John Bowden is the founder and director of Applied Police Training and Certification. John retired from the Orlando Police Department as a Master Police Officer In 1994. His career spans a period of 21 years in law enforcement overlapping 25 years of law enforcement instruction. His total of more than 37 years of experience includes all aspects of law enforcement to include: uniform crime scene technician, patrol operations, investigations, undercover operations, planning and research for departmental development, academy coordinator, field training officer and field training supervisor.
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Using first person makes your reports more clear and easy to read
Failing to show respect to people may prevent you from getting information essential to your investigation
This important phase of the investigation is not the presentation of evidence — it is where we advise the subject that we know (without a doubt) that they committed the crime
Considering these seven types of witnesses before going into your investigation can maximize the results of your interviews
Considering these six characteristics which affect a subject’s credibility will give you a head start on getting the best information for your case
All the subjects involved in an incident have their own idea of what happened based on their observation of what happened
The following is an example of how each person’s perception can distort the interpretation of an event by participants and witnesses, and consequently create hurdles for the investigators of the in...
People do not like to be pushed — they like to be involved in the process, and by their involvement, we can lead them to a confession
A physical trigger can be all it takes to convince a suspect to tell us their story
I came up with five categories of general behavior — it is not a total list of all behaviors, but rather, a list of general behavior — to look for during an interview or interrogation
Kevin Hogan has written numerous books on communication techniques applicable to both sales and our investigative tool of interrogation — here, we’ll examine the use of language patterns
“He who has not a good memory should never take upon himself the trade of lying.”
— Michel de Montaigne 1533-1592
Set the scene, by introducing the people, property and other information before it is discussed
Once you’ve established the definition of a lie and the psychological set, ask the subject a question such as ‘Have you ever lied to your children to make them behave?’
On an episode of Dateline NBC, Chris Hansen is interviewing a male subject that has arrived to meet a 15-year-old girl. Chris asks the subject the age of the girl he is there to meet. The subject m...
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