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The High Value Detaniee Group research confirms the core principles of the Reid Technique
Oct 20, 2021
In his article, “Law Enforcement Has Been Interrogating Incorrectly. Science Reveals a Better Way”, (October 19, 2021) he reports that the High Value Detainee Interrogation Group (Meissner, Surmon-Bohr, Oleszkiewicz and Alison) criticized...
Previous Updates
Charles Piper, CRT new article: Needles in a paystack: Physician submits $500,000 in false claims
Feb 10, 2015
Mr. Charles Piper, Certified in the Reid Technique, has published an article in Fraud magazine entitled, Needles in a paystack: Physician submits $500,000 in false claims. Here is a link to the...
False Confessions
Jan 29, 2015
False confessions do occur. Although they happen infrequently, they often involve high profile cases. Whenever they occur it is incumbent on all investigators to examine the details of each case in order...
Research indicates a 97.8% accuracy rate at detecting deception
Dec 03, 2014
A recent study published in Human Communication Research by researchers at Korea University, Michigan State University, and Texas State University -- San Marcos found that using active questioning of individuals yielded near-perfect...
Legal Updates Fall 2014
Dec 03, 2014
The Legal Updates Fall 2014 column contains cases which address the following issues: Court allows surreptitious video recording of incriminating statement into evidenceCourt rules that Dr. Shawn Roberson would not be allowed...
Legal Updates Summer 2014
Sep 30, 2014
Legal Updates Summer 2014 The Legal Updates Summer 2014 column contains cases which address the following issues: Investigator's statement that felony murder would receive a lesser sentence than premeditated murder did not...
Not so Fast - the Central Park Jogger case
Aug 14, 2014
As everyone knows the Central Park Jogger case has become a high profile "false confession" case - highlighted by the documentary Ken Burns did about the case.
Not so fast. A...
From Law and Order magazine: The Reid Technique Webinar - The Reid Technique Delivered Right to Your Training Room
Jul 15, 2014
In the June 2014 issue of Law and Order magazine the editorial staff profiles the new online training program developed by John E. Reid and Associates for investigators. As the article states...
The Hunting Of Man: Lies, Damn Lies, And Police Interrogations
Jul 15, 2014
Miller W. Shealy, Jr., Associate Professor of Law, Charleston School of Law, has just published an article entitled, The Hunting Of Man: Lies, Damn Lies, And Police Interrogations, in which he discusses...
US Attorney General issues policy memo regarding recording interrogations
Jun 17, 2014
In a Memorandum regarding "Policy Concerning Electronic Recording of Statements" dated May 12, 214 the US Department of Justice, Office of the Deputy Attorney General, stated the following:
"This policy establishes...
HumInt Collection: A look through noncoercive field questioning and screening of jihadist combatants
Jun 17, 2014
Two of our senior instructors, William Schrieber and Philip Mullenix, co-authored a new article just published in the Marine Corps Gazette entitled, HumInt Collection: A look through noncoercive field questioning and screening...
Legal Updates Spring 2014
Jun 02, 2014
The Legal Updates Spring 2014 column contains cases which address the following issues:Defendant is entitled to discovery of evidence relating to officer's alleged propensity to obtain confessions through coercive conductStandard questions that...
Arguing for Statewide Uniformity in Recording Custodial Interrogations
May 20, 2014
The American Bar Association has recently published an article by Attorney Thomas Sullivan that discusses the need to establish uniform recording guidelines, Arguing for Statewide Uniformity in Recording Custodial Interrogations. The article...
Investigators did not follow suggested guidelines when interrogating mentally deficient individual as detailed in Reid training manual and text, Criminal Interrogation and Confessions
May 19, 2014
In US v. Preston (May 2014) the US Court of Appeals the court stated, "Today we consider the voluntariness of a confession given by Tymond Preston, an intellectually disabled eighteen-year-old. To elicit...
Special Warfare article: Interrogation Theme Selection for Jihadist Combatants
Apr 28, 2014
Phil Mullenix, one of our senior instructors for our specialized military training program, Instructional Programs In Non-Coercive HUMINT Collection, has published an article entitled, Interrogation Theme Selection for Jihadist Combatants in the...
Court confirms that The Reid Technique consists of proper interrogation procedures
Apr 23, 2014
In US v. Jacques (March 2014) the US Court of Appeals, First Circuit, upheld the lower court's opinion that a confession obtained by interrogators using elements of the Reid technique was voluntary...
Attorney Thomas Sullivan list of law enforcement agencies recording interrogations
Mar 31, 2014
For years now Attorney Thomas Sullivan has been collecting information as to which law enforcement agencies are electronically recording their interviews and interrogations. In addition he has prepared a list of states...
Legal Updates Winter 2014
Mar 13, 2014
In the Legal Updates Winter 2014 contains cases which address the following issues:Expert testimony on witness credibility excludedConfession suppressed because suspect was advised that no matter how many robberies she committed all...
Study finds that false confessions were not statistically associated with wrongful convictions
Mar 11, 2014
In the November/December 20134 issue of Corrections Today, an article entitled, "Wrongful Convictions: Causes, Prevention, Impact and Outlook for Corrections" reports on the results of a study funded by the National Institute...
New Reid book: A Field Guide to The Reid Technique
Mar 11, 2014
A Field Guide to The Reid Technique, co-authored by Brian Jayne and Joseph Buckley, provides a wide range of guidance for numerous investigation, interview and interrogation situations regarding the application of...
Canadian attorney shows his ignorance regarding The Reid Technique
Feb 15, 2014
In an article entitled, "Reid" it and weep - coercive interrogations the norm in Canada, published in the Ottawa Citizen, the author, Attorney Solomon Friedman displays his lack of understanding of The...