Focused Interviewing

About the Book

Introducing the FOCUSED INTERVIEWING system.

Finally, an interviewing technique which is designed for street encounters!
Are you a:

• Working cop on patrol?
  
• Criminal Investigator?
  
• Community Policing Officer?
  
• Drug Interdiction Officer?
  
• Federal Agent?
  
• Probation/Parole Officer?
  
• Corrections Officer?
  
• Polygraph Examiner?
  
• Private Investigator?
  

If so, you can't afford to be without the information contained within the Focused Interviewing system. There are no mandatory "steps" to learn, there is nothing to memorize and this system may be employed in the field, rather than in a formal interview room. There are hundred of thousands of contacts made daily between law enforcement officers and citizens. Only a very small percentage of those contacts occur in a formal interrogation room setting. The rest take place in a dynamic, fluid environment. The Focused Interviewing system empowers the law enforcement officer to be able to obtain useful information from witnesses, incriminating statements from suspects and ultimately, complete confessions. The Focused Interviewing system is applicable to new recruits and veterans alike. You have never seen an interviewing technique presented in quite this way before!

The Focused Interviewing system is a unique method of street level interviewing which encompasses both the psychological and physiological dynamics of interviewing in a non-structured, fluid setting. It is designed for working law enforcement patrol officers, Community Policing officers, criminal investigators, corrections officers, probation/parole officers, federal agents, private investigators, polygraph examiners and those interested in interviewing.

The Focused Interviewing system is easy to learn, easy to use and is easy to teach to new recruits and veterans alike. It is an exceptionally good technique for a Field Training Officer to share with a trainee and lends itself well to an academy setting. This technique is differentiated from the formal, structured techniques being taught which emphasize the memorization of "steps" in the interview process.

About the Author

Detective Chip Morgan interviews people for a living. As a law enforcement criminal polygraph examiner, Detective Morgan utilizes all of his skills in an effort to arrive at the truth. Chip has long felt an obligation to pass on knowledge to others and has been an instructor for more than 20 years. Detective Morgan has instructed patrol officers, criminal investigators, federal agents, fire inspectors, private investigators, polygraph examiners, loss prevention agents, probation/ parole officers and military personnel in basic training academy and in-service settings.

Although Detective Morgan regularly lectures for the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (F.L.E.T.C.) and for Peace Officer Standards and Training (P.O.S.T.) at sites throughout the Unites States, he makes Boise, Idaho his home.