Two recent polygraph examiner mistakes would not have occurred had they attended PEOA refresher training

1. An analog-using examiner (but not a PEOA member) told a TV producer that he could handle their 2 days of televised exams that required a computerized polygraph instrument. Quickly obtaining a computerized instrument and not knowing it well, he fumbled badly. He was dismissed after a few hours on the first day, and was told he wasn't needed. A PEOA-referred examiner finished that first day of exams and also those of the entire second day, and the PEOA examiner's exams were televised.

2. In a recent court case, a polygraph examiner (but not a PEOA member) was found to have not been following Federal polygraph training, instead using words in questions that were not proper to use. Federal training tells of why not to use these words, as they will likely cause false-positive scores.