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Investigator Tip Interrogation Tactics Involving a Written Report     January - February 2015  Interrogation Tactics Involving a Written Report     The 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.  Continue Reading Tip  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 Here are number of websites that discuss false confession cases:  Cornell University Law School False Confessions Innocence Project False Confessions Truth About False Confessions Northwestern Law Center on Wrongful Convictions Frontline - The Confessions University of Virginia School of Law - False Confessions Transcripts and Testimony Listverse - 10 Controversial Convictions Based on False Confessions 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 Interrogation Tactics Involving a Written Report False Confessions About Instructor Mike Adamec 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:  Click Here to Continue Reading and See Our Other 'What's New' Articles  Reid 2015 Schedule  Do you need to plan budget and training schedules for the year?  View our 2015 schedule on our webpage www.reid.com  Search schedule by location or by date.          Quick Links        2015 Brochure  2015 Catalog  Previous Investigator Tips  John E. Reid & Associates, Inc. 209 W. Jackson Blvd. Suite 400 Chicago, Illinois 60606 (800) 255-5747

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The IAWP Awards Committee is looking for nominations for IAWP Awards.  Please go to the website to see the aawards and their description.  Award winners need not be members, but it would be great if they were.  Please submit your nominations to me by March 10, 2015.  All Nominations must come thru the Regional Coordinator.  

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I will be attending the Early Board Meeting in Denver.  If you have any concerns or questions please let me know before the 24th of February.

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