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The Investigative
Interviewing Academy

Five days. The complete system. The difference between an investigator who knows how to conduct an interview — and one who has mastered it.

Course Details
SectorLaw Enforcement
Duration5 Days
LevelInvestigators / Advanced
FormatAgency On-Site
CurriculumCustomizable
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What Makes This Different

Most multi-day programs are collections of modules. The Academy is a system.

Every component is sequenced deliberately — foundational principles before advanced technique, controlled environment skills before field application, standard subject categories before specialized and vulnerable populations. The curriculum builds on itself across five days.

By day five, the methodology isn't something they've studied. It's something they've practiced under realistic conditions across the full range of interview types.

What You'll Walk Away With
→Fully internalized investigative interviewing system across all subject types
→Demonstrated Teach to Talk® competency through repeated scenario application
→DISC-based personality assessment and real-time behavioral adaptation
→Working fluency in non-verbal communication and behavioral baseline interpretation
→Deep applied knowledge of Enhanced Cognitive Interview methodology
→Proficiency in Strategic Use of Evidence, challenge and clarify, deception recognition
→Field-tested ability to interview outside controlled environments
→Legally defensible written statements that convert interviews into evidentiary record
Who Should Attend

Designed for agencies that want to fundamentally elevate interview quality

Detectives & Criminal Investigators

Who handle victim, witness, and suspect interviews across all crime categories and want a complete, research-grounded methodology.

Special Victims & CAC Investigators

For whom trauma-informed technique, child interview protocols, and survivor-centered practice are operationally essential.

Field & Patrol Investigators

Where rapid assessment and adaptive communication in uncontrolled environments are critical.

Task Force Investigators

Working complex, long-duration cases requiring sustained interview strategy across multiple subjects.

Supervisors & Unit Commanders

Who want to understand interview methodology at depth — and recognize the difference between an interview conducted well and one that just produced a statement.

Agencies Seeking Real Outcomes

Committed to improved investigative outcomes, higher evidentiary quality, and the community trust that comes from investigators who conduct ethical, professional interviews.

Five-Day Curriculum

A complete system, built to sequence

The curriculum is customizable — agencies can work with ASC prior to delivery to identify case-type priorities, specific subject categories, or jurisdictional considerations.

Foundational Framework

Legal requirements, principles of investigative interviewing, the investigative mindset, rapport building, Teach to Talk® methodology, Focus Note-Taking Method, interview environment, rules for the second interviewer.

Behavioral Science & Assessment

Personality and rapid personality assessment, baseline behavior interpretation, non-verbal stress indicators, speech patterns and verbal cues, psychology of resistance, false confessions.

Advanced Interview Methodology

Interviewing victims, witnesses, and suspects. Enhanced Cognitive Interview (full methodology). Strategic Use of Evidence (SUE). Challenge and clarify. Disruptive behavior. Preventing coercion and misinformation.

Field Application

Field interview fundamentals, navigating uncontrolled environments, witness field interviews, field application of cognitive interview — all adapted for the pace and constraints of on-scene work.

Specialized Populations & Statements

Crisis communication, interviewing children and survivors, trauma-informed practice. Securing legally defensible written statements — converting interview content into evidentiary record.

Scenario-Based Application Throughout

Individual and group exercises run throughout all five days — controlled environment skills, field-simulated scenarios, and every major subject category. By day five, participants have practiced the full methodology, not just studied it.

Joseph R. Auriemma, Jr.
5,000+
Professionals Trained
24 Yrs
NYSP Experience
The Instructor

Built from two decades of interviews where the margin for error was zero

Joseph R. Auriemma, Jr. served 24 years with the New York State Police, retiring from the Major Crimes Unit as a Senior Investigator. His career spanned thousands of interviews across the full spectrum — homicide, major narcotics, multi-jurisdictional cases, and every subject type from cooperative witnesses to seasoned criminal subjects.

His work during a major homicide investigation led directly to the development of the Tombstone Report from Google — a forensic tool now used by law enforcement agencies globally. That same investigative discipline is the foundation of every course he teaches.

Certifications: IADLEST National Certified Instructor (INCI) · Certified Forensic Interviewer (CFI)

Ready to host the Academy at your agency?

Five-day format. Customizable curriculum. Contact ASC to discuss scheduling, enrollment, and agency-specific focus areas.

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