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The Relevant Issue
http://www.polygraphplace.com
Issue #119 - March 12, 2005
Relevant Issue Archives:
http://www.polygraphplace.com/articles
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IN THIS ISSUE:
1. EDITORIAL: "A new website for WordNet and a passion to
design; More responses after failing a polygraph"
2 TRUE POLYGRAPH STORY: "Just
in case you've ever been
tempted; A true story with a lesson built in"
3. IN THE FORUMS:
PUBLIC FORUM: "If a person taking a polygraph for
the first time has an intellectual disability, would
the accuracy of the results be affected?"
EXAMINERS ONLY FORUM: "Any
of you see the Lie Detector
TV show last night on PAX?"
There are now 145 examiners
registered to use the
private forum.
4. FEATURE ARTICLE: "Polygraph
Tips & Ideas by Michael
Lynch"
5. UPCOMING SEMINARS: Is your
state association having
a seminar anytime in the year 2005?
Please send me the details so we can let everyone
know.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY TEXAS May
2005
COLORADO ASSOCIATION POLYGRAPH May 2005
ARIZONA POLYGRAPH ASSOCIATION May 2005
MISSOURI POLYGRAPH ASSOCIATION Aug/Sept 2005
NEW JERSEY POLYGRAPHISTS September 2005
SOUTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION September 2005
ALABAMA POLYGRAPH ASSOCIATION Oct/Nov 2005
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1. EDITORIAL: "A new website for WordNet and a passion to
design; More responses after failing a polygraph"
It took me four years, but
I finally redesigned our
corporate website at wordnet.net. In case you didn't
know, our core business here has always been web design.
This new website shares a little more of our process and
capabilities as web developers.
My vision for this business
is that I desire to be THE
webmaster to the Polygraph Industry and polygraph is the
only industry to which I've given significant discounts
on work.
I'm extremely creative and
competent and I'd love the
opportunity to be your designer...or redesigner...or
web maintenance guy...or host. Even if you have a
website already, please consider sending any new work
on that site our way. This work helps support this
newsletter and helps me keep prices below the norm
for polygraph folks.
If you have a moment, please
stop by the new website
and take a look around.
http://www.wordnet.net
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I have decided to change the list I've been compiling.
Rather than calling them reasons
I failed, let's go
with responses after failing. This is a little more
broad and allows for those spontaneous one liners that
come out of the mouth of the applicant after being told
that they failed. You can look at this as the Darwin
awards of the polygraph industry.
I really appreciate each examiner
who sends in a
response.
Here are this issue's responses.
1. Before the exam: I do not
believe that this machine
will tell the truth because my heart rate increases
whenever my father's spirits enter my body!
After failing the exam: I
told you this machine can
not read spirits, I have a lot of spirits that
enter my body.
2. What do you mean I failed
the test? That thing
really caught me?
3. You mean I failed all of the questions?
Send more 'failed test responses'
to me at:
support@polygraphplace.com
or just hit reply to this
email.
PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS
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The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office will be hosting
a training seminar May 5th and 6th
(Thursday and Friday) in The Woodlands, Texas. The
course will be centered on Law Enforcement
Pre-Employment Testing (LEPET) as taught by DODPI.
Steve Duncan will be the adjunct instructor from
DODPI. All participants must be law enforcement
examiners and will receive certificates of training
from both DODPI and The Montgomery County Sheriff's
Academy (which will provide 16 hours of continuing
education to TCLEOSE).
The tuition cost will be $100 for the two day seminar
and will be paid through the Montgomery County
Sheriff's Academy. Seating for the seminar may be
limited so early registration is encouraged.
Assistance in locating hotel accommodations is
available.
Please contact Deputy Mark Handler at 936-538-3251
(office), 832-878-7802 (cell) or
mhandler@co.montgomery.tx.us
should you have any
questions regarding this training.
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2 TRUE POLYGRAPH STORY: "Just in case you've ever been
tempted; A true story with a lesson built in"
EDITOR COMMENT - I received
this story from Chuck Lynch
and I think it's the perfect reminder to help keep the
honest examiner honest in the face of temptations that
we all experience at one time or another.
TRUE STORY: I recently received
a call from a husband in
West Virginia who was a hard working coal miner. His crew
included a younger brother. The husband/coal miner kept
hearing the crew members discussing a good one night
stand from a local bar. They referred to her as
"Mustang". The husband/coal miner who was not getting
along with his wife and had been staying with his mother,
recently became curious and wanted a piece of the action.
Upon several inquiries to fellow miners, he could not get
any of them to engage in any details about "Mustang".
Finally, the husband/coal miner was taken aside by his
younger brother and with great diplomacy and sensitivity
was told that "Mustang" was the husband's/coal miners
wife.
The husband confronted his
wife who vehemently denied
being "Mustang" or having any extra-marital affairs. The
husband called my 800 number after visiting my web site
and requested that I drive to West Virginia that coming
Friday to give his wife an unannounced polygraph
examination. He had mentioned polygraph to her and she
had agreed to take the examiner, but he did not give her
a time or date.
Two days before the appointment,
I received a call through
my toll free number from a lady in an area code I
recognized as a West Virginia area code. Hmmm, I thought,
my ad in West Virginia through the Polygraph Place is
picking up activity. I called the lady back. She point
blank asked me if I had an appointment anytime soon in
Ranger, West Virginia. I told her I could not discuss
appointments but if she needed an appointment I would
accommodate her request. The lady then told me she had
found my web site upon investigating her husband's
internet browser and suspected he had called me for an
appointment. She told me her husbands name who was
indeed my client and she told me her name who was indeed
his wife. I still would not confirm an appointment in
West Virginia. The lady became somewhat exasperated at
my lack of candor and just blurted out "I know you are
coming to (address, city, state) because I know my husband
has contacted you. The lady told me there was no way she
could pass my polygraph examination. She asked me what
her husband was paying me. I still did not confirm an
appointment with her husband. I did give her my standard
fee quotation for a polygraph examination and again
requested if she needed to make an appointment. She then
told me to give her my office address and she would have
a bank money order for three times the normal fee I quoted
her to me in 24 hours and asked if that would be enough to
file a false polygraph report to her husband. She was
afraid of losing custody of her children should he find
out the truth and file separation papers.
At this point I told the lady
it was nice talking with
her and if she ever needed a polygraph examination to call
for an appointment. I hung up the telephone and played
back the tape of the conversation and quickly had a
retired court reporter transcribe the conversation. I then
had it notarized. I sent the transcript to the husband at
his mother's address along with a refund check for my fee
which he had already sent me by overnight express. I
enclosed a letter withdrawing my agreement for polygraph
services. I later received a call from the husband who
informed me that he had "bugged" her telephone and had our
entire conversation on tape. He also thanked me for my
honesty and ethical conduct. He has since moved out of
the house and taken his children to his mother's home. He
has a temporary restraining order preventing his wife from
having custody of the children until a full court hearing.
What if I, not knowing her
telephone was "bugged", had
confirmed the polygraph appointment and accepted a large
sum of money from the wife to falsify the polygraph
report? I think about the incident now and thank my
parents for raising me in a Godly home. I'm also thankful
for the constant reminder in APA seminars of the
importance of ethical conduct in our profession. This
whole situation, had I followed through with her offer
would have landed me in jail and embarrassed the polygraph
profession. I would have lost every license in every state
I hold them.
Please polygraph examiners,
protect yourself and if you
suspect a fellow polygraph examiner is conducting him or
herself unethically, go to them in privacy as a fellow
friend and professional and ask them to clean up their
act.
By Chuck Lynch
Got a true polygraph story that has affected a life in a
significant way? Please send it to:
mailto:support@polygraphplace.com
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3. IN THE FORUMS:
*** PUBLIC FORUM ***
"If a person taking a
polygraph for the first time has an
intellectual disability, would the accuracy of the
results be affected?"
http://www.polygraphplace.com/ubb/NonCGI/Forum1/HTML/000284.html
*** EXAMINERS ONLY FORUM ***
"Any of you see the Lie
Detector TV show last night on
PAX?"
To read and respond on this topic, you must have
registered and specifically requested access to the
private part of this forum.
You MUST read AND complete
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: "Polygraph Tips & Ideas by Michael
Lynch"
Michael Lynch has stepped
up to the plate to be the contact
person for introducing Polygraph Tips and Training material
to become a regular section of this newsletter. If you have
some Tips, Ideas, Material, please send it to Michael Lynch
at mailto:polygraph.lynch@verizon.net
This issue's tip - Have we ever thought about...
Have we ever thought about
placing "comparison type"
questions in pre-employment SPOT examinations?
Pre-Employment examinations
are multiple-issue Searching
Peak of Tension examinations. All of the questions relate
to the examinee's prior-life, possibly disqualifying
behavior. Just because the examinee consistently reacts to
a presented spot does not mean he or she is lying about
the issue. SPOT responses are rank scored and the highest
ranking issues are presumed to be lies.
Specific issue examinations
have a high degree of validity
and reliability due to comparison questions which compete
with the relevant questions for the examinees attention.
"Before 1999 did you ever . . . ?" Between the ages of ___
and ___, did you ever . . . ?"
In pre-employment SPOT examinations
all the questions meet
the definition of a comparison question, "Have you
ever . . .?" or "Other than what you have told me, have
you . . .?" Therefore, traditional comparison questions
become relevant questions.
All questions in a pre-employment
SPOT examination begin
with "Have you . . . ? and therefore ask the examinee to
evaluate his or her prior behavior. What if we ask the
examinee to evaluate what a third party will say about
his or her behavior?
O - Are you aware this test
concerns your qualifications
to be a police officer?
C - Will any of your references tell us you are not
qualified to be a police officer?
1 - Have you lied to or withheld information from your
background investigator?
2 - Have you used, bought, sold or traded marijuana or
any illegal hard drug?
3 - etc.
C - Will even one of your references tell us you frequently
lie to get out of trouble?
This is not ZC testing but
if all relevant questions begin
with the same phrase, and the two differently worded
"comparison type" questions are most important questions
to the examinee, rank score can assist us in identifying
the examinee's psychological set.
Comments? Discussion? Send
all your replies to:
mailto:polygraph.lynch@verizon.net
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5. UPCOMING SEMINARS: Is your state association having
a seminar anytime in the year 2005?
Please send me the details so we can let everyone
know. mailto:support@polygraphplace.com
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- MONTGOMERY COUNTY TEXAS 2005 SEMINAR -
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When? May 5-6, 2005
Where? Woodlands Texas
Who? Steve Duncan from DODPI - LEPET testing
How Much? $100 per person
For information contact Deputy Mark Handler 936-538-3251
e-mail: mhandler@co.montgomery.tx.us
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- ARIZONA POLYGRAPH ASSOCIATION 2005 SEMINAR -
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When? May 13, 2005
Where? Tempe Police Department
120 E. 5th St.
Tempe, AZ 85281.
Who? Dick Hickman will teach
on the
Directed Lie Comparison Question
How Much? $50 per person ($75 at the door)
For information contact Kay Docter (520) 326-4756
e-mail: swpolygraph@msn.com
or
Laura Wells
602-272-8123
email - laurawells@cox.net
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- COLORADO ASSOCIATION OF POLYGRAPH EXAMINERS 2005 SEMINAR -
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When? May 13-14, 2005
Where? Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office
Centennial, Colorado
What? Chart Analysis & Physiology
Who? Lt. Mike Platte of the Missouri Highway Patrol
For information contact Baseline
Associates (303) 238-2225
to make a reservation.
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- MISSOURI POLYGRAPH ASSOCIATION 2005 SEMINAR -
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When? Aug 31st - Sept 2nd,
2005
Where? Chateau on The Lake - $99/night
Branson, MO.
http://www.chateauonthelakebranson.com
Includes: Kansas & Nebraska Associations
For information contact John M. Hurlock at (816)-739-9951
e-mail: jmhurlock@aol.com
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- SOUTH CAROLINA POLYGRAPH ASSOCIATION 2005 SEMINAR -
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When? Sept 8th - 9th, 2005
Where? Radison Plaza Hotel ($78 a night)
Myrtle Beach, SC.
Who? Dan Sosnowski and another TBA
How Much? Unknown - contact Robbie Bennett (APA)
For information contact Robbie Bennett at (423) 892-3992
e-mail: manager@polygraph.org
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- NEW JERSEY POLYGRAPHISTS 2005 SEMINAR -
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When? September 14th-16th,
2005
Where? Freedhold Gardens Hotel $75/night
Freedhold NJ.
Who? Speaker will be Donald Krapohl of DODPI
How Much? $150 for NJP members, $200 non-members
For information contact Thomas DeBruin at 732-229-5226
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- ALABAMA POLYGRAPH ASSOCIATION 2005 SEMINAR -
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When? Oct 29th - Nov 3rd,
2005
Where? Carnival Cruise to Mexico - $482.50/person
Departs Mobile, AL.
Who? Speaker will be Scott Manners
How Much? $482.50 per person covers all costs
For information contact Herbert McCants
email: hmmccants@asdd.com
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