About the School

All polygraph schools are not the same! 

Learn directly from the "Grand Master" and "Grandfather of the Modern Polygraph Technique"! 

Cleve Backster is the Chief Instructor and personally instructs Chart Interpretation/Tri-Zone Scanning. 

Many polygraph schools come and go  ... the Backster School of Lie Detection has been in existance for over 51 years and has conducted over 181 basic polygraph training courses. 

 

The Backster School is the leader in establishing polygraph oriented educational standards. It is the leading school teaching techniques for obtaining polygraph examination determinations exclusively through chart results, yet does not neglect emphasis on interrogation approaches where deceptive charts are indicated.

 

The Backster School of Lie Detection provides maximum technique emphasis and concentrates on law enforcement  and many other applications of the polygraph.

 

References attesting to the high standards of the Backster School can be received from leading law enforcement agencies using the polygraph. It is their consensus that the Backster School presents the most advanced polygraph examiner course, as its founder is still active as School Director and has made major contributions toward techniques now considered standard.

 

The program of instruction is complemented by the training facility that has recently been modernized with white boards, a new sound system and overhead projection equipment.  The training facility includes a large classroom, individual cubicles for the polygraph instrument practice sessions and selected closed circuit television for monitoring students during simulated case situations. Training video tapes include lectures on such topics as: court testimony; legal aspects; and polygraph procedure help to assist in the learning process. Facilities are available for color video taping and editing. Special course emphasis is given to usage of the most modern polygraph equipment involving computer generated polygraph charts and computer assisted chart analysis. In its library, the school has available books that can be obtained on a loan basis.

 

 

 

Approval Disclosure Statement

The Backster School of Lie Detection, 861 Sixth Avenue, Suite 403, San Diego, California 92101, has been granted Full Course Approvals with Department of Consumer Affairs of the State of California.

 

 

The Backster School of Lie Detection is Accredited by the American Polygraph Association (APA). It is recognized by the American Association of Police Polygraphists (AAPP) and virtually all National, International, and Regional Polygraph Associations.  Completion of an American Polygraph Association accredited basic polygraph program is only one of the necessary prerequisites for membership in the American Polygraph Association.

 

This school currently does not have available sponsored programs, government or otherwise, to provide grants or to pay for portions of tuition fees.

 

Prospective enrollees are encouraged to visit the physical facilities of the school and to discuss personal educational and occupational plans with school personnel prior to enrolling or signing enrollment agreements.

 

Persons seeking to resolve problems or complaints should first contact the instructor in charge. Request for further action may be made to the Registrar, JT Adams, MA. Unresolved complaints may be directed to:

 

 

All information in the content of this school catalog is current and correct and is so certified as true by JT Adams, MA - Registrar.