Phillip Cunningham
I was a sworn Police Officer for the City of Corpus Christi for eighteen years. I worked three years in the Patrol Division and thirteen years in the Criminal Investigation Division in the Homicide/Robbery/Sexual Assault Section.
I spent two years as the Polygraph Examiner for the Corpus Christi Police Department, administering criminal specific and pre-employment tests for that department as well as the surrounding Alice, Portland, and Robstown Police Departments.
EDUCATION
1975-1978 High School Diploma, Richard King High School
1978-1979 Del Mar College
1979-1980 Corpus Christi Police Academy
WORK HISTORY
1979-1998 Patrolman/Sergeant/Detective/Polygraph Examiner, Corpus Christi Police Department
Patrol Officer involving enforcement of criminal and traffic law, promoted to Sergeant/Detective involving criminal investigations and interrogations along with case compilation and presentation to District and County Attorneys followed by courtroom testimony. Polygraph trained by the Department of Defense (DODPI) at the Texas Department of Public Safety in Austin.
1993-present CEO/Polygraph Examiner/Investigator, Stacun Incorporated
CEO involving management of employees, financial planning and bookkeeping (of telemarketing, advertising, and real estate investments). Polygraph testing for Probation, Parole, Security Companies, Pharmaceutical Companies and the Private Sector. Investigations for Criminal and Civil Cases (court appointed and private).
LICENSES & CERTIFICATES
*Assault and Death Investigation from the Texas Department of Public Safety – 1984
*Sexual Assault Investigation from the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville – 1986
*Psychological Profiling from William T. Peters (FBI Agent in charge of Criminal Psychological Profiling) in Quantico Virginia – 1986
*Child Abuse and Exploitation Investigative Techniques from the Department of the Treasury, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, Georgia – 1987
*Advanced Peace Officer Certificate from the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education – 1988
*Instructor Certification from Del Mar College – 1994
*Polygraph Instrumentation and Application from Texas Department of Public Safety Law Enforcement Polygraph School taught by The Department of Defense – 1995
*Advanced Polygraph Training from the Backster School of Lie Detection – 1995
*Examiner’s License #1010 issued by the Texas Polygraph Examiners Board – 1996
*Clinical Polygraph Certification from the Texas Association of Polygraph Examiners – 1996
*Advanced training on Clinical/Maintenance Polygraph Testing of Sex Offenders from The Texas Association of Law Enforcement Polygraph Investigators – 1996
*Awarded Texas Association of Law Enforcement Polygraph Investigators Polygraph Examiner of the Year – 1997
*Received Award from the Greater Corpus Christi Business Alliance for Top 40 Under 40 for 1998
*Advanced training on Juvenile Sex Offenders as it relates to polygraph – 1998
*Private Investigator’s License issued by The Texas Board of Private Investigators and Security Agencies – 1998
*President of the Nueces County Children’s Advocacy Center – 2000-2001
*President of the Texas Association of Polygraph Examiners – 2000-2002
*Nueces County Sheriff’s Training Academy – TCIC/NCIC Limited Access – 2001
*Texas Assoc. of Polygraph Examiners Conf. -The New Texas Protocol – 2001
*Texas Assoc. of Law Enforcement Polygraph Examiners – Sex Offender Testing and Polygraph Techniques – 2001
*Texas Assoc. of Polygraph Examiners – New Federal Standards & Methodologies – 2001
*Sam Houston State University Training for the Treatment and supervision of the Adult Sex Offender - 2002
*Texas Assoc. of Polygraph Examiners – 40 hours Continuing Education on Sex Offender Polygraph Testing – 2003
*Texas Assoc. of Polygraph Examiners – 20 hours Continuing Education on Criminal Testing and Polygraph Physiology - 2004
*Civil Process Training – Constables Office, Pct. 2 – 2005
*Texas Assoc. of Polygraph Examiners - Computer Polygraph Training & Question Formulation – 12 hours, April 2005
*Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education – Master Peace Officers Certificate - July 20, 2005
*Texas Assoc. of Polygraph Examiners – Sex Offender Testing-Court Room Testimony-Polygraph Science – 20 hours, April 2007
*Texas Assoc. of Polygraph Examiners – Polygraph Testing Methodology for Juvenile Sex Offenders – 20 hours, November 2008
*Texas Assoc. of Polygraph Examiners - Polygraph Testing of Female Sex Offenders - 20 hours, April 2009
*Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer
Standards and Education - 2280 hours as of July 2009
*Texas Assoc. of Polygraph Examiners - Sex Offender & Risk Assessment & Social Networking, Sexting and Cyberstalking - 20 Hours, April 2011
Nueces County Sheriff's Training Academy - State and Federal Law Updates - 4 hours, June 2011
Nueces County – Legislative Updates – 8 hours, March 13, 2013
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Richard C. Stacey
I served as a sworn Police Officer for the City of Corpus Christi for eighteen years. I worked eight years in the Patrol Division, four years in the Special Services Division in the Narcotics Section, three years in the Criminal Investigation Division assigned to the Homicide/Robbery/Sexual Assault Section for two of those years.
I was a member of the Department’s S.W.A.T. team and spent my last three years as the S.W.A.T. Training coordinator and the In-Service Training Coordinator.
EDUCATION
1973-1977 High School Diploma, Robert E. Lee High School
1978-1979 San Antonio College
1979-1979 Del Mar College
1979-1980 Corpus Christi Police Academy
WORK HISTORY
1979-1998 -Patrolman/Sergeant/Narcotics Investigator/Detective/Training Coordinator, Corpus Christi Police Department Patrol Officer involving enforcement of criminal and traffic law, promoted to Sergeant/Detective/Investigator involving criminal investigations and interrogations along with case compilation and presentation to District and County Attorneys followed by courtroom testimony.
1993-present Vice President/Investigator/Polygraph Examiner, Stacun Incorporated
involving management of employees, investigations and current polygraph testing for Pharmaceutical Companies, Parole, Probation, Security Companies, E.P.P.A. Testing and the private sector. Investigations for Criminal and Civil cases (court appointed and private).
LICENSES & CERTIFICATES
*Basic Police Officer Certificate and License from Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Education - 1981
*Instructor Certification from the Corpus Christi Police Academy – 1988
*Advanced Peace Officer Certificate from the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education – 1990
*Homicide / Sexual Assault investigations from The Sheriff’s Association of Texas – 1991
*Homicide Investigations from The Department of Public Safety - 1993
*Firearms Instructor Course from The Department of Public Safety - 1994
*Standard Field Sobriety Testing from Texas A & M University - 1995
*Emergency Police Driving Instructor Course from Texas A & M University - 1996
*Intern Examiner’s License #1998-04 issued by the Texas Polygraph Examiners Board - 1998
*Advanced training on Clinical/Maintenance Polygraph Testing of Sex Offenders from The Texas Association of Polygraph Examiners – 1998
*Advanced training on Polygraph Testing of Juvenile Sex Offenders - 1998
*Advanced training on Sex Offender Testing – Treatment and Police Applicant Screening from The Texas Association of Law Enforcement Polygraph Investigators - 1998
*Private Investigator’s License issued by The Texas Board of Private Investigators and Security Agencies in 1998
*Licensed by the Texas Polygraph Examiners Board – September, 1999 License #1053
*Clinical Polygraph Certification from the Texas Association of Polygraph Examiners – 1999
*Editor - Texas Association of Polygraph Examiners Newsletter
*Board Member – Nueces County Children’s Advocacy Center- 2001-2002
*Nueces County Sheriff’s Training Academy TCIC/NCIC Limited Access – 2001
*Texas Assoc. of Polygraph Examiners Conf. – The New Texas Protocol – 2001
*Texas Assoc. of Law Enforcement Polygraph Examiners – Sex Offender Testing and Polygraph Techniques – 2001
*Texas Assoc. of Polygraph Examiners – New Federal Standards & Methodologies – 2001
*Sam Houston State University Training for the Treatment and supervision of the Adult Sex Offender - 2002
*Texas Assoc. of Polygraph Examiners – 40 hours Continuing Education on Sex Offender Polygraph Testing – 2003
*Texas Assoc. Of Polygraph Examiners – 20 hours Continuing Education on Criminal Testing and Polygraph Physiology – 2004
*Texas Assoc. of Polygraph Examiners - Computer Polygraph Training & Question Formulation – 12 hours, April 2005
*Civil Process Training – Constable’s Office, Pct. 2 – August 2005
*Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education – Master Peace Officer’s Certificate – July 20, 2005
*Texas Assoc. of Polygraph Examiners – Sex Offender *Testing-Court Room Testimony-Polygraph Science – 20 hours, April 2007
*Texas Assoc. of Polygraph Examiners – Polygraph Testing Methodology for Juvenile Sex Offenders – 20 hours, November 2008
*Texas Assoc. of Polygraph Examiners - Polygraph Testing of Female Sex Offenders - 20 hours, April 2009
*Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer
Standards and Education - 2302 hours as of June 2009
*Texas Association of Polygraph Examiners - Sex Offender & Risk Assessment & Social Networking, Sexting and Cyberstalking - 20 Hours, April 2011
Nueces County Sheriff's Training Academy - State and Federal Law Updates - 4 hours, June 2011
Nueces County – Legislative Updates – 8 hours, March 13, 2013
Leo Benavides
I was a sworn Police Officer for the City of Corpus Christi for 23 years. I worked for two years in Criminal Investigations working in the Burglary and Theft Division. I worked two years in the Traffic Division investigating a full range of accidents from very minor to fatalities. I worked for two years in the Narcotic Division doing surveillance, undercover work and presenting cases to either County or District Attorneys office for disposition. I worked seventeen years in Patrol Division as an officer, training officer and supervisor in different areas throughout the city. I was the supervisor in charge of the Hostage Negotiation Team and spent my last three years training the team on possible scenarios and supervising the team on all crisis call outs when needed in the city.
EDUCATION
1973 - Graduate from Foy H. Moody High School
1973 -1974 McLennan Community College, Waco, Texas
1974 -1976 Del Mar College
1985 - 1987 Del Mar College
LICENSES & CERTIFICATES
Underwater Search and Recovery - 
CCPD 1975
Basic License - TCLEOSE 1976
Rape Investigation & Prevention Texas A&M 1976
Defensive Driving Course - National Safety Council 1978
Crime Scene Search School - DPS 1978
Criminal Investigation School - DPS1978
Law & Criminology - DPS 1979
Officer of the Year - VFW Post 2397 - Corpus Christi 1979
Field Training Officer School - DPS1980
Police Response to Family Violence - SWTSU 1982
Officer Street Survival - DPS 1982
Intermediate License - TCLEOSE 1982
Advance License - TCLEOSE 1987
Tactical Handcuff Instructor Course - Travis
County Sheriff's Adademy -1988 Pressure Point Control Tactics - Temple P.D. 1988
Unarmed Defense Tactics - Travis County
Sheriff's Academy 1988
Pressure Point Control Tactics - P.P.C.T. 1988
Instructor Certification - CCPD 1988
Instructor License - TCLEOSE 1989
First Line Supervisor School - DPS 1990
Hostage Negotiation Competition - Texas A&M 1994
Family Violence, Sexual Assault, Child Abuse
and Neglect, Racial Sensitivity -CCPD 1994
Cultural Diversity/Civil Rights - CCPD 1995
Conference of South Texas Crisis
Negotiators - San Antonio P.D. 1995
Master Peace Officer License - TCLEOSE1995
Hostage Negotiations Southwest Conference - Texas Assoc. of Hostage Negotiators 1995
Hostage Negotiator of the Year - Texas Hostage
Negotiators of America 1995
Cultural Diversity - CCPD 1996
Incident Command System - CCPD 1996
In Custody Death Course - CCPD 1996
Motivation Practices - CCPD 1996
Texas Assoc. Of Licensed Investigators - 23 hours 2013
*Published Negotiation incident involving the Selena Homicide and Standoff - US Hostage Negotiators of America - 1995 Issue.
*Over 1530 Police training hours is associated topics.
*3rd Degree Judo - I have been practicing Judo since 1966. I have also studied other forms of personal protection discipline such as Karate, Akido, one on one defense tactics, firearm retention, and disarming techniques.
*Instructor for the Corpus Christi Police Academy for Officer Safety and Street Survival.
