"Solving Crimes in Deceptive Ways: Should Police Lie to Suspects to Prove Murder?” Reid Response

Jan 06, 2025

A recent article entitled, "Solving Crimes in Deceptive Ways: Should Police Lie to Suspects to Prove Murder?” by Clarence Walker was published Jan2, 2025 online at NewsBlaze

Here is our response (which...

Setting the record straight on the Reid Technique

Aug 29, 2023

The Reid Technique of interviewing and interrogation is supported by the courts

(Originally published on police1.com Aug 22, 2023)

Having utilized and instructed the Reid Technique of interviewing and interrogating for...

Child Protection Act "unfortunately Playing Out" in Brooklyn mass shooting

Aug 14, 2023

BALTIMORE (WBFF) — It’s been more than one month since 30 people were shot at the Brooklyn Day block party in South Baltimore.

Among the victims were 15 children younger than 18-years-old.

Maryland prosecutors say juveniles need to be held more accountable for crime

Jul 17, 2023

BALTIMORE (WBFF) — Nearly a dozen top prosecutors across the state of Maryland say their hands are tied when it comes to holding juvenile offenders accountable. They say two laws are to...

A General Outline of Richard Leo's Testimony on False Confession Issues and Reid Responses

Jul 13, 2023

On July 5, 2023 we posted an Investigator Tip entitled "A General Outline of Richard Leo's Testimony on False Confession Issues and Reid Responses." Click here to access.

The Disingenuous Testimony from Social Psychologists About the Reid Technique

Jul 11, 2023

We posted a new Investigator Tip entitled "The Disingenuous Testimony from Social Psychologists About the Reid Technique"

False Confession Expert Richard Leo Uses John E. Reid as the Benchmark for Proper Interrogation Procedures

Jul 06, 2023

False Confession Expert Richard Leo Uses John E. Reid as the Benchmark for Proper Interrogation Procedures

There certainly is a paradox involved in the testimony of false confession expert Richard Leo when...

Reid Policy on the Use of Deception During an Interrogation

Jun 26, 2023

Our Investigator Tip dated June 26, 2023 outlines our policy on the use of deception during an interrogation.

Click here to read the Investigator Tip.

“Victim/Suspect”- Correcting the Netflix Show Reference to the Reid Technique

Jun 06, 2023

A Netflix documentary, "Victim/Suspect" discusses how police handle sexual assault investigations, with two Tuscaloosa cases highlighted. The 90-minute program includes footage shot around Tuscaloosa and the University of Alabama campus. Director and...

What False Confession Experts Say About the Reid Technique and Our Responses

Jun 02, 2023

The attached document, "What False Confession Experts, Defense Attorneys and Academicians Say About the Reid Technique and Our Responses," includes the following topics:

Someone Gave Ms. Mohr Some Bad Information

May 23, 2023

Someone Gave Ms. Mohr Some Bad Information

In a recent article in FRAUD magazine, published by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, entitled, “When subjects admit guilt but they’re innocent” the author...

Egregious Errors by TIME Reporter Regarding the Reid Technique

May 08, 2023

Dear Ms. Nayeri,

In your recent article, “How Police Interrogation Techniques Fail People with Autism” you have completely misrepresented the Reid Technique. Let me first quote what you said in the article:

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...

What is Acceptable/Unacceptable Investigator Behavior During an Interrogation, Including the Questioning of Juveniles

Apr 25, 2023

We recently posted 3 Investigator Tips regarding court decisions about the investigator's behavior during interrogations:

The Courts: Acceptable Investigator Interrogation Behaviors - over 100 court decisions…. some of the topics...

Indiana legislation prohibits lying to a juvenile 17 or younger

Apr 14, 2023

The Indiana legislature has passed a bill which prohibits law enforcement from lying to a juvenile suspect (17 or younger) about the evidence in the case; about the penalty of the act...

Several Court Decisions re Miranda Issues

Mar 09, 2023

Case Commentaries on Interrogation Issues for January-February 2023

by James P. Manak

Mr. Manak is an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Illinois Law School...

New Investigator Tip Published

Mar 06, 2023

We have published our latest Investigator Tip on our website entitled, "The Truth about the Research Social Psychologists Use as the Basis for Testimony Regarding False Confessions."

New Video Posted on our YouTube Channel

Mar 06, 2023

We posted a new video presentation on our YouTube channel - The Reid Technique Tips. The new video presentation is entitled "False Confession Experts Only Tell You Part of the Story"

"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...

Be Suspicious When You Only Get Part of the Story

Dec 19, 2022

In a recent article entitled, "Law Enforcement Experts on Why Police Shouldn't be Allowed to Lie to Suspects" Professor Saul Kassin describes a series of cases in which he suggests that innocent...

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...