Midwest Counterdrug Training Center
This course is designed to enable police professionals to enhance their ability to gain information and determine the truth through the interview and interrogation process. Skills are taught to enable detection of deception by analysis of non-verbal and verbal communication.
Interview and Interrogation is a 5-day course. Instruction is broken down into the following blocks:
Human bias influences, personality identification, using personality to build rapport, personality typology theme development, competitive examination (exercise), human defense mechanisms, emotional responses, gathering data, detecting deception, systematic interviewing, the interrogation process, formulation and types of questions, verbal communication, exploration of deception detection, deceptive techniques, body language, subconscious rapport building, hypnosis in law enforcement investigations, body language for the interrogator, effective use of territory and zones.
Dr. Steve Rhoads has 25 years of experience teaching on a wide spectrum of topics. He has over 24 years of experience in law enforcement, including 15 years as a Chief of Police. Dr. Rhoads has a Ph.D. in Behavioral Science. He is also a 3-time recipient of the Medal of Valor. His professional associations include the International Association of Chiefs of Police, Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police, FBI N.A.A., PRCA and FCC.