AntiPolygraph.org has received a follow-up to the earlier anonymous complaint against the Marston Polygraph Academy:

AntiPolygraph.org has received by fax another anonymous communication regarding the Marston Polygraph Academy:

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A letter from Barbara Ward, Chief of the California Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education indicates that the bureau is set to become inoperative on 1 July 2007 unless new legislation is enacted. This letter, as well as the above-transcribed text, are attached to this post as a single, two-page PDF file.

One of the forum members questioned: What does it take to get the APA to react to unethical behaviour.
(What are they willing to tolerate)

I think -just about anything. My personal experience is that the APA is top heavy with unethical people and they protect their own. Nathan Gordon recently conducted a satellite school in South Africa in Feb 2007. He reportedly used two local examiners to assist him - neither having any professional qualifications. She reportedly used a foreign (european) psychologist who spoke with a heavy accent and whom was difficult to understand. 
The APA should canvass the students for opinion and critique of that course. 

S.A. Examiners that have not attended any basic accredited course, can attend a 2-Day refresher/ongoing credits course given by Chuck Slupski via a Preoria based company (Verdicus) and
are presented with APA certification.

Sort of makes a mockery of the entire 'APA Accredited' badge.
What's that old saying again......"  it takes one to catch one..."

AntiPolygraph.org has received the following anonymous communication:

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Last week, the American Polygraph Association convened its 42nd annual seminar in New Orleans. The APA board of directors has presumably now had ample opportunity to consider the allegations against the Marston Polygraph Academy (which AntiPolygraph.org understands were confirmed through an on-site inspection). However, the APA continues to list the Marston Polygraph Academy as being among its "accredited" schools:

http://www.polygraph.org/schools.cfm

It is with a heavy heart that I find myself compelled to post to this forum, of all places. But I can hold my tongue no longer. The sad truth is that the complaint against the Marston Polygraph Academy was fully confirmed, and the shameful truth is that the APA directors chose to sweep the problem under the rug. I am uploading the official report of inspection for all to see. These are the 4 main findings of fact:

First:
Marston Polygraph Academy is in clear violation of APA accreditation regulations governing
accurately scheduling and reporting school training schedule. All records indicate the school was
starting at 08:00AM and ending daily at 5:00 PM. These records do not accurately reflect the
school’s training schedule.

Secondly,
Marston Polygraph Academy is clear violation of APA accredited training attendance
requirements in that the students were not receiving required time limits of for basic polygraph
course instruction.

Third:
Most seriously, this inspector finds that the printed syllabus clearly misrepresents the actual
schedule to the detriment of the students and professional training, this inspector believes that a
fraud has been perpetuated on those relying on the accuracy of the school’s records and
representations. Representing that the Marston Polygraph Academy follows and adheres to APA
standards of basic polygraph training is misleading and untrue.

Fourth:
Regarding the statement alleged to have been made by personnel associated with the Marston
Polygraph Academy, “if you don’t tell we won’t either”. In a frank discussion with PI Lynch, he
states that through some discussion with the students, a statement in some way similar to the one
above may have been made but according to him, it was not meant in context as it now sounds
out of context. This inspector finds that in or out of context, the statement was inappropriate if it
in any way it referred to APA oversight authority.

Future examiners choosing a polygraph school deserve to know the truth. Those directors of APA accredited schools who do abide by the rules deserve to know the truth. The APA rank and file deserves to know the truth. I am only sorry that I could find no better way to make the truth known than to post it here, and for that I apologize.

George,

you forgot to report that the Marston Academy immediately corrected their actions upon notification by the APA of it's deficiency.

I agree that the deficiency should not have existed in the first place, but it did.  How come you haven't done any research on the hours "cut short" by the barber schools you like to compare us to, when they let their students out early...  

Anyway, now the problem is fixed!  Case closed, please move on to another perceived problem within the polygraph community.

Sackett