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Developed with many
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also includes topics that many
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'.
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" 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
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There
are only 4 ways to learn polygraph:
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.
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"This package is SUPERB! The best
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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
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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;
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--'secrets' to getting
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--how to get clients
--samples of private-sector exam
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--payment issues
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--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?
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" 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
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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!
Extensively personalized with your name,
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"Very thorough; you didn't
leave anything out;
you should be called 'Mister
Polygraph'!"
Joseph Paorone, POLYGRAPH EXAMINER
and a polygraph
academy
owner/operator
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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.
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"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.
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After the
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but can remain in
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who has more experience in this
industry than most examiners
and has always made himself readily available to
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Bob Korter, POLYGRAPH EXAMINER,
Vancouver Polygraph,
www.VancouverPolygraph.com,
Washington
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Lack of integrity:
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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Not all polygraph
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
hand-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!
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" I wanted to thank you
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I conducted
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giant
Academy in a Box. With all the guidance and support available
from
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Larry DiPaola, POLYGRAPH EXAMINER, Modern
Polygraph
www.ModernPolygraph.com,
California
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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).
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"It was an excellent course
and gave me a great foundation to work from".
Doug Brenn,
POLYGRAPH EXAMINER
www.CoreInvestigation.com, California
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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.
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"As a
Private Investigator for over 11 years you have a tendency to be
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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,
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the market. I
was assisted with the secrets on deciding which polygraph
instrument to
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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
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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
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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.
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www.PrecisionPolygraph.com, Arizona
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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,
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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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Includes the one
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Author has more media
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Note: this section has doubled in size since last
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interview sheets, techniques, various types
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employee
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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, ? ? ?
?
Fall 2008: a graduated(?) student
working at an 'association approved'
polygraph academy & agency does such
poor work that he almost destroys
an examinee's life! A businessman, wanting
to clear up his wife's
suspicion of infidelity, suggests that he undergo a
polygraph exam.
Unbeknownst to the businessman, the agency assigns him to
a recent student
with little experience. After FUMBLING FOR ABOUT AN HOUR to
get the
computer polygraph instrument ready (obviously he didn't have the
well-refined
and easy to follow step-by-step how-to sheets from
PolygraphAcademy.com!), the
examiner used such (later determined by
experienced examiners) poor question
choices that the businessman falsely
failed his exam!
Lucky for him, his wife allowed him to be re-tested
professionally,
and he easily passed.
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
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S.F. Lukas, POLYGRAPH
EXAMINER
www.LukasPolygraph.com Florida
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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):