Capital Center for Credibility Assessment

What Capital Center for Credibility Assessment does

Capital Center for Credibility Assessment Corporation (C3A) is a private, founder-owned professional services firm founded in 2014 by Patrick J. Roche and headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia. The company provides credibility assessment services — primarily polygraph examinations and EyeDetect automated screening — to U.S. federal, state, and local government agencies, with law enforcement and intelligence communities as its principal customer base. C3A describes itself as the largest single provider of polygraph services to the U.S. Government, executing thousands of examinations annually under LEPET (Law Enforcement Pre-Employment Tests) and TES (Test for Espionage and Sabotage) contracts, and holds GSA Schedule contract 47QSWA22D008A.

Core offerings rest on two technology pillars: traditional computerized polygraph examinations recording 4-6 channels of physiological data (respiration, skin moisture, pulse/blood pressure, capillary dilation, body movement) and the EyeDetect automated eye-tracking system made available through a 2015 partnership with Converus Inc. Supporting services include expert witness testimony for trial attorneys (Daubert admissibility preparation, quality control review), professional education and training, and faculty instruction for the Behavioural Measures UK Polygraph Training Centre. The company manages 40+ polygraph examiners across five Virginia offices and one California office, with cumulative examination volume exceeding 14,000.

The business model is professional services revenue, with pricing quoted per engagement based on service type, complexity, and expertise required. C3A is owned and operated by former federal polygraph managers (Roche, Dutton, Krapohl) with 35-40+ years of combined federal service, including leadership of the National Center for Credibility Assessment (NCCA). The company has no disclosed external funding, no parent organization, and operates exclusively in the United States, with selective international training activity through the UK partnership. Distribution is direct-to-government via GSA Schedule and named contracts, with no consumer or commercial channel presence.

Name

Capital Center for Credibility Assessment

Legal name

Capital Center for Credibility Assessment Corporation

Website

https://c3acorp.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

C3A is a private credibility assessment firm providing polygraph examinations and EyeDetect screening services primarily to U.S. federal, state, and local government agencies. The company serves law enforcement and intelligence communities through expert testimony, professional training, and quality control review services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Polygraph & Credibility Assessment Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (54111), Legal Services (5411), Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (54)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Psychometric Standards, Test Development & Validation Authorities (EDADAFAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Assessment & Examination Integrity Audits (EDADAGAE), Online & Distance Education Quality Assurance Reviews (EDADAGAM), Legal, Governance, Privacy & Audit Certifications (EDAAANAN)

Keywords

• Polygraph examination services
• Credibility assessment services
• EyeDetect deception detection
• Federal polygraph examinations
• Expert witness testimony

Headquarters

HQ city

Fairfax

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Government Polygraph Services: Provides polygraph examination services to US Government including pre-employment applicant processing, counter-intelligence, counter-terrorism, and investigations. Company is largest single provider of Polygraph Services to the U.S. Government. Handles thousands of examinations annually across federal, state, and local government agencies.
2. Expert Witness Testimony: Expert testimony services for trial attorneys including quality control evaluation of previously conducted polygraph examinations, courtroom testimony, and laying foundation for admissibility under Daubert standard.
3. Education and Training Services: Professional lectures and education on credibility assessment topics for polygraph professionals, legal community, colleges, and general public. Staff serve as faculty members with Behavioural Measures - UK Polygraph Training Centre.
4. EyeDetect Screening Services: Provides EyeDetect credibility assessment technology as preferred provider to US Government. Used for pre-screening applicants, continuous evaluation programs, and uncovering security compromises.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

C3A is a private professional services firm that delivers credibility-assessment services — primarily polygraph examinations and EyeDetect ocular deception-detection testing — to U.S. federal, state, and local government agencies and to trial attorneys nationwide. The firm complements examination services with expert witness testimony and structured polygraph-examiner training/education programs. Service delivery is supported by a managed national network of 40+ examiners and offices in five Virginia locations plus one California office.

Product overview

Capital Center for Credibility Assessment (C3A) operates as a service-based organization offering credibility assessment solutions centered on two primary technologies: traditional polygraph examination services and EyeDetect, an automated eye-tracking credibility assessment technology developed by the University of Utah. The company provides these core offerings alongside supporting services including expert testimony for legal proceedings, professional education and training, and quality control reviews. C3A is the largest single provider of polygraph services to the U.S. Government and became a preferred provider of EyeDetect technology in 2015 through a partnership with Converus Inc.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Polygraph Examination Services Validated polygraph examinations delivered by a managed national network of 40+ examiners across 14+ states, primarily serving U.S. federal, state, and local government agencies and trial attorneys for screening, vetting, background investigations, and case work.
• EyeDetect Credibility Assessment Ocular deception-detection examinations using the proprietary EyeDetect technology delivered through C3A's operational partnership with Converus. Offered to U.S. government and legal clients as an alternative or complement to traditional polygraph testing.
• Expert Witness Testimony Court-qualified expert witness services in credibility assessment, polygraph examination methodology, and EyeDetect offered by C3A's senior examiners to trial attorneys and law firms for use in U.S. civil and criminal litigation.
• Polygraph Examiner Training & Education Structured training and continuing-education programs for polygraph examiners, developed and delivered under C3A's education services function. Targeted at current and aspiring professional examiners working with C3A and the broader polygraph profession.

Quantifiable outcome

• Polygraph accuracy of 85-90% median accuracy for event-specific testing according to National Research Council meta-analysis
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Converus Inc.coreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2015C3A partnered with Converus Inc. in 2015 to provide EyeDetect technology as preferred provider to Federal and State Government Agencies. EyeDetect is an automated credibility assessment technology developed by scientists from the University of Utah. The partnership enables C3A to offer rapid non-contact screening with 85% accuracy for personnel security and integrity verification.
• Behavioural Measures - UK Polygraph Training CentrecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerC3A staff serve as faculty members with Behavioural Measures - UK Polygraph Training Centre to train UK government polygraph examiners. This includes quarterly continuing education opportunities. The course exceeds the standards of the American Polygraph Association which accredits the program.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• HireRight: Large-scale background-screening provider serving global employers with employment verification, criminal checks, and related screening. Comparable as a buyer of personnel-screening services in the broader workforce-integrity market C3A serves.
• Sterling Talent Solutions: Enterprise background-check and identity-services incumbent; overlaps with C3A in the employee-screening category, though operates at much broader scale and does not specialize in credibility assessment.

Direct peers

• Stoelting Co. Manufacturer of polygraph instrumentation (Computerized Polygraph Systems) used by U.S. Government and private examiners; directly comparable in supplying the core hardware platform for credibility assessment.
• John E. Reid and Associates: Provider of polygraph training (Reid College of Polygraph Science) and examination services, including interrogation technique training. Comparable as a private-sector polygraph services and training firm with overlapping customer segments.
• Lafayette Instrument Company: Long-established manufacturer of polygraph instruments and operator of the Lafayette Instrument Polygraph School; competes with C3A across both the equipment and examiner-training dimensions of the credibility-assessment market.
• Behavioural Measures (UK Polygraph Training Centre): UK-based polygraph training centre where C3A staff serve as faculty. Operates the international counterpart of C3A's polygraph training business and serves similar government/law enforcement clientele in the UK.
• Converus Inc. Developer and owner of EyeDetect technology and C3A's core technology partner. Converus commercializes the same credibility-assessment technology that C3A deploys, both directly to government and through resellers — making it the closest comparable in product/category.
• Academy of Polygraph Science: Polygraph examiner training school providing APA-accredited courses and private examination services — directly comparable in the polygraph training/services niche.

Others

• National Center for Credibility Assessment (NCCA): U.S. Government institution that trains federal polygraph examiners. Not a commercial peer, but the institutional reference point from which C3A's leadership and examiner network were drawn, and a key ecosystem participant.
• American Polygraph Association: Industry association setting polygraph practice standards and accrediting schools. C3A's leadership (Krapohl) is a past president; the association shapes the regulatory and training standards C3A operates within.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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