Key LeARNING

• Cognitive Techniques: Participants will explore advanced cognitive techniques to enhance their interviewing skills, enabling them to effectively engage with suspects during interviews.

• Strategic Planning and Preparation: Learners will acquire the ability to meticulously plan and prepare for advanced or specialized interviews with suspects, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of the case context.

• Advanced Interview Techniques: Participants will master advanced interview techniques, adapting their approach based on the unique circumstances of each suspect, including those related to serious offenses.

• Evaluating Interview Performance: Learners will develop the capacity to critically evaluate their own interview performance, identifying areas for improvement and refining their skills over time.

• Legal Considerations: The course will cover legal aspects relevant to suspect interviews, including the rights of suspects, admissibility of evidence, and ethical boundaries.

• Effective Communication: Participants will enhance their communication skills, learning how to establish rapport, manage resistance, and extract relevant information from suspects.

• Managing High-Stress Situations: The course will equip learners with strategies to handle high-stress scenarios during suspect interviews, maintaining professionalism and focus.

• Evidence Collection: Participants will understand the importance of collecting reliable evidence during interviews, ensuring its admissibility in court proceedings.

• Ethical Decision-Making: Learners will explore ethical dilemmas commonly encountered during suspect interviews and learn how to make principled decisions.

• Transfer to operational cases: The course will emphasise the practical application of skills by assessing students ability to conduct interviews in major crime investigations.

These outcomes aim to empower investigators with the expertise needed to conduct effective and legally sound suspect interviews, contributing to successful criminal investigations. 

Provides knowledge and skills in conversation management, phased pre interview briefing, the PEACE model, decision making and interview strategy.