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Investigator Tip
Interrogation Tactics Involving a Written Report    
January - February 2015 
Interrogation Tactics Involving a Written Report    
wire-bound-pad.jpgThe interrogation of a criminal suspect is designed to persuade a suspect, who is believed to be guilty of a crime, to tell the truth. To be effective, the investigator's persuasive arguments must resonate with the suspect; in other words, the suspect must find the investigator's statements to be credible. 

While criminal suspects come from a wide variety of backgrounds and different levels of education and experience, most of them know that the investigator will eventually submit some form of written report concerning the investigation. This knowledge can be utilized to develop the credibility of persuasive arguments during an interrogation. Specifically, the potential content and inevitable submission of a written report serves as the basis for a variety of different interrogation tactics. 

False Confessions   


False confessions do occur. Although they happen infrequently, they often involve high profile cases. Whenever they occur it is incumbent on all investigators to examine the details of each case in order to learn the cause and effect relationship between what happened during the questioning of the subject and the subsequent false admission of guilt. Generally speaking, the overwhelming majority of false confession cases involve investigator behavior that exceeds the parameters established by the courts and professional best practices. 

To guard against the possibility of a false confession, all investigators should adhere to the following core principles: 

  • Always conduct interviews and interrogations in accordance with the guidelines established by the courts 
  • Do not make any promises of leniency
  • Do not threaten the subject with any physical harm or inevitable consequences
  • Do not deny the subject any of their rights
  • Do not deny the subject the opportunity to satisfy their physical needs
  • Always treat the subject with decency and respect
  • Do not conduct excessively long interrogations
  • Exercise extreme caution when questioning juveniles and individual with mental disabilities
About Instructor 

Mike J. Adamec, CRT


Mike is a graduate of Troy State University in Alabama, with a bachelor's degree in criminal justice. He has been employed with John E. Reid & Associates since 1985, is certified in The Reid Technique, and has conducted in excess of 8,000 interviews. Mike is an instructor for the Integrity Interviewing seminar, as well as The Reid Technique of Interviewing and Interrogation program. Mike has participated in federally sponsored research in behavior analysis and psychophysiology and has substantial experience on the witness stand, where he testified on the confessions he has obtained. In addition to his vast knowledge, participants routinely comment about Mike's enjoyable wit and humor.

In This Issue
Why 'Tell Me Why You Did It' is a Failed Technique 

 

Lou Senese, Reid VP, just published a brief article in PoliceOne.comentitled "Why 'Tell Me Why You Did It' is a Failed Technique."  

 

Read Article Here 

 

    

Updates to Reid Graduate Webpage 

 

If you've completed one of our programs and you haven't been to the Reid Graduate Webpage, now is the time.  We've updated with more free information for you.  Check out the new audio segments for Child Abuse Investigations and the voice over Power Point Presentation, 'The Reid Technique Modified for Patrol Officer Interviews.'

 

Access Reid Graduate Webpage 

Toronto Sun Gets It Wrong 

 

In a recent article entitled, "Peel Regional Police investigative techniques questioned" the author, Sam Pazzano, makes a number of erroneous statements about The Reid Technique, primarily based on the information he received from two lawyers involved in the Mikey Spence case. Here is the email that we sent to Mr. Pazzano: 

Mr. Pazzano, 

I just read your article entitled, "Peel Regional Police investigative techniques questioned" and was very surprised that with your extensive discussion of The Reid Technique you did not call our office to ask us about the technique that we have been teaching to the law enforcement community for over 50 years. At the very least I would think that you would want to confirm whether or not the description of The Reid Technique given to you by lawyers James Fleming and David Schulman was, in fact, accurate. 

Let me clarify a few of the errors in your article. 
 
The Reid Technique is built on a core of principles that include the following: 

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