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Show i -- WEEKLY REFLEX DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL, AUGUST 18, 1977 Davis School By ROSELYN KIRK The polygraph-commoknown as the lie detector--wi- ll provide an additional tool for criminal investigation at the Davis County Sheriffs Office, according to Detective Bud Cox who had recently certified as a polygraph examiner. nly DET. COX said that, since the polygraph examination, is not admissible as evidence in courts of law except under special circumstances, the examination shouldn't be used as the only tool. Investigation should precede the polygraph examination, Det. Cox said. Although the Davis County Sheriffs Office has owned the $2,000 polygraph equipment since 1969, the officer originally trained to give the examination and read the results is no longer with the department. So the sneriff's office sent Det. Cox to a six week training session at the Backster School of Lie Dectection in San Diego, Calif, to learn how to conduct examinations and read the instrument. DAVIS COUNTY Commissioners have also agreed to provide a small room in the basement of the library so that Det. Cox will have the proper environment to administer the test. A plain room with a quiet atmosphere is necessary. At present the equipment is located at the sheriff's office. Det. Cox said that no one can be forced to take a polygraph test. However, many From a large dog last week (Great Dane) to a small one this week, a male tan terrier, the Davis County Animal Control Center in Fruit Heights has dogs of all breeds and sizes which are available to the public for a charge of $15 for mixed breeds and $25 for purebreds. This old terrier is gentle and would make a good pet for children, says Bob Higgs, holding the friendly canine. For further information about this dog, or any other that might come up for sale, NEEDS HOME Control Center, call the Animal or 376-835- to the Kaysville Ninth Ward with I Bill seventh the Ron Nelson as scoutmaster. Kent started his Eagle program in the Fruit Heights Second Ward under Scout- master Eagle requirements. KENT WILL be a freshman at Davis High School this year. While attending Kaysville Junior High he was on the high honor roll each year, as well as citizenship honor roll for three terms While in THE YOUTH is a member of Boy Scout 1 roop .'107 of the was grade accelerated math course while in the eighth grade Active in the IDS Church, he has served as first counselor and secretary in the Deacons Quorum of his ward HIS interests are all sports including basketball, baseball and football and also reading np he Eagle Scout has served as patrol leader, assistant senior patrol leader und in the hike m the Uintas with Troop .152 He is now working to receive his first Palm, which requires five merit badges in addition TKImvlhfftiv Vae View To Start THE BEST SELLING SHOE IN ALL AMERICA I I I I At 8:25 FEATURING I I I All leather uppers All American made j I Top Quality - reasonable prices Shoes for entire family I I at the Vae View school will begin activities at H 25 a m wiih the tardy bell ringK JO a m ing at THE s bool's prim ipal also adds that school will be dismissed at 2 15 p ill each (lav of tin- - week MOW I Store Layton longue-- 1 By ROSELYN KIRK THE QUESTIONS put to the subject must be carefully formulated and phrased, Det. Cox said, but if any are a surprise to the subject, the test will be invalidated. Using the Backster system, the examiner goes over each question with the subject prior to the examination. Its important that the examiner does not mix the issues. Det Cox said The examiner must be aware of the test target prior to the test and must focus in on questions that will provide responses to those questions that apply. He phrases the questions that will be asked and goes over them word for word with the subject. program multi-talente- d and to identify gifted students provide unique experiences for them in the classroom is under study by the Davis School District under the direction of Robert Keddington. MR. Keddington said the school district has received a grant of $25,000 from the State Board of Education to "set up instruments for identifying "How to the gifted child. define that child is one of our greatest tasks," Mr. Keddington said Although plans are still in the formative stages, Mr says that the objectives of the program are to help the teacher work with the gifted child in the regular classroom and to identify unique experiences that maybe provided to him, possibly Keddington through resources community THE planning for the gifted program, which is being coordinated through Jewell Bindrup, an expert from the State Board of Education, will be set up on limited basis in ALTHOUGH some of the questions do not seem relevant, all are placed on the list for the purpose One question is a neutral question. For example: Is your first name Bob? Another is a throw-awaquestion-"D- o you intend to answer any of the questions'3'' The third question is an outside issue-"you believe me?' Det. Cox said another question is often the controlled or central question the examiner is trying to get an answer to. The final question maybe an outside issue question again to see if the subject is trying to block out any of the important issues some of the schools in Davis District this year, Mr. Ked- dington predicts. He has met with principals from the schools in the dis- but says "monumental task" the trict, is in identifying the students Do No instruments are currently available to identify the gifted child, but will have to be developed "Being gifted is more than just I Q ," he said. "Its more than something above the eyebrows " THE GRANT will provide only enough money to start the process," Mr. keddington said The district is uncertain whether more funds will be available next year although the State Board of Education had received twice as much money this year from federal sources to fund the program In order to initiate the program in Davis School District, Mr. Keddington has THE questions are spaced so that they are asked every 20 to 25 seconds-tito allow the subject to respond, but not so long that his mind starts to wander. Det. Cox said the courts have ruled that in most cases the polygraph examination has been ruled out as evidence because it is feared that the method is not scientific. If both of the attorneys for the prosecution and the defense agree that the test be allowed, some judges will admit the examination as evidence, Det Cox said THE A or been attending workshops this summer with administrators in other districts who were awarded grants. SHERIFF'S office uses the examining technique if the subject agrees and if other techniques have been exhausted. If the test doesn't end up in the inconclusive area, the detective can i one whether he has the right man and the investigation can proceed on that assumption. Det Cox may also proude polygraph information to the Davis County Attorney's Office and for other law enforcement agencies in Ihe county. Det Cox is al present the only officer in Davis County who qualifies as u polygraph ALTHOUGH every child is in some area, we hope to identify the top two or three percent of the gifted de-le- gifted students." After some students have been identified, Mr Keddington said plans are to provide training for teachers who volunteer to work with the child in the classroom. They will have to be teachers who are comfortable and are not threatened by gifted children," Mr. keddington said. "They will have to be teachers who say, If ! can't help you. I'll get someone else." anMR. Keddington someone that this ticipates else may come from the school community. He said a survey of the community could identify experts who could work as mentors to gifted children in the schools. He gave the example of a budding composer receiving instruction outside of the school from a person trained in music composition. A student interested in space medicine could not find that kind of expertise within the school system, but it could be provided by the teacher who might put him in touch with an expert in the community in that field. Mr. Keddington hopes to identify teachers to work with the gifted student who will say, I cant help you, but I'll get someone else." ONE OF the biggest conin setting up the program, as Mr. Keddington sees it, is to teach teachers how to instruct the bright and gifted student and to personalize programs for them Teachers should be identified on a voluntary basis and then work to provide resources for the gifted while working with cerns other students in the classroom. Somewhere down the line, Mr. Keddington hopes to set up parent advisory groups in the schools that will be iden- tified with the gifted program. Mr. Keddington said that, while many educators have done work in iden- tifying the gifted student, for sure instruments measurement are still not available ONE guideline for a definition of the gifted or talented students says that these children demonstrate ability in the following areas: general intellectual ability, specific academic aptitude, creative or productive thinking, leadership ability, visual and performing arts and psychomotor ability. "We are working with two or three instruments to identify the gifted, but it's just a start " Mr. Keddington is considering information on the gifted by Joseph Renzulli and Calvin Taylor, both ex- perts in students luentifying gifted examiner Completes Recruit Now Its Navy Training Rights Seaman Navy Recruit To Sun Danny R. Jones, son of Mr and Mrs. Wendell Jones of HUH N. 2550 E , Layton, has completed recruit training ai Ihe newest potential bonanza for Ihe lawyers might he in sun rights. 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After the examination is over, the examiner evaluates these changes to see if the subject is reacting to questions in a way that indicates he is guilty. Det. Cox said that in reading the exam, the examiner knows that any response which is under a minus 12 is deceptive, while any question which registers a plus 12 or above is an honest answer. In some cases the responses to the questions are inconclusive, Det. Cox said who are to attend the afternoon c lasses will start at noon and go until 2 45 vsh U J h II IS for the i (Laylon Shopping Plaza) 26 No. Main, will com25 and go until Kindergarten I Layton Dept. commencing of year's activities With the this school the classes I lementarv eac h (lav's mence at I A.I71. pressure cuff is placed on the subjects arm to measure the strength and rate of pulse. The test can't be conducted during longer than four minute periods since the cuff cuts off blood making it detrimental to the subject, Det. Cox said. The examiner is trained to assign numerical value to each of the physiological changes that are recorded during the testing. Det. Cox said that there are many techniques for measuring polygraph examinations. The Backster technique provides training in psychology and responses that aid the physiological examiner in interpreting the results. Gifted Students A BLOOD me tion without moving them. Pneumatic tubes are placed around the KENT WINWARD I the response, Del. Cox said. THE SUBJECT who takes the polygraph test sits in a special high backed chair where he does not shift body positions. The chair arms are fashioned so that he can place his arms in a flat posi- nominated as the "Outstanding Student in English" of the class and a member of the Park. THESE physiological reactions are measured by the breathing pattern, the rate of the pulse, and galvanic skin responses. All of the physiological responses are recorded on a continuous graph, with each physiological reaction recorded separately by a marking instrument. The examiner tabulates the results after the test is over, but during the test marks the times during which the subject spoke or answered a question. Speaking causes distortion in the normal pattern on 256. InleiraaDirs fflgle Kenl Winward, 14. of 570 East 100 North, Kaysville is one of the latest recipients of the F.agle Scout award. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. nu-- r K. Winward Extension 295-239- persons under suspicion "feel they can beat the test and take it to throw the investigation off the track Det. Cox says it is Unlikely that a subject could fool the examiner since the machine measures physiological reactions that the subject can't control. subject's chest and stomach. Det. Cox said this is necessary since most women are chest breathers, while most men are stomach breathers. 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