FOUR DAY INTERVIEW AND INTERROGATION

"HOSTED BY THE CSCJTA, WEYERS CAVE, VIRGINIA"

COURSE DURATION:  32hrs             INSTRUCTIONAL SETTING:  Classroom

INSTRUCTOR:  James C. Lilley, Lieutenant (Retired), Certified ICITAP Master Instructor, ILEETA. Member. Former Detective Sergeant, Former DEA Major Level Task Force Member 

COURSE DESCRIPTION:  This course is designed to provide the law enforcement officer with the knowledge, skills, and techniques necessary when conducting criminal interviews and interrogations, with an emphasis on Miranda use, communication and listening skills, body language, as well as the importance of proper documentation of the interview or interrogation.

Topics Include:  

• Interview or Interrogation?
• The Purpose of an Interview
• The Purpose of an Interrogation
• Guidelines for Conducting and Interview or an Interrogation
• Proper Locations to Conduct and Interview or an Interrogation
• Planning and Preparing the Interview or Interrogation
• Background Information; Knowing Your Case!
• Miranda Warnings
• Valid Waivers
• Invocation of Rights-Right to Silence? Right to Counsel? (Case Law)
• Fifth and Sixth Amendments
• Does the Accused Have the Capacity to Understand Their Miranda Rights?
• How Many Investigators Are Too Many?
• Practice Good Listening Skills
• Active Listening
• The Five Step Process-PEACE Method
• The Five Step Process-Cognitive Approach
• Cognitive Model
• Effective Questioning
• Ask Open Ended Questions
• Loaded Questions
• Paralinguistic Cues
• Physiological Changes
• The Power of Persuasion
• Statement Analysis (SCAN)
• Statement Validity Assessment (SVA)
• Documenting the Interview or Interrogation
• What to Avoid When Conducting an Interview or an Interrogation
• Who Has the Authority to Offer a Deal?
• Practical Exercises with Students

 INSTRUCTIONAL GOAL: The goal of this course is intended to provide the law enforcement investigator/officer with the knowledge, skills and techniques required in order to properly conduct a professional criminal interview and or interrogation, while following the rules of law.   

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