Despite the allegations against the Marston Polygraph Academy having been confirmed by an inspection (see the report), it appears that the American Polygraph Association indeed took no disciplinary action against the San Bernardino, California, polygraph school, whose APA accreditation was neither revoked nor suspended.

Instead, having confirmed the truth of the anonymous report that one of its accredited schools was shortchanging students on hours, the APA's reported response is a rule change whereby anonymous allegations against polygraph schools will in the future not be investigated. Issue #141 of Polygraph Place's newsletter, The Relevant Issue reports:


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5. In the Private Forums - "Marston Polygraph Academy - Grievance brings side benefit. No more anonymous complaints." A partial post from the examiner only private forums:    "The APA has, since the initiation of the investigation in that matter determined that it will, in the future, require that before an investigation is undertaken on the basis of a complaint made against an accredited APA school, such complaint must be in writing and identifying the name of the complainant.."

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