Location: AUM Center of Lifelong Learning

Address: TechnaCenter Drive, Montgomery, AL 36117

Contact Hours: 12 hours

Day 1: Interview and Interrogation I
This basic course in interview and interrogation provides the participant with the knowledge and skills to improve outcomes in criminal case interviews. The participant will learn human communication fundamentals, applicable legal principals, skills to improve rapport building, how to establish baselines in interviewees, signs of deception, and how to confront lies with the goal of eliciting truthful information. Principals taught can be applied to victim, witness, and suspect interviews. This course utilizes both lectures and practical exercises to equip participants with the skills to make them more successful interviewers. This course is appropriate for any law enforcement officers looking to add to their toolbox and gain critical information from interviews.

Day 2: Interview and Interrogation II
This advanced course will offer the participant a deeper understanding of the concepts explored during the basic course. The course will focus on the semi structured cognitive interview, development of themes in suspect interviewing, nonverbal indicators to include evaluating body language and micro facial expressions, and effective strategies to get to the truth in any type of interview. This course utilizes both lectures and practical exercises to equip participants with the skills to make them more successful interviewers. This course is appropriate for any law enforcement officers who have a foundation in interviewing and are looking to add to their toolbox and gain critical information from interviews.

Instructor: John Little
John Little is an active-duty homicide investigator with the Escambia County Sheriff's Office in Pensacola, Florida and has over 20 years in law enforcement. Prior to working for Escambia County, John supervised the homicide and force investigations unit at the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office in Phoenix, Arizona. In addition, during his time with Maricopa County, John served with the Arizona Child Abduction Response Team including a tour as the State Coordinator. Having spent most of his career in investigations, John has had the opportunity to conduct thousands of interviews. John was also an adjunct member of the Criminal Justice faculty at Glendale Community College in Glendale, Arizona and has taught numerous basic academy and advanced officer training courses since 2010. John is a Certified Force Science® Advanced Specialist and a Court Recognized Subject Matter Expert in Cellular Device Geolocation and Bloodstain Pattern Analysis.

Sponsors: This seminar is sponsored by AUM's Alabama Crime Prevention Clearinghouse & Training Institute, the Institute for Criminal Justice Education, Inc., U.S. Attorney's Office, MDA, and ADECA Law Enforcement Planning/Traffic Safety Division. This training is partially funded by an ADECA Law Enforcement Planning subgrant #24-DJ-02-97 awarded to AUM and its Alabama Crime Prevention Clearinghouse.

Credit: Approved for 12 hours of APOSTC advance training credits. Certificates will be issued at the end of training.

Cancellation Policy

**Online Self-Cancellation: You may now remove/cancel yourself from a class or waiting list online! Self-Cancellations online can only be completed up until two days prior to the start date of the class. Please log in to your account, click on Registration History, then Current Courses, and then you may choose the classes you need to cancel. If you need to cancel in less than two days prior, please contact our office at 334-244-3804 or [email protected].
No Shows: Most of our classes have waiting lists and we need to know ASAP if you are not able to attend. We are tracking all no shows (people who do not attend class and don’t notify us prior to the start of class).

Fee Breakdown

Category	Description	Amount
Course Fee (Basic)	None Entered	$ 0.00