Experienced
Polygraph
Examiners

for When the
Truth Matters
Our polygraph examiners have conducted thousands of polygraph tests and have brought
their expertise from the New Hampshire and Maine state police forces to the private sector.

What Sets Us Apart From The Competition

Ferland, Ranhoff, & Polygraph Examiner Associates are dedicated to providing the best polygraph services possible to our clients. We understand the anxiety associated with being administered a polygraph examination. We pride ourselves on treating our clients the way we would want to be treated or how we would want a family member treated.
There are several important considerations to consider when selecting a polygraph examiner, two of which are experience and training. Our clients continuously find Ferland, Ranhoff, & Polygraph Examiner Associates to be accessible, approachable, and easy to work with. Our examiners use top of the line polygraph equipment along with an audio-video recording.
Our polygraph work is regularly reviewed for quality assurance. Our polygraph reports are detailed, professionally written, and submitted to our clients shortly after testing. Our examiners are licensed in the states that require it and carry financial liability coverage.

We Cover All of New England & Beyond

Ferland, Ranhoff, & Polygraph Examiner Associates regularly serve clients in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. Upon special requests, we have assisted clients requesting polygraph examinations throughout the United States, as far south as Florida and as far West as Oregon. Feel free to contact us to discuss your options. Scheduling the examination is fairly simple. You will normally be provided with a contract. Then, your appointment will be finalized at an agreed-upon date, time, and location.

Ferland, Ranhoff, & Polygraph Examiner Associates regularly serve clients in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. Upon special requests, we have assisted clients requesting polygraph examinations throughout the United States, as far south as Florida and as far West as Oregon. Feel free to contact us to discuss your options. Scheduling the examination is fairly simple. You will normally be provided with a contract. Then, your appointment will be finalized at an agreed-upon date, time, and location.

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We Travel to You to Bring Our Services

Ferland, Ranhoff, & Polygraph Examiner Associates utilize top of the line computerized polygraph equipment to be mobile. We have access to several quiet offices throughout New England to serve our clients. We conduct a high volume of polygraph testing for clients in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. We schedule examinations in groups allowing us to keep the cost of polygraph testing affordable. Ferland, Ranhoff, & Polygraph Examiner Associates can also travel to your location to conduct your examination in a suitable location agreed upon by all parties. Those minimal extra costs are normally the client’s responsibility but are negotiable depending on factors like the volume of polygraph examinations requested.

Ferland, Ranhoff, & Polygraph Examiner Associates utilize top of the line computerized polygraph equipment to be mobile. We have access to several quiet offices throughout New England to serve our clients. We conduct a high volume of polygraph testing for clients in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. We schedule examinations in groups allowing us to keep the cost of polygraph testing affordable. Ferland, Ranhoff, & Polygraph Examiner Associates can also travel to your location to conduct your examination in a suitable location agreed upon by all parties. Those minimal extra costs are normally the client’s responsibility but are negotiable depending on factors like the volume of polygraph examinations requested.

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We Serve a Variety of Different Types of Clients

Ferland, Ranhoff & Polygraph Examiner Associates serve a variety of clients. Attorneys utilize our polygraph services regularly. We can often conduct polygraph examinations for criminal defense attorneys confidentially under the protection of the attorney-client privilege right in the attorney’s quiet conference room.

Ferland, Ranhoff & Polygraph Examiner Associates serve a variety of clients. Attorneys utilize our polygraph services regularly. We can often conduct polygraph examinations for criminal defense attorneys confidentially under the protection of the attorney-client privilege right in the attorney’s quiet conference room.

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We Are Former State Police From Maine & New Hampshire

Ferland, Ranhoff, & Polygraph Examiner Associates' examiners, Warren W. Ferland and Michael P. Ranhoff, are both retired from the Maine State Police and New Hampshire State Police Polygraph Units. Both examiners were trained at elite polygraph schools. They have kept those polygraph skills current with nearly two decades each of polygraph testing. They regularly attend polygraph in-service training and are active members of several polygraph associations. Both Warren and Michael have experience polygraph testing suspects ranging from shoplifting to homicide. They have brought their skills, experience, reputation, and credibility to the private sector.

Ferland, Ranhoff, & Polygraph Examiner Associates' examiners, Warren W. Ferland and Michael P. Ranhoff, are both retired from the Maine State Police and New Hampshire State Police Polygraph Units. Both examiners were trained at elite polygraph schools. They have kept those polygraph skills current with nearly two decades each of polygraph testing. They regularly attend polygraph in-service training and are active members of several polygraph associations. Both Warren and Michael have experience polygraph testing suspects ranging from shoplifting to homicide. They have brought their skills, experience, reputation, and credibility to the private sector.

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Specific Event Polygraph Testing

The polygraph examiners at FRPEA have decades of extensive experience administering Single and Specific Issue Polygraph Examinations. They are American and Canadian Federally Trained Examiners taught advanced techniques, such as cognitive interviewing, statement analysis, and crime scene re-enactment analysis to properly evaluate information and formulate the best polygraph examinations to solve their client’s problems.

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Pre-Employment Polygraph Testing

Our polygraph examiners at FRPEA are some of the most experienced polygraphists available to the profession. We understand the applicant’s general anxieties associated with pre-employment polygraph screening. After all, our polygraph examiners themselves were tested at the start of their law enforcement careers. Our goal at FRPEA is to afford every applicant the best opportunity to have a successful polygraph screening test.

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Post Conviction Sex
Offender Polygraph Testing

The primary goal of all PCSOT testing is to increase the public’s safety by adding incremental validity to sex offender risk-assessment, risk-management, and treatment planning decisions made by professionals who provide supervision and specific treatment to convicted sex offenders in a community setting. PCSOT Polygraph Testing helps meet these goals. We at FRPEA offer the following testing techniques. The first three examinations listed are the most commonly used tests, but we have provided additional available testing techniques for your needs.

Post Conviction Sex Offender Polygraph Testing

Our Team

Our Team

Warren W. Ferland Lincoln, Maine 207-931-8990

Warren began his law enforcement career with the Hull, Massachusetts Police Department, and was later hired as a Maine State Trooper. He retired from the Maine State Police polygraph unit as a Quality Assurance Supervisor in 2014. He then opened his private polygraph business.

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Michael P. Ranhoff Stow, Maine 207-491-5300

Michael earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from Providence College in 1975. He began his law enforcement career in 1980 when he joined the Arizona Highway Patrol. He later joined the New Hampshire State Police and retired as a Detective Sergeant from their Major Crimes Polygraph Unit.

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Dale Keegan Fort Fairfield, Maine 207-551-1730

Dale Keegan earned a Bachelor Degree in Criminal Justice from Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts in 1984.  He began his Law Enforcement career in 1986 with the Maine State Police working in the Major Crimes Unit for the majority of his career including eleven years in their Polygraph Unit.

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Darrell Crandall 207-538-0535

Ferland, Ranhoff and Polygraph Examiner Associates are pleased to endorse Darrell Crandall, owner and chief investigator of the Edgewater Reliance Detective Agency. Following his retirement from more than three decades in Maine law enforcement, Darrell founded Edgewater Reliance, with a focus on providing independent investigative services to the public sector.

These services include comprehensive pre-employment background investigations and administrative personnel investigations. We regularly see Darrell’s reports when asked to do polygraphs on prospective employees and on those accused of professional misconduct. To our knowledge, no one else in the Maine private sector is focusing on this type of work and the quality of the investigations we see is consistently excellent. We are recommending Edgewater Reliance to our customers who have a need for investigative services.

Darrell’s bio: https://edgeinvest.us/about-us

For a free consultation go to: www.edgeinvest.us call 207-538-0535 or email: justice@edgeinvest.us

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