Darryl L. DeBow, CCE, CFLE
Director
As the Owner and Director of the Virginia School of Polygraph, Mr. Darryl DeBow has accumulated valuable experience and knowledge as a Deputy Sheriff with the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office, where he retired as a Sergeant in 1995. Mr. DeBow continued working in law enforcement between 1996 until 2008 with Arlington County Sheriff’s Office and left at the rank of Lieutenant. In 2011 Mr. DeBow was made an honorary Deputy Sheriff for the Laurens County Sheriff’s Office in GA after training their first examiner who returned to start their first ever polygraph program for that agency. Mr. DeBow completed his formal education in Criminal Justice. Mr. DeBow is a graduate of the Virginia School of Polygraph while owned by the founder and former Director of the school, Mr. Billy Franklin. Mr. DeBow is also a graduate of the prestigious FBI Advanced Polygraph Training Program. Mr. DeBow has served as a Board Member of Department of Professional Occupational Regulation, which is the polygraph licensing agency for the State of Virginia. During his career he was received numerous honors, such as receiving the highest award given by the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors: the Loudoun County Merit Award, for his work as a Criminal Investigator, valor awards for Bravery in the Line of Duty, Lifesaving and Unit Valor Award for his actions as a member of the Loudoun County Special Emergency Response Team. Mr. DeBow was also honored by the Washington Federal Bar Association for his overall professionalism and dedication as a Law Enforcement Officer, which was presented by former United States Attorney General Janet Reno. Mr. DeBow has lectured on the general field of polygraph as well as the use of polygraph in Post Conviction Sex Offender Testing, which he specializes in today and is a primary instructor for examiners going into this specialization area of polygraph. Mr. DeBow has been an instructor and guest lecturer for a variety of organizations to include: The Virginia Public Defender's Annual Conference, The Federal Probation and Parole Annual Conference, Marymount University's Forensic Psychology Masters Program, where he was an adjunct professor, various courses for Northern Virginia Community College's Administration of Justice Program as well as various other organizations. Mr. DeBow is a Certified Clinical Examiner in Post Conviction Sex Offender Testing and a Certified Forensic Law Enforcement Polygraph Examiner. Mr. DeBow is certified by the American Polygraph Association as the Primary Instructor for the Virginia School of Polygraph and has instructed in every basic and advanced course offered by the Virginia School of Polygraph since he purchased the school in 2003 where he has trained law enforcement examiners from across the United States and abroad as well as private examiners going into the field of polygraph.

Mr. Michael (Eddie) Lane
Assistant Director
Mr. Lane, certified by the American Polygraph Association as a Primary Polygraph Instructor, has a total of 37 years of law enforcement experience. He is a retired North Carolina State Highway Patrol Sergeant and former head of NC Highway Patrol’s Polygraph Program where he was assigned at the time of his retirement. He continued his law enforcement career after his retirement with the Wilson County Sheriff’s Office where he was a detective and primary polygraph examiner until his second retirement in 2009 at which time he opened his own private polygraph company M.E. Lane Inc., which he still owns and operates today. Mr. Lane is a graduate of the Virginia School of Polygraph with 16 years of polygraph experience and specializes in the field of interviews and interrogation. While in law enforcement Mr. Lane received numerous valor awards to include Lifesaving, NC Highway Patrol Officer of the year and the NC Governors Award for Bravery and Heroism. Mr. Lane is a certified instructor in Firearms, Radar, Defensive Driving and Interview and Interrogations, which is his specialty area in the field of polygraph. Mr. Lane has trained hundreds of law enforcement officers and private examiners across the county and abroad in interviewing and interrogations not only for criminal investigations, Post Conviction Sex Offender Testing examinations, but as well as in non-criminal interviews and polygraph examinations such as pre-employment screenings. Mr. Lane has held the office in the past and is currently the President of the NC Polygraph Association. Mr. Lane holds a certificate in NC in Advance Law Enforcement, Certified Law Enforcement Polygraph Examiner, Certified in Post Conviction Sex Offender Testing and is an APTAC Certified Interview and Interrogation Instructor. Mr. Lane has been the primary interview and interrogation instructor for the Virginia School of Polygraph for every basic polygraph training course since the current director, Mr. DeBow, purchased the school in 2003.