In September, 2024 we surveyed 31,000 individuals who had graduated from our training program, The Reid Technique of Investigative Interviewing and Advanced Interrogation Techniques. Here are the response results:

98.99% said that they would recommend the training program to their colleagues.

98% of the respondents indicated that after attending the Reid training
program their skill level in conducting interviews and interrogations
increased to Above Average/Excellent

Here are the details:

94% of the respondents indicated that the behavioral models of truthful and deceptive subjects that they learned in the course helped them evaluate the credibility of their subjects in almost all cases/on a regular basis

85% of the respondents indicated that during their investigative interviews, they asked many of the behavior-provoking questions that they learned at the training program (Punishment, Second Chance, Think, Bait, etc) in almost all cases/on a regular basis

86% of the respondents reported that the behavior-provoking questions helped them to evaluate the subject’s credibility in almost all cases/on a regular basis

80% of the respondents reported that they utilized the Reid Nine Steps of Interrogation that they learned at the training program (theme development, responding to denials, utilizing alternative questions) in almost all cases/on a regular basis

74% of the respondents reported that the application of the Reid Nine Step process has increased their ability to secure corroborated confessions in almost all cases/on a regular basis

87% of the respondents reported that the application of the Reid Technique for both interviews and interrogations increased their ability to determine the subject's culpability for committing the act under investigation in almost all cases/on a regular basis

55% of the respondents indicated that the confessions they obtained were utilized as evidence in court in almost all cases/on a regular basis, and 43% indicated their use in court on an occasional basis