Students study procedures for conducting effective behavioral interviewing and interrogation. The study for these procedures will impart to the student the ability to detect deception and elicit confessions from suspects. Emphasis is placed upon establishing officer-suspect rapport while detecting verbal deception by interpreting gestures, body movements and facial expressions. Topics will include legal issues as well as interrogation approaches and techniques. Additionally analysis will be made of structured questions and statements.
Students engage in actual interviews in order to apply methods they have learned in class.
Enrollment is limited. This course is based upon Louisiana statutes and designed for peace officers, service providers and victim advocates in Louisiana. Although this course can be offered to peace officers exclusively, it was created to be presented to all community members concerned with this tragedy. It covers the psychology and mythology connected with batterers and their victims, children in violent homes, officer safety, investigating domestic violence and much more. Enrollment is limited.