The NYS Police Polygraph Unit Reform

The full write-up is being drafted.

The complete case-study narrative covering the program as Joe inherited it, the methodology conversion process, the unit manual rewrite, the QC architecture build, the examiner retraining, and the long-tail outcome (the program continuing to operate inside the framework after his tenure) is being prepared for publication.

In the meantime, the substance of the reform is the basis for ASC's current Polygraph Unit Consulting service. If your agency is standing up a polygraph unit, modernizing an existing one, or preparing for accreditation or audit, the consulting engagement walks through the same framework Joe built at NYSP, calibrated to your program.

What the reform produced

• Conversion of the pre-employment program to Directed Lie Comparison Test methodology
• A rewritten unit manual covering examiner conduct, case intake, chart-scoring standards, post-test interview discipline, equipment standards, record retention, and the unit's posture on every recurring decision point
• A structured quality control architecture covering chart-quality review, scoring inter-rater reliability, case-file documentation audit, examiner peer review, and corrective-action protocol
• Examiner retraining and validation on the converted methodology
• A program structure that continued to operate inside the framework after Joe's tenure

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