Today we’d like to introduce you to Gary J. Hale.
Gary J., please share your story with us. How did you get to where you are today?
As a young man, I was inspired in high school ROTC to join the military and specialize in intelligence. I enlisted, after graduation and served 6 years in the U.S. Army Security Agency during Vietnam. After leaving the military I became a police officer and then joined the federal Drug Enforcement Administration, serving for a total of 37 years government service. Starting with my time as a police officer I was always intrigued by polygraph as a method that was used for intelligence and other security related purposes. Following that calling, In 1998 I graduated from the Texas DPS Law Enforcement Polygraph School and concurrently began my business as a private polygraph examiner.
Since 1998 my business has grown and we now offer several security related services including international investigations that focus on Latin America, polygraph examinations, Spanish language translations, drug-testing/screening services, as well as national security and public safety research and analysis. Our business has received very high ratings from clients who have undergone polygraph with us. These favorable ratings stem from our genuine concern about the issues that drive our clients to us, and our treatment of their problems as if they were our own. We are located in Katy, Texas and recently moved to a new location where we are expanding our business lines.
Overall, has it been relatively smooth? If not, what were some of the struggles along the way?
I have been fortunate to have good mentors who gave me good advice.
Voir Dire International, LLC – what should we know? What do you guys do best? What sets you apart from the competition?
Gary J. Hale, d/b/a Voir Dire International Polygraph Investigations was established in 1998 as a sole proprietorship registered in Harris County and Ft. Bend County, Texas.
The d/b/a performed polygraph investigations and examinations as its primary line of business. In 2015, the company was re-named as Voir Dire International, LLC (hereafter, the company) and re-structured as a Limited Liability Corporation (LLC) registered with the Secretary of State in Austin, Texas. The company provides client services, within the confines of the law of the jurisdiction in which it operates, including domestic and foreign, in the U.S. and abroad, private and government, that are not limited to the any of the following, including the development of intelligence requirements at the tactical, operational, strategic and policy levels; collection of information and technical data using all sources and methods, including The Cloud and Big Data.
The company also provides a complete range of bi-lingual (English/Spanish) security and intelligence services that focus on Mexico security issues. The company works very closely with U.S. and Mexico law enforcement, intelligence and military agencies to obtain raw, unevaluated information from open sources, confidential informants, government sources and other sensitive sources to perform its analysis. The information is evaluated and analyzed to make judgments based on the specified needs of the customer.
The company provides intelligence subject matter expertise regarding operations, analysis, training and other requirements identified by the customer. The company is staffed by a team of subject matter experts with knowledge, skills and abilities in law enforcement, intelligence, terrorism, military affairs, force protection and other strategic interests. The team possesses the capacity to provide training and produce analysis, threat assessments, policy papers and development of transparency, rule-of-law and ethics projects.
The company provides innovation, creation, development and conduct of research and analysis; performs assessments and studies; publishes articles, profiles, reports, books, policy papers and other documents; provides mapping, cartography, geographic information, geo-location, tracking, monitoring and modeling services, digital forensics, including telephonic and computer data extraction and exploitation, voice comparisons and voice fingerprinting, video and imagery enhancement, as well as providing finished intelligence products and systems for private, judicial, intelligence, national security, military, law enforcement; counter-terrorism, counter-drug, counter-intelligence, anti-kidnapping, corporate, personal, personnel, force-protection, physical and information security, public safety, academic and other customers. We are most proud of the fact that we are subject matter experts on Mexico that have knowledge based on ground truth. We don’t just visit and study Mexico, we live it.
What is “success” or “successful” for you?
Continual growth, Forward and continuous progress. Making sure that I love what I do.
Pricing:
- Polygraph Examination – Standard $500.00
- Polygraph Examination – Criminal $750.00
- Polygraph Examination – Jail or Prison $1,000.00
- Polygraph Examination outside the U.S, $1,000.00
- Translation Services 15 cents per word
- Mexico Subject Matter Expert $250.00 per hour
Contact Info:
- Address: 5811 2nd St., Katy, TX 77493
- Website: www.voirdireinternational.com
- Phone: 832-865-7659
- Email: examinerhale@hotmail.com
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