State, National and International Seminars



2025 Fall Seminar

October 23 & 24, 2025


Best Practices

Challenges in Test Question Construction

 

Reducing Inconclusives/Best Practices

 

Quality Control

 

Pamela K. Shaw


National Polygraph Academy

Shaw Polygraph Services, Inc.


Presented by:

The Ohio Association of Polygraph Examiners

Seminar Dates are

October 23 & 24, 2025



Seminar Held At:


The Ohio State Highway Patrol Academy

740 E 17th Ave

Columbus, Ohio 43211


Course Outline

  • Challenges in Test Question Construction
  • Reducing Inconclusives & Best Practices
  • Quality Control 

Instructor

 

Ms. Shaw began her career in polygraph in 2000 while employed with the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council. During her 14 years with the Council, she served as an examiner, supervisor and polygraph school director for the state. She established her own company, Polygraph Services, Inc., in 2006


Ms. Shaw has provided numerous lectures to a variety of state, national and international polygraph associations, as well as American Polygraph Association (APA) accredited schools.


She has also served as a consultant to diverse local and government agencies in the U.S., South America and Asia-Pacific regions.


In addition to managing her private polygraph company she is also currently the owner and director of the National Polygraph Academy. The school is accredited by the APA and recognized by the American Association of Police Polygraphists. The school provides

professional training to law enforcement, government and private sector students in various locations in the U.S. and abroad.


From early on in her career, Ms. Shaw has been a strong advocate of education and professional practices in the field of polygraph. She is the recipient of awards for her presentations and participation in committees responsible for publishing model policies for post-conviction sex offender testing, law enforcement/public service screening as well as the APA’s 2011 Meta-Analytic Survey of Criterion Accuracy of Polygraph Techniques.


She also co-authored a polygraph textbook, Fundamentals of Polygraph Practice, with first author Donald Krapohl. Ms. Shaw has additionally been a contributing author on other polygraph related articles published in the Polygraph journal.


Ms. Shaw is a past-president of the American Polygraph Association and has held a variety of other board positions for 17 years, to include her current position as Director. She has also served as president and vice-president of the Kentucky Polygraph Association and is a member

of the American Association for Police Polygraphists and ASTM International. She also serves as an adjunct professor at the Texas Department of Public Safety Polygraph School, Behavioural

Measures United Kingdom, and is the principal primary instructor for the Singapore Ministry of Defense Centre for Credibility Assessment.

Seminar Schedule

 

Day One: Thursday, October 23

Registration: 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM

Class: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM

 

Day Two: Friday, October 24

Class: 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM


For hard copy registration contact: Joran Cottom

(440) 409-9022

oapevicepresident@gmail.com


Mail Registrations to:

Trooper Joran Cottom

5225 W. 140th Street

Brookpark, OH 44142




Please register no later than

October 1, 2025


Hotel Accommodations

Mention OAPE when calling the hotel to register

$122.00 + Tax

Staybridge Suites

(breakfast provided)

9090 Lyra Drive

Columbus, OH 43240

(614) 880-9080



The New Jersey Polygraph Association is the official statewide organization of certified polygraph examiners in New Jersey.  We are comprised of examiners in private practice, police agencies, and various government entities. All of our members use only validated test formats and follow APA published best practices.

NJPA is a national leader in providing premier polygraph training at our annual seminars, which are offered at minimal cost to all examiners. Past speakers have included the top names in polygraph research in the world including Dr. John Kircher, Dr. David Raskin, Don Krapohl and Dr. Charles Honts.

NJPA has been recognized as the premier state polygraph association in the country. Members embrace and support scientific research to improve and advance polygraph testing.



2025  Speakers:

Raymond Nelson

Raymond Nelson is one of the premier polygraph researchers in the world. He helped develop the Empirical Scoring System. NJPA adopted ESS in 2010 as its official test data analysis method. In 2011 Mr. Nelson was made an Honorary Member of NJPA.

Mr. Nelson will be lecturing on topics including ESS scoring and polygraph research.

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Milton “Skip” Webb

Skip Webb is a former Supervisory Special Agent for Polygraph for the US Army Criminal Investigation Command for 41 years. He was a long-time employee of Limestone Polygraph and is now a polygraph instructor and consultant.

Fred Sisto, Esq.

Attorney Sisto is a well-respected criminal defense attorney and former public defender who is advocating to have polygraph accepted as evidence in court.


Dates:

Monday October 13, 2025

            8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.


            Tuesday October 14, 2025

            8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.


            Wednesday October 15, 2025

            8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.


Registration Fee:

            Non-members: $360

            NJPA members: $300


Registration includes:

·        All training materials

·        Certificate of training upon successful completion

·        Continental breakfast all 3 days

·        Morning and afternoon snacks


Please note that lunch is “on your own.”

NJPA has secured a discounted room rate of approximately $100 per night.

Room is not included in your registration and you must make reservations directly with The Tropicana Hotel. When making your room reservation be sure to note that you are with the NJPA seminar. This is a rare opportunity to get the highest quality training at an extremely affordable price.

Questions?

Seminar Chair Tom DeBruin:  jtdintrepid@comcast.net