The dark side of disaster: How to interrogate looters

Oct 31, 2024

(Origionaly published at PoliceOne.com, October 30, 2024, reprinted with permission)

Hurricanes Helen and Milton, as well as other natural disasters, cause a horrific loss of life and property. This chaos experienced by...

Preparing to Testify in Confession Cases (Parts One and Two)

Oct 30, 2024

New Investigator Tip now posted:

Preparing to Testify in Confession Cases (Parts One and Two)

In Part One of the Investigator Tip, Preparing to Testify in Confession Cases (Parts One...

Survey Results from 31,000 Reid Interview and Interrogation Course Graduates

Oct 15, 2024

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...

John E. Reid y Asociados se complace en anunciar nuestro programa de capacitación virtual en español de un día - La Técnica Reid de Entrevista de Investigación y Persuasión Positiva.

Sep 16, 2024

El programa será presentado en inglés por Joseph Buckley, Presidente de John E. Reid and Associates, con traducción simultánea al español.El cuaderno de trabajo estará en españolLas diapositivas de PowerPoint estarán en...

IACP Model Policy for Interviewing and Interrogating Juveniles

May 21, 2024

Several years ago we posted on our website The International Chiefs of Police Association (IACP) guidelines for Interviewing and Interrogating juveniles. Click here to review the IACP policy guidelines.

Police-Induced Confessions, 2.0: Risk Factors and Recommendations - Reid Comments

Mar 25, 2024

In 2010 an article entitled, “Police-Induced Confessions: Risk Factors and Recommendations” was published - Law Hum Behav 2010 Feb; 34(1):49-52. Recently a draft of an updated version was circulated for comment. The...

Limitations of Eyewitness Testimony

Mar 11, 2024

See our new Investigator Tip - Limitations of Eyewitness Testimony.

Truth be told: The key element in eliciting the truth from criminals.... Unlocking the power of simplicity in criminal interrogations

Mar 03, 2024

There are many approaches to persuade an individual to legally acknowledge that they committed the crime(s) under investigation. But do you want to know the most successful approach?

The answer is, keep...

Interrogation of Hamas-Inspired Terrorists

Dec 20, 2023

One of our Senior instructors, Philip A. Mullenix, has written our January/February Investigator Tip, Interrogation of Hamas-Inspired Terrorists. You can access this Tip by clicking here.

Investigator Tips are now grouped by content

Dec 20, 2023

We recently coded all of our Investigator Tips (over 200) by their content into the following categories: The Reid Technique; Interviewing; Behavior Symptom Analysis; Interrogation; Court Decisions re: Interrogation Issues; False Confession...

The Reid Technique: A Fact Sheet for Prosecutors

Apr 25, 2023

Dear Prosecutor,

In many confession cases, the defense presents an expert witness, oftentimes a social psychologist, to testify that the investigators used tactics and techniques to coerce a confession, very possibly a...

"Catch me if you can!" Criminal Interrogation tactics for the narcissist

Feb 24, 2023

Should offenders’ personalities factor into the interrogation? Absolutely.

We are not making a clinical diagnosis of narcissism but rather discussing options to interrogate the criminal who has exaggerated self-worth, is self-centered, possesses...

Principles of Effective Interviewing - the Mendez Principles

Dec 05, 2022

The United Nations undertook an effort to develop a set of “Principles on Effective Interviewing” to do away with torture, abuse, etc. Juan M. Mendez was the lead author of their work...

It is important to avoid making any accusations during the interview

Nov 28, 2022

In a recent article by Dr. Laure Brimbal (School of Criminal Justice and Criminology at Texas State University) and Lieutenant Shawn Hill ((Santa Barbara, CA Police Department) they re-affirm some of the...

The Reid App Has Been Updated

Oct 27, 2022

The Reid App has been updated (October 2022). Here is the Table of Contents:

Overview of the Reid Technique

Behavior Symptom Analysis

Catalytic Converter Theft: Converting denails to admissions

Sep 02, 2022

Louis Senese, our Corporate Vice President, recently published an article in Police 1 - "Catalytic Converter Theft: Converting denials to admissions (Reprinted with permission)

Catalytic converter theft is skyrocketing. They are...

Principles of Practice: How to Conduct Proper Interviews and Interrogations

Apr 26, 2022

Principles of Practice: How to Conduct Proper Investigative Interviews and Interrogations

We posted the May/June Investigator Tip on our website under the Investigator Tips tab. Here are the initial paragraphs.

Since 194...

Reid YouTube Channel for the Media

Mar 22, 2022

Over the years descriptions of the Reid Technique in the media have often been inaccurate and reflect a general lack of understanding about the Reid process.

In an effort to...

The Reid Technique For Child Abuse Investigations - Part Two – The Investigative interview

Mar 16, 2022

We have released the 2nd of a 3 part online video training program on Child Abuse Investigations - The Investigative Interview.

This one-hour online video training program is Part Two in...

Resistance to Elicitation and Interrogation

Feb 24, 2022

80 APA Magazine 2022, 55 (1)

In order to maintain their cover, particularly during deployment, Intelligence Officers and Special Operations Forces must always be alert to seemingly innocent contacts with people who...