Association News

News, Updates, or Articles relevant to examiners and non-examiners about recent polygraph news collected by the North Carolina Polygraph Association.

A Note from the NCPA President

Posted: April 1, 2013

The NCPA recently held training on February 21st and 22nd at the Fayetteville Police Department Training Center. On day one, Skip Webb of the US Army CID presented “What did I do wrong? Alleviating and correcting mistakes in polygraph”. Connie Johnson picked up on day two where Skip left off with her presentation entitled “What not to do in a polygraph test – The importance of quality control among peers”. The training was informative and well received by those in attendance.

 

The board voted in two new association members on February 21st, Jonathan Arnold and Adam Bean. Jonathan is a Detective with the Winston-Salem Police Department and a recent graduate of the American International Institute of Polygraph. Adam is a recent graduate of NCTC Polygraph Training Program and a Detective with the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department. Both were introduced and welcomed by the membership.

 

North Carolina Polygraph Association Vice-President Bob Gilford announced recently that he will be retiring from the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department in the very near future. He will remain active in his role as Vice-President for the remainder of his term. Congratulations Bob on your retirement!

 

Cory Kramer prepared an updated list of approved polygraph schools for use by both the NCPA and the Private Protective Services Board. He also designed a new state licensing examination (with assistance from Eddie Lane and Frank Suddreth – Thanks Guys!). Both documents were submitted to the Director of the Private Protective Services Board late last year and have now been adopted by the PPSB for immediate use.

 

A revision of the North Carolina Administrative Code (Section .0500) applicable to polygraph has also been completed. Cory Kramer attended a hearing before the PPSB Screening Committee and full PPSB Board in Raleigh, NC to discuss the proposed changes. The approval process is continuing, with the next hearing on the matter scheduled for mid-April in Wilmington, NC. This particular code has not been revised in many years and several rules in place are designed for the use of analog instruments. The proposed changes (if approved) will streamline many of the requirements, allow for paperless procedures, and better reflect current use of computerized polygraph instruments.

 

Private Protective Services Board’s approval codes for 2012 training were posted in our last emailed newsletter.
The Use of Polygraph in Internal Affairs Investigation	PPSB-12-773	3 hours
Polygraph Countermeasures	PPSB-12-774	6 hours
Death Penalty and Polygraph Case Study	PPSB-12-775	3 hours
Paired Testing	PPSB-12-795	1 hour
Lafayette Software Training	PPSB-12-796	11 hours

 

Due to the NCPA co-sponsoring the upcoming AAPP seminar in lieu of the annual Tri-State Training Seminar, we will delay presentation of the 2nd Annual President’s Award until November. The award will be presented to a member who in the past year (since our last tri-state seminar) has generally demonstrated great polygraph work, used polygraph to contribute to a significant case, offered leadership or assistance to benefit association members, or made some other significant polygraph related contribution. We have many talented examiners within our association who are doing great polygraph related work every day and want to recognize these efforts. I am requesting that members submit nominations for his award – if you work independently feel free to nominate yourself or brag about your efforts/accomplishments to someone who will submit a nomination for you. The process to recognize our membership in such a manner will only work if nominations are completed and forwarded for consideration. To complete a nomination, simply send an email to me at cory.kramer@highpointnc.gov outlining the work and/or contribution of the member.

 

A Note from the NCPA President

Posted: August 27, 2012

The NCPA hosted a tri-state training seminar on August 20-21, 2012 with members from the North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia associations in attendance. The attendees received valuable instruction on Countermeasures, Polygraph in Internal Affairs, and a Death Row Case Study. Over 50 polygraph examiners representing the three associations were in attendance.

 

All three associations presented their first annual “President’s Award”. The award is given to recognize a member who has generally demonstrated great polygraph work, used polygraph to contribute to a significant case, offered leadership or assistance to benefit association members, or made some other significant polygraph related contribution. The following members were selected as recipients: North Carolina – Diane Chapin; South Carolina – Charles Lark; Georgia – Don Imbordino. Congratulations to each of these examiners!

 

The association by-laws have been updated and were accepted by the membership at our last business meeting on August 20th, 2012. The membership application has also been updated and accepted for use. Both documents can be viewed on our website.

 

Three examiners were accepted by the board for active membership on August 20, 2012. The new members are Ron Meinecke, Hao Truong, and Charles Lark. Also, the association awarded Honorary Membership in the association to two individuals – Kari Bumbleburg of Lafayette Instrument and retired examiner Michael Radford. Welcome to each of our new members.

 

Not all active association members are listed on the membership section of our website, as we are only posting the information with permission of the individual. If your name does not appear and you would like it added, please email a request to Cory Kramer at cory.kramer@highpointnc.gov with the exact contact information you would like posted.

 

Our next training seminar will be held in Graham, NC on November 8-9, see the home page for details. We hope to have information for three training seminar opportunities to take place in 2013 (February/March, June, and October/November) posted on the website by the end of this year. Please feel free to pass along any training topic and/or speaker requests to our training coordinator or any association board member for consideration.

 

A Note from the Secretary/Treasurer

Posted: February 9, 2012

We currently have $5,716.74 in our bank account. NCPA spent $1,268.51 for instructors' room, board and transportation and $41.91 to Dustin Nowatha for other items for our last conference in Hickory, NC. We spent $175.14 at Staples to purchase and install Microsoft on the NCPA computer.

 

All members should have received a Quick Books Invoice for NCPA dues this past week. If you know someone that did not receive one, that means I had a problem with the email address. Being I switch addresses over to the new computer, I may have copied the email address incorrectly. Please be patient as I learn to use the software. I hope to learn how to post your dues in Quick Books and send each member their paid receipt.

 

As a reminder, membership dues are due! If you have not paid your $50.00 membership/training dues for 2012, please make check payable to NCPA and mail to 116 Neuse Harbour Blvd., New Bern, NC 28560. Anyone needing a bill/invoice requesting dues payment for their agency should contact Secretary Chapin at northcarolinapa@aol.com.