Ronald Skolnik has over 29 years experience in the Public Safety Sector. Mr. Skolnik has attended, and graduated from, advanced courses in criminal investigation at the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms National Academy, in Glynco, Georgia, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation Academy, in Quantico, Virginia. Mr. Skolnik is a graduate of the Texas Department of Public Safety Law Enforcement Polygraph Academy, where he was Class Valedictorian. Mr. Skolnik holds Texas Polygraph Examiner's License #1117. Mr. Skolnik has been trained to Federal Department of Defense Academy for Credibility Assessment Standards and Methodologies. Mr. Skolnik has administered Criminal Specific and Pre-Employment Screening Examinations at the Local, State, and Federal levels; including Examinations administered for The Austin Police Department, The Bastrop Police Department, The Elgin Police Department, The Austin Fire Department, The Travis and Williamson County Sheriff's Departments, The Travis County District Attorney's Office, The Texas State Fire Marshal, The United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, and The United States Bureau of Prisons. Mr. Skolnik has also administered examinations in the private sector, dealing with infidelity and domestic issues, and for private attorneys. Mr. Skolnik is a member of the American Association of Police Polygraphists, and the Texas Association of Law Enforcement Polygraph Investigators.
Continuing Education:
June 29th-July 3rd, 2009: Texas Association of Law Enforcement Polygraph Investigators Annual Training Seminar, Texas DPS Headquarters, Austin, Texas
November 17th-November 21st, 2008: United States Department of Defense Academy for Credibility Assessment , Ft. Jackson, South Carolina: Advanced CounterMeasures Detection
June 23rd-June 27th, 2008: Texas Association of Law Enforcement Polygraph Investigators, Annual Training Seminar, Texas DPS Headquarters, Austin, Texas
February 4th, 2008: Guest Lecturer, St. Edward's University, Austin, Texas Forensic Psychology: "The Polygraph, a Forensic Investigator's Primer"
September 18th, 2007: Guest Lecturer, St. Edward's University, Austin, Texas Forensic Psychology: "The Polygraph, a Forensic Investigator's Primer"
June 18th-22nd, 2007, Texas Association of Law Enforcement Polygraph Investigators, Annual Training Seminar, Texas DPS Headquarters, Austin , Texas
April 16th-20th, 2007, American Association of Police Polygraphists Annual Seminar, Alburquerque, New Mexico.
January 2007: Certified by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education to practice Forensic Investigative Hypnosis.
January 2007: American Association of Police Polygraphists designation as a Certified Forensic Law Enforcement Polygraph Examiner.
January 23rd-27th, 2006, The US Department of Defense Polygraph Institute, Fort Jackson, South Carolina, Senior Examiner's Course.
June 2005, Texas Association of Law Enforcement Polygraph Investigators Annual Training Conference at the Texas DPS Academy in Austin, Texas.
April 2005, American Association of Police Polygraphists Annual Seminar, in Chicago, Illinois.
A more complete Curriculum Vitae is available upon request.
