The Dnipro State University of Internal Affairs (DSUIA) has completed a two-week advanced training course (ATC) for police polygraph examiners on the Methodology for Detecting Hidden Information (MHDI).
At these courses, the polygraph examiners were thoroughly represented both among the students and the instructors.
In particular, police polygraph examiners were taught by: Assistant Head of the National Police, Lieutenant Colonel Yulia Volkova; President of the UPA, Doctor of Psychology, certified forensic expert Tetiana Morozova; Head of the Laboratory of Psychological, Linguistic and Other Types of Research of the Dnipro Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Expertise of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, certified forensic expert Anton Shmukin; teacher of working with Rubicon and Axciton polygraphs and their software from the leading Ukrainian training school Yurii Nesterchuk.
In the photo, the member of the VAP (UAPI) Assistant to the Head of the National Police of Ukraine, Lieutenant Colonel Yulia Volkova demonstrates a case study conducted with the use of the Axciton polygraph
During the PDA, our students expanded their knowledge, skills and abilities, which will help them in their daily professional activities in the field of fighting crime. Those of them who work with Rubicon polygraphs have mastered working with Axciton, and vice versa, those who used to work with Axciton have learned how to work with Rubicon.
The photo shows a lesson on working with the Rubicon polygraph software conducted online by Yurii Nesterchuk, a member of the VAP (UAPI), a teacher of polygraph courses at the Tetiana Morozova Center for Expert Polygraph Research, retired SSU colonel
However, the most valuable highlight of the PDA was the demonstration of the development of the MDHI in Ukraine:
– analysis of cases from plot to conclusion, with demonstration of test questionnaires and polygraphs on completely different topics with a reasonable explanation by the teachers why this and not other tactics of conducting polygraph examination were chosen;
– novelties in approaches to the formulation of questions and test design, the stages of their arrangement in the MIPI questionnaire;
– observance of certain conditions and methodological approaches in the work of a polygraph examiner that ensure high reliability of the conclusion through access to the evidence base and result in saving time, effort and resources of the National Police in solving and investigating crimes.
In the photo, the President of the VAP (UAPI), Doctor of Psychology, certified forensic expert Tetiana Morozova demonstrates an online case of a polygraph examination conducted using the Rubicon polygraph.
The students were particularly interested in the cases that polygraph examiners call “when everyone knows everything.” The experience of forensic experts Tetyana Morozova and Anton Shmukin was useful here, because at the stage of forensic examinations, there are practically no undisclosed facts, so it is often impossible to use tests for knowledge of a known and unknown decision. In addition, the current regulatory framework does not allow an expert to independently select the initial data for forensic examinations, i.e., in the case of polygraph examiners, to rely on information from only one of the parties, to take a prosecution or defense position in test questions. Moreover, when conducting forensic psychological examinations using a computer polygraph, the expert is obliged to take into account the authentic testimony of the subject. In view of the above, it is natural that in forensic practice, version checking tests have gained significant development, which can also significantly strengthen the methodological arsenal of police polygraph examiners.
In the photo, Anton Shmukin, a member of the UAC, head of the laboratory of psychological, linguistic and other types of research at the Dnipro Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Expertise of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, a certified forensic expert, tells police polygraph examiners about the specifics of working with pedophilia suspects.
In the context of a full-scale war, police polygraph examiners have to conduct polygraph examinations for the Defense Forces with a contingent and in areas they have not worked with before. The practice dictates new requirements and challenges that can only be solved by well-trained professionals. The further development of Ukrainian polygraphy directly depends on how polygraph examiners are trained and how they improve their skills.
We thank the leadership of the National Police and Dnipro State University of Internal Affairs for involving the Ukrainian Association of Polygraph Examiners in an important matter – advanced training of police polygraph examiners!
