Investigative Interviews

COURSE DESCRIPTION AND AGENDA (CLICK HERE)

This course is designed to enhance officers' interview and interrogation skills by focusing on foundational principles. Different techniques for interviewing victims, witnesses, and suspects will be covered. Gaining admissions and confessions will be discussed in detail to produce optimum results.

Course topics include:
• Rapport building
• Communication skills
• Active listening
• Importance of game planning
• Miranda and various court decisions
• Factors that influence interviews
• Theme development
• Body language
• Liar’s Triangle
• Posture
• Handling denials
• Interrogation strategies
• Preventing false confessions

This training will improve students' ability to conduct effective interviews and interrogations. Material will be provided to all students to enhance the training and serve as a reference for the topics covered.