Understanding that interrogations take place in many different contexts, this class is designed to provide law enforcement personnel with the tools necessary to legally extract information from a subject regardless of where or why the encounter occurs. With a dual focus on criminal procedure and interrogation techniques, this class prepares the student for the realities of interrogations in both investigative and street police work.
Topics Include
- Mandatory vs. Strategic use of Miranda
- What Constitutes Custody
- What are the Bounds of Interrogation
- Use of Deception & Disinformation
- Promises of Leniency & Quid Pro Quo
- What is and what is not an Invocation
- Public Safety Exception Interrogations
- Building Rapport to Disarm the Detainee
- Establishing the Elements of Voluntariness
- Consensual Encounters vs. Terry Stops vs. Arrests