PEAK Cadre

Mark Handler, Administrator

Mark Handler is a polygraph examiner, instructor and credibility assessment consultant. He has served on the board of the American Polygraph Association as the Editor in Chief since 2014. Handler has published over 75 peer-reviewed articles on polygraph-related topics, including a recent Comprehensive Meta-Analysis on the Comparison Question Test. He is currently the Polygraph Product Manager for Lafayette Instrument Company. Mark is a former law enforcement officer and polygraph examiner and a veteran of the U.S. Naval Nuclear Power Program and U.S. Nuclear Submarine Service.

Instructors

Chip Morgan, Lead Instructor
Clifford “Chip” Morgan is a nationally recognized trainer and lecturer. Mr. Morgan has shared his training and expertise with others in government, military, law enforcement and corrections arenas. Chip has been a featured speaker, instructor, guest lecturer and keynote speaker at numerous national training seminars and colleges throughout the world. Chip has 35 years of experience as a law enforcement officer, retiring as a Criminal Polygraph Examiner and Violent Crimes Detective.

Chip is a full member and instructor in the American Association of Police Polygraphists (AAPP), the National Polygraph Association (NPA) and the American Polygraph Association (APA). Chip was the 2024-2025 President of the American Polygraph Association and is the 2025-2026 Chairman of the Board. Chip is the past Chairman of the Board and past President of the National Polygraph Association and serves as a quality control officer for that organization. He is the past president of the following organizations: International Brotherhood of Police Officers, Boise Police Association, Idaho Fire & Arson Investigators' Association, Idaho Narcotics Officers Association and Idaho Polygraph Association.

Chip is a graduate of the Backster School of Lie Detection and he is a Nationally Certified Forensic Law Enforcement Polygraph Examiner with the American Association of Police Polygraphists (AAPP). Mr. Morgan is also a certified Clinical Polygraph Examiner in Sex Offender testing methodology, fully certified to administer Post Conviction Sex Offender Testing by the APA and licensed as a Senior Examiner by the State of Idaho Sex Offender Management Board. Chip holds a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Polygraph Association, the Max Wastl Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Association of Police Polygraphers and the Cleve Backster Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Polygraph Association.