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.

Course Topics

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