Dan Caputo

(928) 607- 2153

dan@northlandinvestigations.com

Relevant Professional Experience

Northland Investigations, LLC (2007-Present), President
• Polygraph
o Conduct Over 4,000 Polygraph Examinations
o Criminal Polygraph Experience
▪ Homicide, Theft, Sex Crimes, Assaults, Fraud, Child Crimes, Kidnapping, Arson,
Drug Trafficking, Drug Offenses, Bank Robbery
o Primary Law Enforcement Examiner for Over 20 Law Enforcement Entities
▪ Internal Affairs
▪ Criminal Examinations
▪ Pre-employment
o Post-Conviction Sex Offender Testing (PCSOT)
▪ Sexual History, Instant Offense, Maintenance, Monitoring, Specific Issue
o Private
▪ Attorney Testing, Psychosexual Evaluations, Event Validation, Infidelity,
Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA) of 1988

• Private Investigations
o Conduct Internal Affairs Investigations for Governmental Agencies
o Investigate High Profile Cases
o Domestic
▪ Infidelity, Child Custody, Asset Searches, Background Checks
o DNA Testing
▪ Paternity, Infidelity, Custody

Arizona Game and Fish Department (1998-2012)

• Reserve Officer (2008-2012)
o Emphasis in Criminal Wildlife Investigations
o Consult on Criminal Investigations
o Consultation and Conduction of Interview and Interrogations
• Wildlife Manager (2001-2008)
o Enforce All Aspects of ARS with an Emphasis on Title 17 and Title 5
o Case Management from Field Contact to Criminal Adjudication to Civil Process
• Law Enforcement Dispatcher (1998-2001)

Dan Caputo, President northlandinvestigations.com

(928) 607-2153 Flagstaff. Scottsdale. Phoenix dan@northlandinvestigations.com
Education
• Arizona School of Polygraph Science (2007)
o Graduated Academically Top of Class
• Behaviors Measures (2007)
o Obtain Post Conviction Sex Offender Testing Certification
• Arizona State Quality Examiner (2006)
• Arizona Law Enforcement Academy, ALEA (2001)
o Elected Valedictorian by Peers
• Northern Arizona University (1998)
o Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology

Organizations/Memberships
• Arizona Polygraph Association (AZPA)
o Current Board Member
o Past president
• American Polygraph Association (APA)
• American Association of Police Polygraphists (AAPP)
• National Polygraph Association (NPA)
• Association for Treatment of Sexual Abuser (ATSA)
• New Mexico Polygraph Association

Teachings
• “Pre-employment Polygraph Testing using the DLST” for Arizona Police Agencies (Co-
sponsored by the Scottsdale Police Department)
• “Using Polygraph as a Criminal Tool” for the Arizona Arson Investigators Association
• “Interviewing Sex Offenders” for the Arizona Offices of the Courts
• “Maximizing Polygraph for Sex Offender Testing” for Arizona Treatment for Sex Abusers
• “PCSOT Testing” for the Mohave County Adult Probation
• “Polygraph Techniques for Sex Addiction Testing” for Gentle Path at the Meadows Treatment
Facility
• “Maximizing Polygraph for Sex Offender Testing” for Arizona Offices of the Courts
• “Interview and Interrogation” for the Arizona Game and Fish Department
• “Sex Offender Polygraphs Testing” for the Arizona Offices off the Courts
• “Police Polygraph Testing” for the Flagstaff Police Department

Dan Caputo, President northlandinvestigations.com

(928) 607-2153 Flagstaff. Scottsdale. Phoenix dan@northlandinvestigations.com