Interview & Interrogation plus Forensic Statement Analysis
Tue, May 14
|New England HIDTA
Interview and Interrogation plus Forensic Statement Analysis May 14-16, 2024 at New England HIDTA, Methuen, MA


Time & Location
May 14, 2024, 8:00 AM EDT – May 16, 2024, 12:00 PM EDT
New England HIDTA, 13 Branch St, Methuen, MA 01844, USA
About the event
The focus of this advanced training is to familiarize the new or seasoned police officer and all investigators, with the various disciplines of “detecting deception”. This is accomplished through learning to read non-verbal body language, neurolinguistics, and applying a cutting edge technique to analyze verbal and written statements.
Forensic Statement Analysis (FSA) is a scientific, investigative tool used to analyze written and/or oral statements taken from a person of “interest”, whether a suspect, victim, complainant, or a witness since the ultimate goal is to identify the truth. FSA eliminates or minimizes biases and prejudices and systematically determines the use and omissions of specific words, phrases, content, grammar and other identifiers to determine a truthful, balanced statement. A person’s own words will ultimately and unwittingly betray them as they provide indicators of deception through hidden clues of: “omissions”, “improper changes in language”, “lack of commitment” as well as identifying close and…