"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...

Mental Illness and False Confessions: A Wakeup Call to Investigators

Dec 16, 2021

On December 15, 2021 The Crime Report published the following:

In the 1967 edition of their...

Interrogation tactics to snag porch pirates

Dec 13, 2021

On December 8, 2021 Police 1 published the following article written by our company Vice President, Louis C. Senese.

The High Value Detaniee Group research confirms the core principles of the Reid Technique

Oct 20, 2021

In his article, “Law Enforcement Has Been Interrogating Incorrectly. Science Reveals a Better Way”, (October 19, 2021) he reports that the High Value Detainee Interrogation Group (Meissner, Surmon-Bohr, Oleszkiewicz and Alison) criticized...

Correcting a Reporter

Oct 07, 2021

The online publication, syracuse.com, on October 6, 2021 printed a story entitled “Police lies, a botched investigation and a homicide confession: “I’m going to jail for something I didn’t do” in which...

How Courts View the Reid Technique

Sep 20, 2021

The key elements of the Reid Technique include conducting a non-accusatory, non-confrontational fact finding interview with the subject, and only when the investigation, evidence and information indicate the subject's probable involvement n...

Helping a Reporter Understand the Reid Technique

Aug 18, 2021

Dear Mr. Ciaramella,

In your recent article entitled, “States Are Finally Starting To Rein in Deceptive Police Interrogation Techniques That Lead to False Confessions” you clearly misrepresent the Reid Technique. You stated...

Thank You Law Enforcement

Aug 10, 2021

Over the last 7 decades John E. Reid and Associates has developed a very
strong relationship with the law enforcement community. As an
expression of our appreciation for all of...

A Description of the Reid Technique

Aug 05, 2021

Oftentimes the Reid Technique is simply referenced in the context of an interrogation process, when, in fact, it is much more. On our YouTube channel we have a video presentation describing the...

Reid response to recent article

Jun 28, 2021

Dear Emma Ockerman,

In your recently published article, "How Cops Lie to Kids in Interrogations - and Get Away With It" you make the following statement about the Reid Technique:

The issue...

New Illinois law prohibits misrepresenting evidence during the interrogation of a juvenile in custody

Jun 14, 2021

The Illinois General Assembly recently passed SB 2122, which the the Governor signed into law, which states the following:

"An oral, written or sign language confession of a minor, who at the...

False Confessions - The Issues to be Considered

Jun 02, 2021

False Confessions – The Issues to be Considered

In our May/June Investigator's Tip we discuss the primary causes of and contributing factors to false confessions, and the Best Practices to follow...

California Introduces Police Training Bill that reflects The Reid Technique Core Principles

May 24, 2021

California Introduces Police Training Bill that reflects The Reid Technique Core Principles

Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, introduced legislation in the California state legislature that would help train law enforcement officers in their...

Response to Professor Laura Nirider and Director Lauren Kaeseberg’s Chicago Tribune Opinion Piece on whether the police should be allowed to misrepresent evidence to a criminal suspect

Apr 19, 2021

Response to Professor Laura Nirider and Director Lauren Kaeseberg’s Chicago Tribune Opinion Piece on whether the police should be allowed to misrepresent evidence to a criminal suspect

On Friday April 15...

The Value of a Post Confession Interview

Mar 15, 2021

Understanding the offender’s mindset provides insights into the most effective interrogation themes to incorporate in future cases

New Videos on Reid YouTube Channel

Feb 24, 2021

We ave recently posted 3 new videos on our YouTube channel, The Reid Technique Tips.

In addition to these new...

Response to Professor Kassin's NY Times Opinion Piece on whether the police should be allowed to misrepresent evidence to a criminal suspect

Feb 01, 2021

On Friday January 29, 2020 Professor Saul Kassin published an opinion piece in the New York Times entitled, It’s Time for Police to Stop Lying to Suspects, in which he recommended the...

The Reid Technique for Human Trafficking Investigations

Jan 20, 2021

The Reid Technique for Human Trafficking Investigations…here are a few details:

In this new 75 minute online video training program, which includes a printable study guide, key elements of the Reid Technique...

Factors to consider in determining custody

Jan 11, 2021

Attorney James Manak prepared an article for John E. Reid and Associates in which he discusses several court decisions which addressed the issue of what are the proper factors to consider in...

Interrogation Themes for Anarchists

Jan 11, 2021

The anarchist is one who uses violent means to overthrow the established order rebelling against authority or the ruling party. Unfortunately, during 2020, we have seen these crimes increase exponentially.

The Norfolk Four

Jan 11, 2021

The Sun newspaper printed an article on October 6, 2020: “Shocking case of four Navy sailors wrongly convicted of rape & murder shows anyone can be forced to falsely confess” in which...