Text Box: A polygraph (‘lie detector’) examination can have life-altering effects, so it is very important to be able to choose from multiple qualified examiners in your area. How to pick a polygraph examiner 1. Did they attend an accredited school? 2. Are they a member of : the Arizona Polygraph Association, the American Polygraph Association, the American Association of Police Polygraphists, the National Polygraph Association? 3. Have they administered at least two hundred (200) polygraph examinations in the areas of : Law enforcement pre-employment utilizing an instrument capable of simultaneously recording respiration, psycho-galvanic skin reactions. pulse rate and relative blood pressure changes within three (3) years following completion of training at a polygraph school (accredited). At least fifty (50) of the two hundred (200) examinations must be "Specific" as opposed to screening examinations. Arizona Polygraph Examiners