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[IN] STW CPR
[SU] PSF SVY
TO NATIONAL, AND TECHNOLOGY EDITORS:
Federal Judge Approves Non-Polygraph Technology to Monitor Sex
Offenders
LEWES, Del., March 11, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- According to the National
Association of Computer Voice Stress Analysts (NACVSA), an
organization that represents over 2,000 law enforcement agencies
globally, a US federal court has ruled sex offenders can be required
to submit to Computer Voice Stress Analyzer (CVSA) examinations as
part of their post-release supervision. Northern District of New York
Chief Judge Norman A. Mordue ruled the technique is analogous to
polygraph examinations, which have been accepted by the 2nd U.S.
Circuit Court of Appeals as a way to monitor the activities of those
under post-release supervision.
Testimony before Judge Mordue indicated that some 1,800 law
enforcement agencies in the United States have the devices available.
Most have been manufactured by the National Institute for Truth
Verification Federal Services (NFS), a West Palm Beach, Florida
company that has been producing the systems since 1988, and is the
acknowledged world-leader in voice-based truth verification
technologies and training with three voice-based US Patents.
Interest in the CVSA by government agencies worldwide has increased
dramatically due to a recently published peer-reviewed research study
in the 2012 annual edition of the scientific journal "Criminalistics
and Court Expertise" which reports the accuracy rate of the CVSA
exceeds 95%, an assertion long made by law enforcement users of the
system.
Further, a recently released book, "The Clapper Memo" by investigative
journalist and author Bob McCarty, provides details about the efforts
of the US polygraph community to remain relevant based on the
worldwide success of the CVSA.
A Department of Defense survey of US law enforcement users of the CVSA
reported that 86% found the CVSA to be either "very" or "extremely"
accurate. The DOD survey also found that the vast majority of
deceptive results with the CVSA were validated by obtaining
confessions, and that the CVSA had "a very small error rate" - less
than ½% according to the survey respondents.
Major US law enforcement agencies such as those in Atlanta, New
Orleans, Nashville, Baltimore, and Miami, as well as the California
Highway Patrol, depend upon the CVSA to investigate criminal cases as
well as for screening police applicants. "As an investigative and
decision support tool the CVSA has proven itself to be invaluable to
law enforcement," stated Lt. Kenneth Merchant, of the Erie, PA Police
Department, who serves as the Legislative Affairs Director for the
NACVSA.
For further information on the NACVSA, contact Diana Montoya at
888-358-5025 or email.
For further information on the CVSA visit CVSA1.com or call
561-798-6280.
Read more news from the National Association of Computer Voice Stress
Analysts.
SOURCE National Association of Computer Voice Stress Analysts
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