Nick Flint

Founder and President of the Behavior Analysis Training Institute, Inc.   He is a 23 year veteran of law enforcement, serving as an investigator and Chief Polygraph Examiner with the Sonoma County Sheriff's Department in California.   He also worked 3 years for the Sacramento Police Department before coming to Sonoma County.

Mr. Flint is the creator of BATI's innovative and highly rated" Interview and Interrogation Techniques" course which has now been presented to over 11,000 California criminal justice professionals.   He is also recognized as a "Subject Matter Expert"by the California Commission of Peace Officer Standards and Training.   He is also a Master's candidate at the California State University at Sonoma in the field of Psychology with a concentration in Forensic Psycholinguistics.

Bill Edmunds

Vice President, Forensic Programs Coordinator, and Chief Statement Analyst for the Behavior Analysis Training Institute, Inc.   He retired as a Lieutenant from the El Cerrito Police Department after 28 years of law enforcement experience which included the supervision of the investigations bureau for several years.   His academic experience includes six years teaching at Los Medanos College and eleven years as adjunct faculty at Santa Rosa Community College.   He holds a California Community College Instructor Credential.  

Dale Pennington

Director of Continuing Education for the Behavior Analysis Training Institute.   Dr. Pennington holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology and has taught both clinical and non-clinical communication skills for the past twenty-five years.   Author of numerous articles, he is on staff of the Santa Rosa Regional Criminal Justice Training Center and is a member of the BATI instructional staff.  

Ed Hudson

District Attorney Investigator and staff instructor for the Behavior Analysis Training Institute.   Mr. Hudson has over ten years of Law Enforcement experience in both California and Virgina.   Specializing in the investigation of Child Abuse and Sexual Assault, he is a Certified Child Interview Specialist and is Chairman of the Sonoma County Child Abuse Prevention Council.  

Howard Bailey

30 year veteran of Law Enforcement.   He retired as the Chief Polygraph Examiner of the San Francisco Police Department.   During his tenure with the S.F.P.D. he conducted investigations while assigned to the Divisions of Vice, Special Investigations, Robbery, Homicide and the Polygraph Section.

Mr. Bailey's training as a polygraph examiner was initiated with basic studies at Spokane, Washington.   These were followed by advanced studies at what is now the Department of Defense Polygraph Institute (formerly U.S.A.M.P.S.) and by graduate studies sponsored and coordinated by the F.B.I.

Mr. Bailey has extensive teaching experience.   He has been a consultant to numerous municipal, state and federal agencies.   He has authored a number of technical techniques, all of which were designed to seek and obtain Truth.

Raymond Hill

Professor of Criminal Justice at Santa Rosa Junior College.   He teaches Legal Update classes in P.O.S.T. Advanced Officer courses for agencies in six counties.   Mr. Hill also provides instructional support in matters of Case Law and Constitutional Law as they pertain to interviews and interrogations.

Mr. Hill holds undergraduate and post-graduate degrees in Criminal Justice, Public Administration, and Education.

Wayne McBride

Wayne began his career in law enforcement as a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy. He worked in patrol in the East L.A. area and also with the Counties Special Enforcement Bureau. After moving to Northern California he worked with both Eureka Police Department and Ukiah Police Department were he became a detective and polygraph examiner. Wayne retired from Ukiah Police Department as a Captain. He has since continued his polygraph work as a private examiner and as an instructor with Behavior Analysis Training Institute.