Enrollment is limited. The course creates opportunities to develop and enhance partnerships between law enforcement and community stakeholders. Real-life problems occurring in the community are addressed in this class. Enrollment is limited. Enrollment is limited.
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.