Our Staff

Robert Martin President / Senior Instructor

Bob is a retired Investigative Bureau Commander with 25 years of service with the Lower Township, New Jersey Police Department. Bob, after extensive training in interview/interrogation techniques attended the National Training Center of Polygraph Science and was certified with the highest class honors by Expert Polygraph Examiner and Instructor Richard O. Arther, a stalwart in the Polygraph profession.

Subsequently, Bob, later obtained certification in the operation of the Computer Voice Stress Analyzer under the tutelage of, David A. Hughes, the Dean of Voice Stress Analysis.

Bob is a POST certified instructor in numerous basic and advanced law enforcement disciplines since 1976. Since 1997, Bob has trained more than 2000 individuals in the basic and advanced use and application of the Voice Stress Analyzer. Bob also took part in the preparation of training programs and wrote numerous articles for publications concerning voice stress analysis and its use in the law enforcement profession.

Bob's expertise in interview, interrogation and pre-employment background investigation have enabled him to provide training in those areas as well as other law enforcement related topics for over 30 years. He continues to provide courses of instruction at the Cape May County Police Academy, New Jersey on a yearly basis. He has taught at many Police Training Facilities around the United States and conducted a training class in Kiev, Ukraine in 2005. Bob co-authored a true crime book, The Thick Blue Line, which has been on the top seller list of publish on demand books for more than one year.

Bob has testified before local, county and state entities as to his knowledge and expertise in the use and application of voice stress analysis. Bob continues to provide instruction and consultation to the members of the law enforcement community.

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David A. Hughes

Training Director Instructor

 

David is a retired Captain of Police and Chief of Detectives with 27 years of service with the West Palm Beach, Florida Police Department.  During his tenure, David attended the Police Academy Polygraph School (1977) and a private accredited Polygraph school, the International School of Lie Detection and Interrogation, in 1978.  Licensed by the State of Florida, he conducted both law enforcement and civilian examinations. In March of 1993, David attended the Certified Examiners Course for the Computer Voice Stress Analyzer.

David is uniquely qualified to administer detection of deception examinations using the polygraph and voice stress analyzer.  With a myriad of experiences in examining every manner of civil and criminal case coupled with his practical experience in working cases and courtroom testimony.

David’s nearly 12 years with the National Institute for Truth Verification, functioning as the Executive Director, developed expertise and knowledge to consult, create training for the NITV instructors and serve as the mentor for all instructional phases of the voice stress profession. David has been able to meet the most discriminating needs of all voice stress examiners while gaining recognition from his peers as the "Dean of Voice Stress."

David testified before many legislative bodies in various states, lectured and was recognized as an authority in several states as well as the Pentagon.

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                             Larry Rice

Military/Cultural Advisor Instructor

Larry is a retired Chief Warrant Officer with the United States Army CID. He has 24 plus years of honorable military service and experience, with 17 of these years dedicated specifically to sworn law enforcement, counterintelligence operations, human intelligence collection, and force protection.

He is a combat veteran of Desert Shield / Storm ( Iraq), and participated in support operations for Joint Endeavor ( Bosnia) prior to his military retirement. As a Government contractor Larry has continued to serve his country by participating in military operations in both Afghanistan and Iraq.

Larry was one of the first Strategic Debriefers at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to be trained in the use of Voice Stress Analysis (VSA). He later attended advanced VSA training and soon became the lead VSA examiner for the debriefing effort. While assisting with the debriefing effort in Afghanistan, Larry conducted numerous VSA exams on known and suspected Al Qaida and Taliban fighters. The most noteworthy being on the Taliban leader responsible for initiating the ambush wherein former NFL Star Pat Tillman lost his life. Larry’s efforts ensured the continual confinement of this individual, who prior to his exam was being considered for release.

Larry brings to ILETS over 15 years of experience as an instructor providing classroom and field instruction to both military and civilian audiences. Larry’s most recent assignments have been with the U.S. Military where he was responsible for coordinating and conducting intelligence seminars for Senior Foreign Intelligence Officers, and later with the Iraq Military Intelligence Academy where he was responsible for the training of Counterintelligence Officers.

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D. Glenn Foster, M.A.

Instructor

D. Glenn Foster is a former Atlanta Police Officer and Polygraph Examiner. He is an internationally recognized interview and interrogation specialist, who with Frederick C. Link a U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer with the DoD Polygraph Institute, in 1977 developed the highly regarded Kinesic Interview & Interrogation Technique now used by investigative agencies around the world. Glenn and Frederick later co-authored the Kinesic Interview Technique manual which was the first book of its type to use behavioral analysis in the interview and interrogation process. Glenn's Kinesic interview techniques have become so popular they have been adopted and utilized by law enforcement instructors like Stan Walters, who is also known as the “Lie Guy.”

Since 1977 Glenn has been instructing Federal, State and local law enforcement bodies.  He served as a guest lecturer for over seven years at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC), instructing for the United States State Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms.  He has instructed for the FBI and the United States Army counter-intelligence schools as well as conducting training for U.S. Postal Service inspectors and local police authorities throughout the United States.

 

Glenn has also addressed professional bodies of judges, trial attorneys, psychiatrists, and psychologists.  He has lectured in Europe on behavioral analysis and taught interview and interrogations techniques in South America and Canada.

 

Glenn is the co-author of the bestselling book "How Can I Get Through To You?" translations of which have enhanced his reputation in Europe and Asia.

 

Glenn’s ever-popular teaching style ensures he is in constant demand on the lecture circuit while continuing to work cold case homicides throughout the United States for Federal and State agencies.

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William Engelman

Military/Cultural Advisor Instructor

Bill is a retired Deputy Sheriff with 25 years of service with the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office, Cincinnati, Ohio.  He retired as the Commander of Internal Affairs Unit after having been assigned to Homicide, the Juvenile Squad and the Regional Enforcement Narcotics Unit. After obtaining the rank of Detective, Bill attended Keeler Polygraph Institute in Chicago, IL and was certified by Leonard Harrelson Jr, a stalwart in the Polygraph profession in 1988.

Subsequently, in 1994 he obtained certification in the operation of the Computer Voice Stress Analyzer.  Since 1998, Bill has trained more than 2000 individuals in the basic and advanced use and application of the Voice Stress Analyzer. Bill has also conducted VSA training in the Middle East for US Military personnel.

He is a POST and OPOTA certified instructor in numerous basic and advanced law enforcement disciplines since 1977.  Bill’s expertise in interview, interrogation, pre-employment background and Internal Affairs investigations have enabled him to provide training in those areas as well as other law enforcement related topics for over 30 years.  

Bill completed a two year assignment at the infamous Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba as the Voice Stress Analysis, Subject Matter Expert and Senior Intelligence Analyst.

He has testified before local, county and state entities as to his knowledge and expertise in the use and application of voice stress analysis. Bill continues to provide instruction and consultation to the members of the law enforcement community. Bill is a Charter Member and former Vice-president of the Midwest Association of Certified Voice Stress Analysts.

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