Proposed legislation to prohibit deception when questioning individuals with intellectual disabilities or autism

Apr 14, 2026

(April 2026) Pennsylvania: House Bill 1247 prohibits law enforcement from knowingly using deception during custodial interrogations of individuals with intellectual disabilities or autism. The bill also establishes a presumption that confessions obtained...

Development of the Reid Technique - updated 2022

Feb 25, 2022

Development of the Reid Technique (updated 2022)

The Reid Technique has evolved extensively over the years to become the most current and up to date training program available on investigative interviewing and...

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...

Author Makes Numerous Erroneous Statements about the Reid Technique

Feb 23, 2022

(Dr. Miko M. Wilford wrote a column entitled, "What You Should Know if You Are Interrogated" in Psychology Today, in which she made several erroneous statements about the Reid Technique. Here is...

Proposed California Law Essentially Prohibits Police from Interrogating Suspects Under 25 Years of Age

Feb 22, 2022

Assembly Bill 2644 was introduced by Assembly Member Holden on February 18, 2022.

The enactment of this legislation would gut law enforcement’s opportunity to solve crimes committed by individuals under...

Smash-and-grab crooks: How to grab confessions

Feb 21, 2022

Shame on individuals blaming victims for not having enough security to defend against theft as recently suggested by Chicago's mayor. My home town of Oak Brook, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, recently...

Wikipedia Misinformation About The Reid Technique

Feb 17, 2022

There are numerous references to the Reid Technique in Wikipedia....here are a few of the misinformed statements that they have made.

Wikipedia: The Reid Technique is a method of interrogation. The...

New Washington law requires minors have access to attorney before police interrogation

Jan 05, 2022

New Washington law requires minors have access to attorney before police interrogation

(as reported by Angela Kerndl, KOMONEWS, Washington)

Tuesday, January 4th 2022

YAKIMA -- A new law now in effect in...

Interrogation techniques to snag carjackers

Dec 21, 2021

On December 13, 2021 Police 1 published the following article written by our company Vice President, Louis C. Senese.

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...