Secrets that some
polygraph schools do NOT
want their students to know!
NOTE: It is sad that this information 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'. Below you will find more than twenty pages of information
that many traditional polygraph schools and organizations (that the schools push-push-push their students to join)
do NOT want you to know, as it exposes their faults,
mistakes, and in some cases: their fraudulent activity.
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!
"My partner and I purchased the "Polygraph Academy In A Box"
and found it to be what we expected and more. We were promised a very extensive
set of study materials and that is exactly what we recieved. Also we would like
to thank many for all the profession support via the many telephone conversations,
email correspondence, and in person study time given to us by fellow examiners.
We were told we could call upon many 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 who wants to learn the polygraph instrument, the testing 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 earns a living with his polygraph, and not in a
classroom. We are former law enforcement officers who wanted to add polygraph services
to our Private Investigations firm, and we have now done so. Thank you again for all.".
Ron Rose, POLYGRAPH EXAMINER,
24-7 Investigations, Inc
www.24-7investigation.com, California
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 anonymous 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."
" I wanted to thank you for putting together
such a comprehensive training program for the polygraph. I conducted
almost 20 examinations within the first weeks of receiving the giant
Academy in a Box. And with all the guidance and support available from
PEOA members on a daily basis, I have actually secured a weekly
polygraph interview spot on a popular radio station in the Bay Area".
Larry DiPaola, POLYGRAPH EXAMINER, Modern Polygraph
www.ModernPolygraph.com, California
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 and technique that the businessman falsely failed his exam!
Lucky for him, his wife allowed him to be re-tested professionally,
and he easily passed.
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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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.
"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
Recently, we completely reviewed a set of every hand-out,
guide, study-sheet, notes, etc, --virtually the complete & entire
curriculum-- from a recent class of a respected full-term 'approved by an
association' polygraph academy; OUCH- the quality
was terrible.
Other than pieces provided by visitors or 'guest
instructors', it was mostly hundreds of pages of dull, black-on-white
photocopies, many off-centered and/or originally printed using
an outdated typewriter instead of modern fonts and printers. Hard to read;
tiny print; boring and 'hard on the eyes'. Some were dated more than 25 years
ago. And NOTHING regarding the 'business end' of polygraphy.
The
depressing lack of color and/or photographs made for a far-less enjoyable
learning situation, and is far-less likely to ever be seriously re-read in
the future. We learn 'visually', and those materials were sub-standard for a
modern learning environment.
Poor materials make for useless later
review; perhaps this is why so many of their students need to later pay
this school for a 'refresher course'.
" I learned more from
this package than I did by my spending 8 weeks at a $5000 polygraph
academy. With what I know now, all thanks to this package, I wasted 8
weeks of my life and was ripped off by attending that academy. Your
description (these pages) really is accurate."
Lisa Javoric,
POLYGRAPH EXAMINER, LLJ Polygraph, www.LLJpolygraph.com,
California
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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His study materials are very complete."
Daniel Ribacoff, POLYGRAPH EXAMINER
InDepthPolygraph.com, New York
- - - - - - The 1980s were long ago; so why do most polygraph schools still
teach the same as then?
Are you planning to
attend a polygraph academy soon? The PolygraphAcademy.com package will put you WAY ahead of the
other students! Or, already graduated? See the 78-page index (table of
contents) to see what you didn't learn!
Why were two polygraph academies recently ordered to refund
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS to their students?!
The PolygraphAcademy.com package includes
many 'tips', 'tricks', and special advice that even most long-time
polygraphers --and polygraph 'instructors'-- don't
know!
From a published report in a legal magazine, written by
a polygraph examiner with 40 years experience, who taught at the US
Government polygraph academy and who now works with polygraph licensing
bureaus and polygraph schools (and he has been a full-member of (XXX) for more than 30 years):
"The XXXXXXX Polygraph Association (XXX) in all appearance should be the watchdog of the
industry, but it is no more than a trade association with minimal
standards as to what a polygraph school should teach. The XXX scratches the surface with school inspections and student
review. As a matter of fact, the XXX was
denied authority by the Department of Education for academically
accrediting polygraph schools, therefore,
the XXX possesses little or no authority
to endorse a post-secondary educational
institution".
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.
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.
"After nearly 20 years of Military Intelligence as analyst, law enforcement, criminal &
insurance fraud investigations, as well as a criminal justice and psychology background, . . .
. . . .I studied the available curriculum at 'so-called expert' polygraph schools,
and realized that their curriculum content was somewhat weak. . ..
I found PolygraphAcademy.com.
Needless to say, there was literally no comparison in curriculum,
personal instruction, training, and of course the cost.
The depth and level of knowledge, including both military
and federal polygraph techniques was second to none.
As such, I jumped on it. Taking the knowledge from PolygraphAcademy.com
afforded me the opportunity to start generating an income much sooner,
as well as affording me the ability to obtain the instrument.
After the learning, I realized you're not just 'thrown to the wolves'
but can remain in a professional relationship with John Grogan,
who has more experience in this industry than most examiners
and has always made himself readily available to myself.
Clearly, anyone learning from the comprehensive package will enter the polygraph
profession more knowledgeable, better trained and prepared than by any school. Period.
Needless to say, I obviously and highly recommend PolygraphAcademy.com
to anyone desiring to get into this lucrative and honorable career field".
Bob Korter, POLYGRAPH EXAMINER, Vancouver Polygraph,
www.VancouverPolygraph.com, Washington
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 in the PolygraphAcademy.com package;
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.
So: why do polygraph schools not have this for their students?
Because their instructors have never done that type of work!
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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 anonymous 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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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.
"I recently purchased this polygraph package and I could not
believe how extensive and thorough it is. Everything is fully illustrated
and in color. When they say these manuals are 50 pounds, believe it.
As a manual writer myself, I know what to look for in another’s work.
I spent over a year writing one. John Grogan clearly spent many years
compiling this package. It is obvious that the information comes from
his personal experience, which is the key ingredient to having a truly
informational/technical manual like this.
PI’s are very adept for the most part with the ability to gather key
facts and information on an issue and for the most part they are very
well trained to be able to write their conclusions of the investigation
they were assigned. It behooves all us PI’s who may be considering the
field of Polygraph to NOT try to reinvent the wheel but instead glean
what has already been done by perhaps one of the best in the business.
I am totally blown away with the details it has in it.
Professionally speaking, he has out-done himself with this work.
He details all the equipment out there and where to purchase it.
He shares with you all the various other places one can go to take
any training offering to teach polygraph, but you needn't go elsewhere.
John’s manuals cut to the chase for what you need to know right now,
versus wasting away in a classroom for 8 or more weeks. Many academies
for the most part really want to get $5000 from you and then teach you
the minimum basics and about the body parts and history of polygraph.
I really couldn't care less about how
lie-detection was done a thousand years ago!
Nice to know stuff, but is it really necessary?!
Then you have to make sure they are even a credible
agency out of the numerous ones out there teaching CRAP!
Personally, I wanted to cut to the chase and learn the techniques
of the polygraph instrument and how to read the results for the client,
and I have now done that and far more."
Cliff Lindquist, POLYGRAPH EXAMINER
www.LindquistInvestigationServices.com, California
"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."
The package from PolygraphAcademy.com is like having a 'best friend' in the
polygraph business who will share ALL of the industry information with
you!
Nearly 10 pounds heavier than the last major update (we don't
waste resources, so imagine how much information is contained in
that extra ten pounds of material; the new index (table of contents) alone
is 15 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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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.
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 address 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!
So, where are the other 'thousands' of members?!
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' polygraph school a year before.
Another lie-detection school telling lies:
One 'NOT approved by a polygraph organization' school
continially tells potential students that "We can sponsor
you to join that association" when they know that their
graduates are continually denied membership!
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: the package from PolygraphAcademy.com is NOT a
quickie'click-on-print-and-out-comes-a-manual'. This is a FIFTY POUND, hand-assembled primer-plus package of
hundreds of pages of data, hand-outs, color photographs, lesson
guides, government polygraph training data, scripts, report samples,and
more.
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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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some polygraphers get continual requests from producers. Includes the one
common mistake made by most media first-timers! Author has more media
involvements and appearances in the recent past years than any other
polygraph examiner! Note: this section has doubled in size since last
major update.
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Not all polygraph schools are equal:
Recently, we completely
reviewed a set of every hand-out, guide, study-sheet, notes,
etc, --virtually the complete & entire curriculum-- from a recent
class of DACA (Defense Academy for Credibility Assessment), the Federal
government polygraph academy previously known as DoD-PI (Department of
Defense Polygraph Institute). Very good - orderly
and well-researched. But 'dry'. No photographs. No
color; all black and white photocopies.
And it is based on the type of
exams conducted by government examiners-- where in most situations, the
examinee is required to submit to the exam. So, the DACA materials are
excellent for that, but are lacking in training for the many variables
encountered in private-sector exams (and of course, no polygraph 'business'
materials).
Note: many tidbits of updated research & technique
information were obtained during this review, and they have been added to
this 2009 version!
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Two more polygraph academies went out of business recently, both
in areas where there is a shortage of private polygraph examiners. Perhaps if
their past students had received better materials, ? ? ? ?
Don't we need to trust those 'approving' the polygraph
school?: When one school was undergoing their 'approval visit', they tell
that they were told to "Get rid of Instructor XXXXX; he does not meet our
standards; I can't approve you until you do". But months later, Instructor
XXXXX starts his own school, and he is approved by the same person!
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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are well-skilled, but are lacking in 'marketing savvy'. Included in the PolygraphAcademy.com
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 two 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 8/9-week polygraph
academies in California alone (there was a fifth, which recently
closed).
We reviewed recent & complete sets of all issued
training materials and student notes from every one of these
schools.
NONE has the range of coverage that the
50-pound PolygraphAcademy.com 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!
Some schools have closed for several 8/9-week blocks in a row!
One 'approved' polygraph school, showing a year calendar of back-to-back
non-stop 8-week poly classes only actually held TWO of them last year!
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 PolygraphAcademy.com
package: 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, in 2007, to the
instructor there!
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In the PolygraphAcademy.com package: 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 8/9-week polygraph academies, one year
after graduating, NOT in the polygraph business?!
In the PolygraphAcademy.com package: 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
the PolygraphAcademy.com 50-pound package!