Texas Commission on Law Enforcement advisory group debates polygraph certification rules, forms subcommittee on model policy

Members of an advisory committee to the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement met to review draft rules and to consider creating a model policy and continuing-education listings for a new law-enforcement polygraph certificate.

The chair (S1) opened the session and staff member (S6) summarized the draft structure: rules would live under a certificate section with a separate responsibilities or chief-administrator section, while a companion list of commission-approved conferences would be maintained on TCOLE's website. "The important part is that we get the structure in place and that we meet the requirements that you expect," S6 said, urging the committee to focus on the substance and leave detailed placement in the manual flexible.

The committee clarified continuing-education mechanics: the certificate would require 30 hours of continuing education, with at least 16 hours obtained at a commission-approved conference. S6 described a practical reporting mechanism: the commission would assign course numbers for conferences so attendees could report hours under a single course code that TCOLE would recognize for credit. "We would give you a…