Instructional Staff
Benjamin Blalock holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts and a Master’s Degree in Organizational Management. He is a former law enforcement and federal government examiner. Mr. Blalock is also a graduate of the Special Agent’s courses for both the United States Army Intelligence School and the Department of Defense. He is a graduate of the International Academy of Polygraph and the Defense Academy for Credibility Assessment and is also the former Director of the International Academy of Polygraph. He holds Primary and PCSOT Instructor certificates from the American Polygraph Association, and is a member of numerous state, national and international polygraph associations.
Dr. Richard Poe holds an Ed.D in Human Services, as well as Master’s, Bachelor’s and Associate’s degrees in Business Management. He is a retired Law Enforcement Officer and Polygraphist from the Pinellas County Florida, Sheriff’s Office. Dr. Poe has served as the Director of APA accredited polygraph schools, and has taught the basic course and lectured to various agencies and associations throughout the world. Dr. Poe is currently serving as the F.P.A. Randall Jones School for Continuing Studies Director. He holds F.P.A. Certified Polygraphist Certificate #127 and American Association of Police Polygraphist certificate #1745. The American and Florida Polygraph Association programs in Post Conviction Sexual Offender Testing and Monitoring also certify Dr. Poe. He was formerly Regional Director (Region 3), of the Ethics and Grievance Committee of the American Polygraph Association. Dr. Poe is a former member of the National Association of Polygraph specialists in Sex Offender Testing / Monitoring. Dr. Poe serves on the ASTM subcommittee E52 on Examiner Education and Training Committee on Forensic Psychophysiology. Dr. Poe consults with various law enforcement agencies throughout the world. Dr. Poe is a recognized expert in the 6th Judicial Court System in the State of Florida. Dr. Poe
is recognized by the Florida Certification Board as a Certified Mental Health Professional and is certified by the American Polygraph Association to instruct the psychology of polygraph.
Nancelyn KniffinPoe holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Human Services with a concentration in Criminal Justice. Mrs. Poe first completed polygraph training in 1975 by graduating from the National Loss Prevention Institute and graduated from the Academy of Polygraph Science in
2004. She currently holds Certified Polygraph Certificate number 234 and Sexual Offender and Monitoring Program certificate number 641 as well as the American Association of Police Polygraphist Certified Forensic Law Enforcement Polygraph Examiner number 2533. She is
a member of the American Polygraph Association, Florida Polygraph Association, British and European Polygraph Association.
Jean Sutton graduated cum laude from Furman University with a Bachelor of Arts in Music Degree. She graduated from Argenbright International School of Polygraph in 1986, South Carolina Law Enforcement Academy in 1990, and the Defense Academy for Credibility Assessment in 2006. She has over 25 years of experience conducting polygraph interviews and examinations for the private sector, as a sworn Law Enforcement examiner, and in the Counterintelligence arena for the U.S. Government. Ms. Sutton was most recently a Quality Control Branch Chief in Polygraph with the Department of Defense where she supervised a team of 6-8 examiners. She is also a certified instructor for the National Center for Credibility Assessment where she has trained and mentored numerous students. Ms. Sutton has been an adjunct instructor for the American Polygraph Association and presenter for the Maryland Polygraph Association and Indiana Polygraph Association. She is a member in good standing with the American Polygraph Association (APA), American Association of Police Polygraphists (AAPP), Maryland Polygraph Association (MPA) Florida Polygraph Association (FPA), and former member of the South Carolina Association of Polygraph Examiners (SCAPE). Ms. Sutton specialized in sex crime and child abuse investigations and is a recognized court expert in those areas. She has extensive interview and interrogation training as well as training in criminal personality profiling.
To date, Ms. Sutton has conducted in excess of 5,000 polygraph examinations and has testified
in many cases related to polygraph.
Scott Walters holds a Bachelors Degree in Business Management. Mr. Walters is an American Polygraph Association Certified Primary Instructor. He graduated from the International Academy of Polygraph in 1995 and has conducted polygraph interview and examinations for both the private and government sectors. Mr. Walters has served as an adjunct instructor for the International Academy of Polygraph and has supervised the internship of several graduates from the Academy. He has 15 years of active law enforcement service and is currently employed as a Sergeant with the Professional Responsibility Bureau of the Collier County Sheriff’s Office and is the polygraph section supervisor. Mr. Walters is a member in good standing with the American Polygraph Association (APA) and the American Association of Police Polygraphists (AAPP). He is also
a certified member with the Florida Polygraph Association (FPA), where he currently serves as the Vice President Public and Grievance Committee Chair, and is a past board member with this association. Mr. Walters has many hours of specialized instruction in Interview and Interrogation techniques. He also has specialized training in Post-Conviction Sex Offender Testing (PCSOT) and is certified in this discipline with the FPA. To date, Mr. Walters has conducted in excess of 4,000 polygraph examinations and is a recognized court expert in the field of polygraph.
Guillermo Witte holds a Masters Degree in Mental Health Counseling. Mr. Witte is an American Polygraph Association Certified Primary Instructor. He graduated from the International Academy of Polygraph in 2003 and has conducted polygraph interview and examinations for private, public, and government sectors. Mr. Witte has served as an adjunct instructor for the International Academy of Polygraph and has supervised the internship of several graduates from the Academy. Mr. Witte is a member in good standing with the American Polygraph Association (APA). He is also a certified member with the Florida Polygraph Association (FPA). He also has specialized training in Post-Conviction Sex Offender Testing (PCSOT) and is certified in this discipline with the FPA.
To date, Mr. Witte has conducted in excess of 2,000 polygraph examinations. Mr. Witte has native command of Spanish and can conduct examinations and perform lectures in Spanish.
Physiology Instructor- The Physiology Instructor at a minimum must have successfully completed and been granted at least one graduate degree, beyond the Bachelor level, in physiology or in a discipline defined as closely related to or aligned with physiology, i.e., psychophysiology, physiological psychology, etc., from a college or university graduate department approved by the appropriate regional accrediting agency; or in lieu thereof, must have completed and been granted a Bachelor-level degree and have been credited with documented successful completion of not less than 18 graduate level semester credit hours or equivalent in physiology, (psychophysiology, physiological psychology, etc.) from a college or university graduate department approved by the appropriate regional accrediting agency.
Psychology Instructor- The Psychology Instructor at a minimum must have successfully completed and been granted at least one graduate-level degree beyond the Bachelor level, in
the field of psychology from an appropriately accredited college or university psychology graduate department; or in lieu thereof, must have successfully completed and received a Bachelor-level degree plus must have been credited with documented successful completion of no less than
18 graduate-level semester credit hours or equivalent in the field of psychology by an approved psychology graduate department within a college or university approved by the appropriate regional accrediting agency.
Legal Issues Instructor- The Legal Issues Instructor must possess a law degree or jurisprudence degree recognized by the appropriate national or regional bar association(s); and/or, be currently licensed to practice law by an appropriate governmental or regulatory licensing authority; and, be a current member in good standing with the bar association in their state or residence where applicable.
The Academy reserves the right to assign other instructors not listed herein to provide the best instruction available to its students with the caveat that they all will meet the requirements as set forth by the American Polygraph Association.
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Tel: (630) 258-9030
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