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The Relevant Issue
http://www.polygraphplace.com
Issue #111 - October 23, 2004
Relevant Issue Archives:
http://www.polygraphplace.com/articles
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IN THIS ISSUE:
1. EDITORIAL: "APA member status, State Association
Updates and our popular website package deal"
2 SPECIAL POLYGRAPH
TRAINING: PCSOT Training Course in
ATLANTA GA. This is only 3 weeks away, but there is
still time to register.
3. IN THE FORUMS:
PUBLIC FORUM: "When the polygraphist gave me the
instructions prior to hooking me up is where the
problem came in. He said that I couldnt swallow or
take deep breathes. I tried four times and all four
times I had to swallow and take a few deep breaths"
EXAMINERS ONLY FORUM:
"Welcome to a variety of new
members to the private forum. Dario K., D. Morgan
and E. Fiander. It is great to see more and more
examiners wanting to stay informed. And of course
Jack is still beating his drum for ASTM...and rightly
so"
There are now 125
examiners registered to use the
private forum.
4. FEATURE ARTICLE:
"Intro to the Quadri-Track ZCT -
a technique designed to safeguard against false
positives, false negatives and countermeasures"
by James Matte.
Only available to
members of the Examiners Private
Forum. Its Free. Sign Up today.
5 . UPCOMING SEMINARS:
ALABAMA October
NATIONAL POLYGRAPH January 2005
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1. EDITORIAL: "APA
member status, State Association
Updates and our popular website package deal"
Did you know there
are NINE classes of membership in the
APA? As hard as it would be to keep them all straight,
the APA is encouraging you to do so, especially when it
comes to advertising in places such as the Polygraph
Place. The actual Code of Ethics reads as follows:
4.8 Advertisements.
4.8.1 A member shall not knowingly make, publish, or
cause to be published any false or misleading statements
or advertisements relating to the Association or the
polygraph profession. No member shall make any false
representation as to category of membership in the
Association. All advertisements making reference to
membership in the Association shall also list the category
of membership.
The bottom line is
that folks are complaining about
someone listing themselves as a 'member of the APA' when
in fact they may be an 'associate member of the APA' or
a 'retired member'.
I'm going to be honest,
I think this is splitting hairs
but hey, we all have to play the game and I'm trusting
that these rules must be in place for a reason, so if
you are a member of the APA, or excuse me, I mean a
Full member or an Intern Member or an Associate Member
or a Life Member or a Science & Technology Member or
an Honorary Member or a Retired Member or a Divisional
Member or an International Affiliate member, then please
include that specifically on your listing. nuff said.
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If you are an officer
of any state association in the
Southeast, you should give a big thank you to Karen
Clark, the new Region 5 Director of the AAPP. Karen
took it upon herself to gather all the current state
association officer information and send updates to
myself for the Polygraph Place and the APA as well.
I really like having
information on my site be up to
date, so I'm asking you all to contact your state
association leadership and have them send me an email
when information changes. My site and the APA website
are a huge window to the public and your potential
members for your state association. Please make sure
they stay as up to date as possible. I can't do it
without you.
So right now, go
and check to make sure your state
association is up to date. Here are the association
lists on my site and APA.
http://www.polygraphplace.com/docs/state.htm
http://www.polygraph.org/associations.htm
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Back at the APA Seminar
we offered a website package deal
that was just perfect for any examiner who is wanting to
not only finally get their website together, but also to
get free advertising to make the launch of that new
website a great success.
I've decided to now
make that same offer available to all
of you. In a nutshell, you'll receive $1,289.00 worth of
web design and advertising for only $840.
Included in the package are:
1 Domain name (www.yourcompany.com) $25 value
5 Basic Listings
- $125 value
(even if you already have one, we'll give you five more)
1 Featured Listing
- $99 value
(upgrade any one of your listings to featured. This
means your listing goes to the top of the search
results)
1 State Banner -
$325 value
(full color banner that goes to the top of any search
done in your entire state for 3 months)
1 Professional & Custom Designed Website - $500 value
(includes FREE minor updates throughout the year)
1 Year of Hosting
on our brand new server - $240 value
(includes free email, spam & virus protection)
1 Year Free Technical Support & Friendly Customer Service
Here are a couple
of examples of sites just recently
built under this package.
http://www.polygraphguy.com
http://www.polygraphillinois.net
(almost completed)
http://www.floridapolygraph.net
and here are some state banners.
http://www.polygraphplace.com/docs/c-15-s-10.html
http://www.polygraphplace.com/docs/c-15-s-16.html
http://www.polygraphplace.com/docs/c-15-s-5.html
So shoot me an email
or give me a call and lets
get your polygraph business rolling in.
Ralph Hilliard -
The Polygraph Place
support@polygraphplace.com
770.794.1325
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2. SPECIAL POLYGRAPH TRAINING: - PCSOT Training
Course in ATLANTA GA
POST CONVICTION SEX
OFFENDER TESTING COURSE (PCSOT)
November 15 - 19th 2004 (Atlanta, Georgia)
Polygraph Testing
for the Identification, Treatment and
Monitoring of Sex Offenders. This is an American
Polygraph Association Recognized PCSOT Course
Presented by the
American International Institute of
Polygraph (AIIP), this forty (40) hour course is designed
to assist the experienced polygraph examiner in...
- conducting quality
specific issue exams for the
identification of sex offenders
- understanding the sex offender and getting confessions
- conducting instant
offense and sexual history disclosure
exams of sex offenders
- conducting maintenance
and monitoring exams for the
treatment and supervision of sex crime offenders.
Police Examiners:
Sex Offenders must first be identified
so they can become "POST CONVICTION." Accordingly, this
course includes not only polygraph testing considerations
unique to Post Conviction Sex Offender Testing but also...
The cost of the course is only $475.00. Lodging, meals &
transportation are not included in this cost.
Send REGISTRATION
INFORMATION via Fax to AIIP at
770-690-1355; email to Qpolygraph@aol.com; or call
770-690-1377. Registration information is your name,
address, Email address, phone number, your APA membership
status if applicable, and whether or not you plan to take
the APA recognition examination
You can also find
out more here:
http://www.polygraphschool.com/calender.htm
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3. IN THE FORUMS:
*** PUBLIC FORUM ***
"When the polygraphist
gave me the instructions prior to
hooking me up is where the problem came in. He said
that I couldnt swallow or take deep breathes. I tried
four times and all four times I had to swallow and take
a few deep breaths"
http://www.polygraphplace.com/ubb/NonCGI/Forum1/HTML/000248.html
*** EXAMINERS ONLY FORUM ***
"Welcome to
a variety of new members to the private forum.
Dario K., D. Morgan and E. Fiander. It is great to see
more and more examiners wanting to stay informed. And of
course Jack is still beating his drum for ASTM...and
rightly so"
To read and respond on this topic, you must have
registered and specifically requested access to the
private part of this forum.
You can read the
requirements for joining this private
forum here:
http://www.polygraphplace.com/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/Ultimate.cgi
Just scroll to the
bottom and READ ALL THE DIRECTIONS
under the heading...
*** Polygraph Professionals only - A PRIVATE Forum ***
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4. FEATURE ARTICLE: "Intro to the Quadri-Track ZCT -
a technique designed to safeguard against false
positives, false negatives and countermeasures"
by James Matte.
Editor Comment -
I asked James for this article after
reading some responses that came from Jack Ogilvie's
article back in June. Jack's article was on making
motion sensors mandatory. In case you didn't read
the article, you can refresh yourself here:
http://www.polygraphplace.com/articles/motionsensors.htm
What follows are
some feedback to this article and
the one by James Matte was what prompted the new
article which is now posted in the private forum. You
will have to log into the private forum to view it.
If you are not yet a member of the private forum, you
can request access after registering and following
the instructions for gaining access:
http://www.polygraphplace.com/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/Ultimate.cgi
FEEDBACK ABOUT ARTICLE - MANDATORY MOTION SENSORS
LOU ROVNER WRITES:
Jack, Is there any published research that shows that
motion sensors lead to an increase in accurate decisions?
JAMES MATTE WRITES:
Before you make something mandatory, you should become
knowledgeable about all of the polygraph techniques that
are available and at least one of them, the Quadri-Track
ZCT has built-in anti-countermeasures that deal with both
physical and mental countermeasure without the need for
motion sensors. Therefore use of motion sensors should be
used at the discretion of the polygraphist who can best
determine his needs according to the technique used.
Furthermore, Backster's
"Either-Or" rule which treats
control questions that elicit strong responses as defective
when the neighboring relevant also elicits responses is
just one of several warning signs of countermeasures.
BARRY WOODGATE WRITES:
Jack, Ditto!!
I have been examining since 1983. We both have witnessed
the increase in counter measures attempts. I am a private
examiner doing criminal and sex offender examinations. I
have used motion sensors since they were available. With
the dangerous examinee population I deal with, I would not
do an examination with-out pneumo, cardio, electro dermal,
AND motion being recorded.
My opinion is that
conducting an examination without
motion/counter-measure recordings is, or should be
malpractice. The easiest way to bring in "reasonable doubt"
about an examination in a courtroom or a revocation hearing
is by not having a demonstrated method of dealing with
countermeasures. I propose we submit a ASTM standard
proposal, and begin the battle!
JIM HANRATTY WRITES:
I agree with you completely, Jack! There is no excuse for
not using a reliable motion sensor device. I use the new
piezo motion sensor (Lafayette). It's far better than the
1st & 2nd generation devices.
However, "the
mumbling" you jested of from private
examiners is probably related more to past experience with
ineffective and/or cumbersome devices, or just plain
laziness, as opposed to the expense of the device. I
personally believe that any examiner that received a
demonstration on the latest technology would be excited
about adding this tool to his or her practice.
As far as the prevalence
in the public's knowledge of
counter-measures, it might interest you to know that
recently I gained access to a transcript of an interview
done on an inmate within the Madison Street Jail who was
bragging to another inmate about how he successfully
"beat the test," by applying some kind of ointment
(probably Vicks) or hand lotion on his finger tips to
presumably to counter-act with the galvo. Clearly it would
not be very expensive or time consuming to utilize
handi-wipes when conducting "off-site" or "on-site"
testing. Of course this seems like common sense, but so
does using any technological counter-measure device to
maximize accurate test results.
EDITOR COMMENT: I
look forward to some healthy debate on
this issue in the private forum. See you there.
Ralph Hilliard - The Polygraph Place
support@polygraphplace.com
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5. UPCOMING SEMINARS: Is your association having a seminar
soon? Send us the details and we'll include it here.
Send it to support@polygraphplace.com.
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- ALABAMA POLYGRAPH 2004 SEMINAR -
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When? October 24-28th,
2004
Where? Radisson Hotel
251 Government Street
Mobile, AL
For information contact Jimmie Flanagan, Elberta
Police Department, P.O.Box 245, Elberta, AL 36530,
251-986-3500. e-mail: elbertapd@gulftel.com
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- NATIONAL POLYGRAPH ASSOCIATION 2005 SEMINAR -
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When? January 24-26th,
2005
Where? Imperial Palace Hotel & Casino
Las Vegas, NV
For information contact Gary Davis 785-828-3248
e-mail: nationalpolygraph@yahoo.com
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