I have also sent to following e-mail to Long Beach mayor Beverly O'Neill and each member of the Long Beach City Council:


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Dear Mayor O'Neill and Long Beach City Council Members: If a police applicant lied about his/her academic credentials, and was caught, would he/she be hired? I hope not. Last Tuesday, May 2nd, the City Council voted to approve funding for a $150,000 one-year extensible contract with Intercept, Inc. (http://www.polygraphexpert.com) to provide polygraph services to the Police Department. The owner of this company, Edward I. Gelb, holds himself out to the public as a Ph.D. in marketing his polygraph services to clients, including the LBPD. But Gelb is lying about his academic credentials. He never received a doctorate from any accredited university. Instead, he obtained his "Ph.D." from a mail-order diploma mill that years ago was shut down by the federal government. By representing himself as a Ph.D., he is committing a fraud against the public, including the taxpayers of Long Beach. For documentation, see: http://antipolygraph.org/articles/article-036.shtml It is supremely ironic that an academic fraud should be in charge of screening LBPD applicants for honesty and integrity. Sincerely, George W. Maschke AntiPolygraph.org Fax/Voice Mail: +1 206 984-4872 PGP Public Key: 0x74DE6533 AOL Messenger: GeorgeMaschke Skype (Secure Internet Phone/Text Chat): georgemaschke