The Institute membership operated as a close but informal group for over ten years. It is made up of members from the academic community and the working street-oriented world of police and intelligence agencies. In both cases the members were chosen because they have proven to be the best within their respective fields and/or agencies in conducting interviews.

In 1998 J.J. Newberry and Dan Voznik retired from their respective agencies and teamed up with Carrol Stubbs, who is still a practicing private investigator. They registered The Institute in Nevada as an LLC Partnership. Since that time The Institute has successfully trained a number of law enforcement agencies, including the State of California Department of Justice Bureau of Investigations and the California Highway Patrol.

Since it's early formation the membership has always enjoyed a close relationship with Dr. Paul Ekman and Dr. Mark Frank who have trained and evaluated the instructors in their ability to detect hidden emotions in witnesses and suspects as well as to determine when a person is lying. Dr. Ekman has been a mentor to the membership. In exchange, the instructors, who are all working police officers, have given feedback to Drs. Ekman and Frank as to what does and does not work in the real world of criminal investigations.

This close exchange between the academic world of research and the reality of the working street detective had brought about a trust and respect between the two that has resulted in a training program based on research from the academic world and taught by professional practitioners from the field of law enforcement regulatory agencies.

The Institute currently has twenty (20) instructors throughout the United States and Australia at its disposal. The Analytic Interview Course has been adopted by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, the Oakland, California Police Department, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF). In total, over 2000 law enforcement officers and intelligence agents have been successfully trained. The Institute offers courses ranging from three (3) days to two (2) weeks. It also offers advanced courses that are tailored to the needs of the agency and allow more individual attention to each student. For that reason the advanced courses are restricted to no more than twelve (12) students.

“Train the Trainer” Courses are also available upon request.