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This list represents those schools which abide by the strict standards imposed by the APA. These APA accredited schools undergo periodic strict inspections and those standards are available when a formal request is submitted. The officers who you send to these schools will, upon graduation, bring credit to your department, rather than the potential for liability which increases when you bargain for cheaper training.
You may also want to read this relevant:
Police Chiefs and Training Officers: How Important
is Training in Your Department?
U.S. SCHOOLS
ARIZONA
Arizona School of Polygraph
Science
3106 W Thomas Road, Suite 1114
Phoenix, Arizona 85017
Director: Laura W. Perry
Phone: 602-272-8123, 800-464-7831
Fax: 602-272-9735
E-mail: laurawellsperry@cox.net
Website: http://www.azpolygraphschool.com
CALIFORNIA
Backster School of Lie
Detection
861 Sixth Avenue, Suite 403
San Diego, California 92101-6379
Director: Cleve Backster
Phone: 619-233-6669
Fax: 619-233-3441
E-mail: clevebackster@cs.com
Website: http://www.backster.net
Marston Polygraph Academy
390 Orange Show Lane
San Bernardino, CA 92408
Director: Thomas M. Kelly
Phone: 909-888-2988 Website: http://www.marstonpolygraphacademy.com
FLORIDA
Academy of Polygraph Science
2480 East Bay Drive, Suite 30
Largo, Fl 33771
Director: Richard E. Poe
Phone: 727-531-1217
Fax: 727-531-1501
Email: acdypolyscience@ix.netcom.com
Website: http://www.drpoeandassoc.com
International Academy
of Polygraph
1835 S. Perimeter Road, Suite 125
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33309-3066
Director: Lou Criscella
Phone: 954-771-6900
Fax: 954-776-7687
E-mail: dci@deception.co
GEORGIA
American International
Institute of Polygraph
1408 Southlake Plaza Drive
Morrow, GA 30260-0686
Director: Charles E. Slupski
Phone: 770-960-1377
Fax: 770-960-1355
E-mail: qpolygraph@aol.com
Website: http://www.polygraphschool.com
Troy University Polygraph Center - Local, State & Federal agencies only
1117 Perimeter Center West, Suite N-101
Atlanta, GA 30338
Director: Samuel L. Braddock
Phone:770-730-0033x5121
E-mail: sbraddock@troy.edu
Website: http://atlanta.troy.edu
KENTUCKY
Kentucky Institute of Polygraph Studies
EKU, Funderburk Building
Franklin, KY 40601
Director:Pam Shaw
Phone: 859-622-6218
E-mail: pam.shaw@ky.gov
MARYLAND
Maryland Institute of
Criminal Justice
8424 Veterans Highway, Suite 3
Millersville, MD 21108-0458
Director: Billy H. Thompson
Phone: 410-987-6665 or 800-493-8181
Fax: 410-987-4808
E-mail: mdmicj@aol.com
Website: http://www.micj.com
MICHIGAN
American Institute of
Polygraph - Singapore
Satellite School Only
908 Barton Street
Otsego, MI 49078-1583
Director: Lynn P. Marcy
Phone: 269/692-2413
Fax: 269/694-4666
Website: http://www.polygraphis.com/AmericanInstitute
PENNSYLVANIA
Academy for Scientific
Investigative Training
1704 Locust Street, 2nd Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Director: Nathan J. Gordon
Phone: 215-732-3349
Fax: 215-545-1773
E-mail: truthdoctor@polygraph-training.com
Website: http://www.polygraph-training.com
Pennsylvania State Police/HACC Polygraph Institute@Northeast Counterdrug Training Center - Municipal & State agencies
only
1 HACC Drive
Shumaker Public Services Hall
Harrisburg, PA 17110-2999
Director: Elmer Criswell
Phone: 717-780-2513 or 877-806-6293
Fax: 717-236-0709
E-mail: encriswe@hacc.edu
Website: http://www.counterdrug.org
SOUTH CAROLINA
Defense Academy for Credibility Assessment (DACA) - State & Federal agencies
only
7540 Pickens Avenue
Fort Jackson, SC 29207
Director: William Norris
Phone: 803-751-9100
Fax: 803-751-9125 or 9137
E-mail: gatlins@jackson-dpi.army.mil
Website: http://www.dodpoly.army.mil
TEXAS
Texas DPS Law Enforcement
Polygraph School - Local, State & Federal agencies only
PO Box 4087
Austin, Texas 78773-0001
Director: Michel Gougler
Phone: 512-424-2200
Fax: 512-424-5717
E-mail: vplawenforcement@polygraph.org
Virginia School of Polygraph
7885 Coppermine Dr.
Manassas, VA 20109
Director: Daryl L. DeBow
Phone: 703-396-7659
Fax: 703-396-7660
E-mail: Polygraph1@verizon.net
Website: http://www.virginiaschoolofpolygraph.com
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS
Canadian Police College
Polygraph Training School - State
& Federal agencies only
PO Box (CP) 8900
Ottawa, Canada K1G 3J2
Director: Barry Ettinger
Phone: 613-998-0886
Fax: 613-990-8588
Latin American Polygraph
Institute - State
& Federal agencies only
Bogota, Columbia
Director: Sidney Wise Arias
Phone: 57-1-4829421
Fax: 57-1-2148334
E-mail: swerias@bellsouth.com
Israeli Government Polygraph
School - State
& Federal agencies only
PO Box 17193
Tel-Aviv 61171 Israel
Director: Eldad Meiron
E-mail: igpolyschool@012.net.il
Polygraph Science Academy - Malaysia
L - 2 - 7(Block L) Plaza Damas,
No: 60 Jalan Sri Hartamas 1,
Sri Hartamas, 50480 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Director: Akhbar Haji Satar
Phone: 603-62015011,603-62015012
Fax: 603-62017022
E-mail: akhbar.satar@gmail.com
Website: www.akhbarassociates.com/psa.htm
Mexico City Center for
Polygraph Studies - State
& Federal agencies only
Calle Cuauhtemoc # 168
Colonia Tizapan de San Angel
Mexico D.F 01059
Director: Luz Del Carmen Diaz
Phone: 011-52-5-624-3874
E-mail: bernis@df1.telmex.net.mx
University of Panama International Polygraph Training Center
00824-0043, Estafeta Universitaria
Panama, Republic of Panama
Director: Tuvia Shurany
Phone: 972-2-642-3085
E-mail: info@polygraphschool.org
Website: http://www.polygraphschool.org
Police Chiefs and Training Officers: How Important is Training in Your Department?
In today's modern police departments, the public that is being served deserves, and in fact demands, the best trained, most competent police officers that can be obtained.
This is not just limited to the patrolman, but extends to your career officers in your investigative divisions as well.
Far too many departments, understandably feeling the crunch of reduced training dollars, feel the need to look for alternatives and in different directions to obtain certain necessary training. This makes for some very tough decisions.
Can you go out and find "training on the cheap?" Sure. For every requirement, there is either a vendor selling reduced cost training or a replacement for tried and true technology. The saying that comes to mind from an old car repair advertisement is: "You can pay me now....or you can pay me later."
With all the decisions you have to make, the American Polygraph Association (APA) want you to know that the selection you make as to where you send your officers for training is critically important. In addition, the equipment you purchase is equally important. You certainly would not purchase weapons for your officers that had not undergone rigorous testing, nor would you place a patrolman on the street who was unqualified with his sidearm. Why would anyone consider doing this same thing in any other aspect of law enforcement work?
Your professional commitment to the citizens you serve demands that any training must be obtained from an accredited facility and, just as important, one that utilizes and endorses the use of equipment that can withstand scientific scrutiny. The end result is that the student you send to a quality school will pay dividends to you and your department. If you choose to "bargain" for training and make use of a lesser training entity, the probability of future liability is significantly increased.
More and more today, the public is demanding that all forensic capabilities be made available to identify criminals, locate stolen property and reduce crime. A properly trained polygraph examiner can do all that for you.
The APA maintains and administers a demanding program of accrediting certain schools who provide basic and continuing education in the field of polygraph. This program is strict and establishes demanding standards for students. These schools joined some years ago in agreeing to the application of certain standards and their commitment to excellence in training remains uncompromised. Regular inspections ensure that these established standards are never compromised.
If it has not already happened, you will no doubt be exposed to offers of training from entities who have no organizational accreditation, and are ready to make bargain deals with you for the training they can provide. Further, you will no doubt be inundated with offers and testimonials from manufacturers of equipment who claim to produce phenomenal results. The real question comes when you ask what do you want...solid quality training....or save money and obtain questionable results? We in the APA want you to carefully look at these training "bargains" that solicit you for your training dollars. When all is said and done, we in the APA think you, the training professional, will make the right decision and seek training that has a solid reputation of success and equipment which can prove itself scientifically. In fact, the IACP recently endorsed a model for the conduct of polygraph examinations and use of equipment that every training officer and police chief should carefully view when selecting training and/or equipment to fulfill departmental requirements for this demanding forensic science.
