Conducting Interrogations
Police officers spend countless hours gathering and corroborating evidence,
interviewing subjects, and conducting surveillance to make good, safe arrests. A
solid body of evidence helps ensure that the hours spent on a case can't be refuted
by a sharp attorney. While a "smoking gun" and a room full of witnesses
are valuable tools to convincing a judge and jury, a legally obtained confession
from the suspect in his or her own words can guarantee success in court.
Conducting Interrogations illustrates successful techniques and tricks that will
enable officers to get the confessions they need. This tape examines scenarios that
can be used to play the mind-set of the criminal against himself, to persuade the
criminal into a legal, binding confession.
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Surveillance
One of the most effective investigative tools available to police is surveillance.
A good surveillance gives police all the information they need to make a safe, clean
arrest and to make that arrest hold up in court. The goal is simple: to observe
a target without being seen. The methods for a good surveillance are only limited
by the imagination of the officers involved.
This training segment covers the important points of pre-operational planning, different
methods for concealment as well as clever usage of props to conduct effective surveillance
while hidden or in plain view. Criminal targets today are well informed and surveillance
conscious. A segment on Foot Surveillance and close quarters target acquisition
gives officers critical insight into the art of "tailing" subjects on
foot without being made.
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Conducting Interviews
The most common tool a police officer uses to gather information on the street
is the interview process. Information gathered from an effective interview plays
a vital role in steering an investigation in the right direction. A skilled interviewer
needs to be able to approach the interview process in a way that will gather the
most usable information. Different subjects and different environments will call
for different approaches.
Conducting Interviews covers one of the most important aspects of effective police
work. This tape explores both process and technique required by police officers
when gathering information for any case. Too often cases are derailed by false,
misleading, or inaccurate information. Common interview techniques and mistakes
are discussed as well as ways to read different subjects and identify behaviors
that give officers valuable insight. Learn different styles of questioning as well
as the importance of phrasing questions appropriately to get the right results.
The information you need is out there and this tape will teach you how to find it.
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Developing Street Sources and CI's (parts 1 & 2)
Developing Street Sources and CI's is a two-part training segment. Our goal in
these tapes is to educate police officers on the benefits of forming lasting relationships
with reliable street sources. This tape is filled with information that is useful
for detectives, investigators and uniformed patrol. Part one introduces the topic
by illustrating the benefits we as police officers can gain from good street sources
and also points out who we should target. This tape is packed with potential sources
your officers can target on their next tour of duty.
Part two of Developing Street Sources and CI's focuses on working our sources and
CI's to get the maximum benefits from every source you develop. This tape contains
several legal techniques you can use to spin the bad guys and trick them into getting
on board. Effectively and safely working CI's is an art form that takes creativity
and personality to do it right. There are several cautionary rules that police officers
need to be aware of when dealing with CI's to make sure that our cases stick and
that we don't fall into some common pitfalls inherent in the process of working
CI's. This two-part tape is the most comprehensive video training available today
on this topic and should be a part of every department’s training program.
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Ethical Considerations
In our Ethical Considerations tape we explore one of the most important aspects
of law enforcement today. Although most officers don't feel that they need ethics
training, it's an important topic for trainers to address frequently. When a police
officer saves a life the media covers it for a day. When corruption charges surface
against an officer it's in the news for weeks. We see far too many of these kinds
of stories every year. Ethical Considerations serves as an excellent reminder of
the consequences officers will face if they succumb to the temptations they face
on the streets every day.
Pat McCarthy shares a personal story about a corruption incident that had devastating
effects on the cops he worked with and their families. The second part of this tape
features an interview with Deputy Chief Charles Williams, a 14-year veteran in the
Internal Affairs Division of the Chicago Police Department. This interview reveals
the perspective of the Internal Affairs Division and explores the question how and
why corruption continues to plague law enforcement. This tape should be seen by
every working cop in the USA and is frequently been referred to as the most important
tape in the Street Cop Video Training Library.
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Hidden Traps and Secret Compartments
One of the most critical errors that can occur in the career of a police officer
is overlooking valuable contraband while conducting searches during street stops
and the execution of search warrants. It is vital that today’s law enforcement
officers are taught to conduct exhaustive searches when the opportunity presents
itself. With advances in technology and the never-ending demand for consumer-end
high security stowage units, today’s criminals are employing more and more
sophisticated methods to hide their drugs, money and weapons.
In Hidden Traps and Secret Compartments, Pat McCarthy exposes some of the every
day decoys and tricks that criminals are using out on the streets and in their homes.
From something as simple as hollow cleanser bottles to electronically controlled
in-dash strong boxes, the traps and compartments that are discussed in this tape
are out there and the items they conceal can prove vital to solving cases and keeping
your streets safe. It’s a fact of life that police officers sometimes overlook
contraband during searches. This tape will greatly increase your officers’
effectiveness when conducting important searches.
For more information call 800.275.4915.
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