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MICJ FACULTY AND STAFF ABOUT THE DIRECTOR, BILLY H. THOMPSON
Mr. Thompson is known both nationally and internationally as a skilled practicing polygraph examiner and educator. He holds the B.A. and M.Ed. degrees from the University of Maryland, and the Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study degree from The Johns Hopkins University. He has been a certified polygraph examiner since 1962 and a long standing educator in the law enforcement, investigative and polygraph fields. Mr. Thompson graduated from the US Army Military Police Polygraph School ( also known as the Department of Defense Polygraph Institute ) in 1962. He served as a criminal investigator/polygraph examiner for the USAF Office of Special Investigations (OSI) and the US Army Criminal Investigation Division (CID). He is a graduate of the FBI National Academy and has completed numerous investigative and polygraph training programs. Following a distinguished military polygraph and investigative career, Mr. Thompson was appointed to the faculty of a nearby Community College as Professor and Chairman of the Criminal Justice Department, which is a position he still holds. Mr. Thompson has provided professional polygraph services in the greater Washington / Baltimore area since 1971. He has held a polygraph license from the Commonwealth of Virginia since 1971 and has testified in court as an expert witness in polygraph matters. He is an active polygraph examiner with membership in the American Polygraph Association, Maryland Polygraph Association and American Association of Police Polygraphers. He is also active in the FBI National Academy Associates and the International Police Association. Mr. Thompson founded the MICJ polygraph training program in 1975, primarily for police and specific investigative use. The techniques of polygraph presented throughout the MICJ curriculum are patterned after his military training. He has instructed at the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Polygraph School, and has often been a featured speaker for many professional polygraph groups. MICJ course materials and equipment are constantly updated to provide the latest in polygraph advancement. In 1992, a computerized polygraph instrument was added to the MICJ curriculum.
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VICKIE T. MURPHY
Ms. Murphy has over 20 years experience as a polygraph examiner. She has achieved nationwide prominence as an active polygraph examiner and polygraph instructor. She has completed advanced polygraph training programs, as well as over 50 professional polygraph seminars and continuing education programs, and has been awarded a Certificate of Advanced and Specialized Training. She is an active member of the American Polygraph Association and since 1990 has held the position as National Secretary of the APA. Ms. Murphy has also held numerous consecutive terms in office for the Maryland Polygraph Association , including President, Chairman of the Board, Secretary, Director and Vice President. Ms. Murphy has published several articles on polygraph, and is a recipient of both service and merit awards from the Maryland Polygraph Association and the American Polygraph Association. In 1993, she was awarded the prestigious J.J.Heger Merit Award by the American Polygraph Association for her outstanding contributions to the polygraph community; and in 1997, she was awarded the William L. Bennett Memorial Award for recognition of excellence for her unrelenting efforts and display of ability in APA interest. As an examiner, Ms. Murphy has conducted more than five thousand polygraph examinations, and provides polygraph service for police departments, attorneys, prosecutors, doctors, and employers. Her success rates for confessions range from murder to incest, and she has qualified and testified as an expert polygraph witness in various court and administrative proceedings. She serves as a consultant to numerous police examiners and departments on issues of polygraph techniques, interrogation, computerized polygraph testing, ADA, EPPA and pre-employment screening techniques for police departments. She also serves as an intern trainer for police examiners and provides quality control reviews as needed by other polygraph examiners. Since 1992, Ms. Murphy has utilized computerized polygraph equipment, along with the scoring algorithm, POLYSCORE , which was developed by The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. She provides advanced training on LAFAYETTE computerized polygraph systems and Polyscore, as well as polygraph testing techniques of control question formulation and numerical scoring for police examiners.
Norman Ansley Keeler Polygraph Institute, 1951 Editor of American Polygraph Association publications since 1972 50 years experience as a federal Special Agent & Polygraph Examiner Argenbright International Institute of Polygraph Lafayette Instrument Company Science & Technology Member, American Polygraph Association Former States Attorney Retired, Professor of Psychology and Physiology Anne Arundel Community College and Bowie State College
Other nationally known individuals in the polygraph profession are invited as guest speakers for special polygraph topics. Each individual will be fully qualified to teach in such curriculum areas.
How to Contact MICJ To obtain an application or to find out more about the MICJ Accredited polygraph training program, contact the institute by telephone, fax or email at: •Phone - (410)987-6665 MICJ, 8424 Veterans Highway, Suite 3, Millersvile, Maryland 21108
MICJ HAS BEEN PROVIDING POLYGRAPH EXAMINATIONS SINCE 1971 AND ALL EXAMINERS ARE PROFESSIONALLY TRAINED AND MEET ALL PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS. |
