PAMELA SHAW
Director |
DIRECTOR & CO-FOUNDER
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MICHAEL GOUGLER
Co-Founder |
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Ms. Shaw is currently the President of Shaw Polygraph Services, Inc., National Polygraph Academy, and owner of ProSource Alliance PTE LTD in Singapore. Pam holds a bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science and a Master’s degree in Allied Health Education from Eastern Kentucky University. She spent 15 years with the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council where she served as the Testing Services Section Supervisor. As a result, she regularly conducted polygraph examinations in service to over 400 law enforcement agencies in state of Kentucky. Additionally she oversaw the quality control program for the unit and held the position of Director of the Kentucky Institute of Polygraph Studies.
Pam is a licensed polygraph examiner, a Past-President and Chairman of the Board of the APA and has served on the board in various other positions for 15 years. She has additionally served as President and Vice-President for the Kentucky Polygraph Association. She is a member of the American Association of Police Polygraphists and a regular guest speaker at various international and state association seminars. She also serves as an adjunct professor at the Texas Department of Public Safety Polygraph School and as the Principal Primary Instructor for the Singapore Ministry of Defense Centre for Credibility Assessment. |
Mr. Gougler is a veteran of 38 years in the law enforcement profession. Mike graduated from Sam Houston State University with a B.S. degree in Law Enforcement and Police Science and is a graduate of the Northwestern University School of Police Staff and Command. On September 12, 2013, he honorably retired as the Deputy Director of the Texas Racing Commission and on May 31, 2008, he honorably retired from the Texas Department of Public Safety. He held the position of Assistant Commander of the Criminal Intelligence Service at that time.
Mike is a licensed polygraph examiner, a Past-President and Chairman of the Board of the APA and continues to serve on the Board as a Director. He has served the State of Texas on the Polygraph Examiners Board under three governors, Ann Richards, George W. Bush and Rick Perry. He is a member of the American Polygraph Association, the American Association of Police Polygraphists and the Texas Association of Law Enforcement Polygraph Investigators. He also was the founder and previous director of the Texas DPS Law Enforcement Polygraph School. After 10 years of dedicated and full-time service to NPA as Co-Founder and Director of Continuing Education Programs, Mike retired in December 2022. |
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The National Polygraph Academy regularly partners with various law enforcement agencies and
organizations throughout the U.S. and abroad to bring quality polygraph training to your region.
INTERESTED IN HOSTING A COURSE? ...Please contact us.
The National Polygraph Academy regularly partners with various law enforcement agencies and
organizations throughout the U.S. and abroad to bring quality polygraph training to your region.
INTERESTED IN HOSTING A COURSE? ...Please contact us.