A behind-the-scenes look at the outdated way cops have been trained to interrogate and how modern police agencies are embracing new methods backed by sound science.
Police Interrogation Techniques
The way police officers are trained to interrogate people hasn’t changed much since the 1950’s.
But, recent Netflix documentaries and high-profile cases have exposed that those same interrogation techniques are flawed.
How most cops are trained to interrogate:
Deception Detection
How to spot a liar
False Evidence Ploys
How to lie about evidence
Themes, Maximization, and Minimization
How to invent a story
The Problem
Cops are misled by police trainers who claim their interrogation training is based on science but it turns out that wasn’t true
The Problem
Cops are misled by police trainers who claim their interrogation training is based on science but it turns out that wasn’t true
What does the research say?
Deception Detection
Deception detection is a lie
Behavioral Analysis Interview
The pseudo-science cops are sold
Antiquated Training
Interrogation training is flawed
What do the experts say?
Vern Pierson
The District Attorney
Mark Fallon
The interrogator of terrorists
Scott Savage
The Police Trainer
Would a person really confess to a crime they didn’t commit?
Nancy Franklin
Who would confess to a murder they didn’t commit? Maybe you.
LA Times
Police got him to admit to a murder that never happened. How is that possible?
Dr. Saul Kassin
False confessions
Science-Based Interviewing
A modern, evidence-based investigative interviewing method that is effective and ethical.
Science-Based Interviewing
The Basics
What is Science-Based Interviewing?
Get to the Truth
The goal is accurate information, not a confession
The Training
The new training for cops