APA Accredited Polygraph Schools

This list represents those schools that have agreed to voluntarily comply with the minimum educational and training standards established by the APA.  These APA accredited schools undergo periodic inspections to determine compliance with those standards. While seeking to establish minimum educational and training standards, the APA does not certify that individual schools comply, from class to class, with these minimal training standards nor does the APA certify the competency of polygraph examiners who graduate from these schools.  

The APA accreditation standards are available upon formal request. Among the standards are: a minimum of 320 hours of in residence training; no more than eight classroom hours per day; and no more than six classroom days per week.  

The APA does not recognize, for basic polygraph training, on-line or distance learning for any portion of the 320 hours of in residence training.

Arizona  

 *see notice at bottom of page.

California  

Backster School of Lie Detection

861 Sixth Avenue, Suite 403
San Diego, California 92101-6379
Director: Cleve Backster
Phone: (619) 233-6669
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: (877) 627-2223
E-mail: mail@marstonpolygraphacademy.com
Website: http://www.marstonpolygraphacademy.com   

Florida  

Academy of Polygraph Science

8695 College Parkway, Ste 2160 
Fort Myers, FL 33919 
Director: Benjamin Blalock
Phone:  (239) 424-9095
Email: ben@polygraphtoday.com
Website:  http://www.apspolygraphschool.com

Academy of Polygraph Science Latin America, Inc.

12945 Seminole Blvd, Building One, Suite 15 
Largo, FL 33778-2315
Director: Arno Horvath
Phone: (727) 531-3782
Phone: (727) 433-6266
Fax: (727) 286-6140
Email: polygraphacademy@hotmail.com
Website: http://www.abhpolygraphscience.com

International Academy of Polygraph

1835 S. Perimeter Road, Suite 125
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309
Director: Scott A. Walters
Phone: (954) 771-6900
E-mail: dci@deception.com

Georgia  

American International Institute of Polygraph

P.O. Box 2008 
619 Highway 138 W. Suite C
Stockbridge, GA  30281
Director:  Charles E. Slupski
Phone: (770) 960-1377
Email: AIIP@QPolygraph.com or chuck@Qpolygraph.com
Website: http://www.polygraphschool.com

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
E-mail: mdmicj@aol.com
Website: http://www.micj.com   

New Hampshire  

New England Polygraph Institute  

15 Glidden Road
Moultonborough, NH 03254
Director: David J. Crawford  
Phone: (603) 253-8002
E-mail: kacdc@worldpath.net
Website: http://www.newenglandpolygraphinstitute.com

Pennsylvania  

Academy for Scientific Investigative Training

1704 Locust Street, 2nd Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Director: Nathan J. Gordon
Phone: (215) 732-3349
E-mail: truthdoctor@polygraph-training.com
Website: http://www.polygraph-training.com

Northeast Counterdrug Training Center Polygraph Institute

*Local, Municipal, and State Law Enforcement Agencies Only
Fort Indiantown Gap 
NCTC Headquarters Building 8-64
Annville, Pennsylvania 17003-5002
Director: Elmer N. Criswell, Jr.
Direct Phone: (717) 673-9345
Toll Free - NCTC HQ: (877) 806-6293
College Office: (717) 780-2513
E-mail: encriswe@hacc.edu or counterdrugpolygraphschool@gmail.com
Website: http://www.counterdrug.org

South Carolina  

*National Center for Credibility Assessment (NCCA)

State & Federal agencies only
7540 Pickens Avenue
Fort Jackson, SC 29207-5000
Director: William F. Norris
Phone: (803) 751-9100
E-Mail: susan.gatlin@ncca.mil
Website: http://www.ncca.mil

Texas

The Polygraph Institute

19179 Blanco Road, Ste. 105 #812
San Antonio, Texas 78258
Director: J. Patrick O'Burke
Phone: (817) 290-0033
E-mail: JPOBurke@thepolygraphinstitute.com
Website: http://www.thepolygraphinstitute.com

Texas DPS Law Enforcement Polygraph School

*Local, State & Federal agencies only
PO Box 4087
Austin, Texas 78773-0450
Director: Charles M. Hicks
Phone: (512) 997-4093
Website: http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/polygraph/

Veridicus International Polygraph Academy

Virginia  

Virginia School of Polygraph

7885 Coppermine Road
Manassas, VA 20109
Director: Daryl L. DeBow
Phone: (571) 435-1207
E-mail: Polygraph11@comcast.net
Website: http://www.virginiaschoolofpolygraph.com

- International Schools -

Canada   

Canadian Police College

Polygraph Training School
P.O. Box 8900
Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1G 3J2
Director:  Donald Macaulay
Phone: (613) 998-0886
Email: donald.m.macaulay@rcmp-grc.gc.ca  

Colombia  

Latin American Polygraph Institute

Government and Private
Carrera 46 #93-70, Barrio La Castellana
Bogota, Columbia
Director: Sidney Wise Arias
Phone: (305) 432-4077
   (571) 236-9630
Fax: (571)-214-8334
E-mail: swarias@bellsouth.com

Tudor Academy

Israel  

Gazit International Polygraph School

29 Hamered, Industry Building
P.O. Box 50474  
Tel Aviv 61500   Israel 
Director: Mordechai (Mordi) Gazit
Phone: 972-3-575-2488
Email: mordi@gazit-poly.co.il
Website: http://www.polygraph-school.com

Horowitz-Ginton Credibility Assessment Academy

11 Ben-Gurion, Vita Towers
Bnei-Brak
Israel
Director:  Avital Ginton
Phone:  972 3 616111
Email: ginton@zahav.net.il

Israeli Government Polygraph School

*State & Federal agencies only
PO Box 17193
Tel-Aviv, Israel 61171
Director: Eyal Peled
E-mail: igpolyschool@012.net.il

Latin America

Latin American Polygraph Institute

730 Coral Way, Suite 102
Coral Gables, FL 33134
Director: Sidney Wise Arias
Phone: (305) 441-1652
Email: swarias@bellsouth.net

Mexico

Centro de Investigacion Forense y Control de Confianza, S.C.

Centro Mexicano de Analisis Poligrafico y Psicologico, S.C.

Instituto Latinamericano de Poligrafia Mexico

National Academy of Training and Investigations in Polygraph Analysis

Av. Paseo de la Reforma No.364
Col. Juarez, Delegacion Cuauhtemoc
Mexico D.F.  C.P. 06600
Director: Jesus Sandoval Escalante

National Center of Investigation and Security
Polygraph Studies Unit

Peru

Latinamerican Institute for Credibility Assessment - LICA

Singapore

American Institute of Polygraph (Singapore)

908 Barton Street
Otsego, MI 49078-1583
Director: Lynn P. Marcy
Phone: (269) 692-2413
Website: http://www.polygraphis.com/AmericanInstitute

MINDEF Center for Credibility Assessment

Block 13, Mandai Camp 2
Mandai Road
Singapore
Director: V. Cholan
Phone: 65-6768-4247
Email: cholan@starnet.gov.sg

*Notice Regarding the Arizona School of Polygraph Science, Inc.

On January 29, 2013, the APA Board of Directors revoked the APA accreditation of the Arizona School of Polygraph Science, Inc. with regard to their polygraph examiner training programs. Any classes of the Arizona School of Polygraph Science, Inc. which began after January 29, 2013, are not recognized by the APA as APA accredited classes.

To the extent that there are any ongoing representations by the Arizona School of Polygraph Science, Inc. or any school claiming affiliation with the Arizona School of Polygraph Science, Inc., to include but not limited to Wells Polygraph Institute or School of Polygraph Science, Inc. that their polygraph examiner training programs are currently approved or accredited by the American Polygraph Association, such representations are inaccurate.