I Know Why You Are Here

I know why you are here.

You need to …

If I were to ask you…

“What were you searching for on the internet when you landed here?”

Stan B. Walters – Instructor

I know your answer will be one of the following…

• You or your staff have never got the chance to learn investigative interviewing skills,

• The skills you or your personnel learned to use are not really working, or

•  Because of the techniques that you DID use during a critical interview…
  You, your agency or company, are now facing a big legal mess!

“How does he know?” … you may be wondering.

Because I have been getting the same inquiries from people just like you for more than 30 years.

Whatever the reason you found your way to this website, the most important thing is that you are here and you’re trying to fix the problem.  Unfortunately, you’re not alone.

The good news is your problem can be fixed…
Discover how Stan B. Walters & Associates, Inc., can help you.

• Intriguing keynote speeches & breakout sessions that inspire.
• Field proven interview skills training by a recognized professional.
• Expert case analysis & coaching.

How big are the risks you’re taking?

Did you know the same techniques for interviewing victims, witnesses and offenders have been taught for decades?  The cold hard facts are that many people just like you learned those techniques “on the job” and as a result bad habits have been handed down year after year after year.

What you deserve to know is that those methods are failing judicial and legal scrutiny and in many cases with some major ramifications.

• Of all the criminal cases of exoneration by the DNA, 25% of those people where convicted on the basis of false confessions.

• You may not be aware of the fact that jurors, judges, review boards and personnel boards place more value on confessions and witness statements than physical evidence.
  

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• The flawed techniques that are used to gain questionable admission and confessions are being perpetuated by skills development courses taught to many interviewers.  You or your staff more than likely attended one of those courses.

• The majority of interview skills programs that many investigators attend fail to teach effective victim and witness interviewing.  This is despite the fact that our most important information comes from those interviews.

• There is now considerable scientific evidence that these methods are responsible for poisoning the statements of victims and witnesses.

• I must warn you, that if you work for a business or public or private company, you’re not immune.  Lawsuits against businesses for wrongful dismissal on the basis of false confessions and faulty witness statements by biased interviewers are dramatically on the rise.  Some are now even being filed in the US Federal Courts!  These lawsuits are costing corporations millions of dollars in some cases.

• You need to know that fellow investigators, in the corporate arena as well as government compliance and regulatory agencies, and even in education and sports regulatory agencies are using the same flawed methods.

Will you, your case or your employer be in the next headline news story about a failed interview?

Will you be the next defendant name in yet another multimillion dollar law suit?

Identify what works … then do it!

As an investigator you know how important interviewing is to clearing cases. But, you probably suspect there has got to be a better way than what you may have even been doing. Maybe even what you have been doing for years! You need more up to date, proven methods of interviewing. Practical Kinesic Interview & Interrogation® skills is the answer for which you have been looking.

After extensive observational studies of literally thousands of recorded interviews, we do know what methods are the most effective at getting information, securing the person’s compliance and obtaining ethical admissions and confessions.

The interviews that were proven successful had four key elements present -

• The interviewer’s philosophy or strategy was not just to get a confession but to gain information.

• A narrative-based interview approached was used…
  The results of employing a narrative tactic was 60 – 80% increase information and less contamination.
• The interviewer utilized a tactic of adjusting to the subject’s cognitive and emotional changes…
  The result was a higher level of compliance and cooperation.
• Finally, the interviewer used a reasoning process that matched the specific personality and reasoning process of the subject.

If you use the information-gathering strategy along with the narrative approach, adjust to cognitive and emotional changes of your subject and you employ personality specific reasoning tactics, you will be successful 85% of the time at gaining and maintaining your subject’s compliance and cooperation.  All other combination of strategies and tactics you could possibly use will fail 50% or more of the time.

You need to improve your odds! Why not schedule Stan B. Walters to address the investigators in your agency own how they can reduce their risks and improve their skills in forensic interviewing?

Practical Kinesic Interview & Interrogation®  is based on those four elements of successful interview tactics. It is based on the information-gathering philosophy, employing a narrative-based interview, cognitive and emotional change recognition and adjustment, and personality specific reasoning tactics.  This what will give you the very best chance of a successful interview.

So what are your options?

There is always the option of continuing to use the same interviewing methods you’ve been using…
That is of course if  the ethical problems of false confessions, wrongful conviction or employment termination are not of any concern to you.

Oh sure, you can maintain the philosophy that this is the way we have always done it…
But now that you do know the difference, how high is your risk of losing a case?

Of course you can believe that an innocent person will never confess to something they did not do…How much are you and your agency willing to pay in damages from a major lawsuit and the accompanying negative publicity?

There is a better way to conduct your forensic interviews. When the appropriate, proven modern interview techniques are used, not only are the rights of the offender protected, but also we improve the reliability of the statements of victims and witnesses and we dramatically reduce the risk of wrongful employee dismissals and criminal convictions.

Your best option is to plan for you or your staff to dramatically improve your results while also reducing the risks of legal liability associated with wrongful dismissal and false confessions.

Make your decision now … before it’s too late.

Can you afford NOT to develop those core skills taught in our
Practical Kinesic Interview & Interrogation® programs?

Before you become tomorrow’s headlines about poor or improper interview techniques …

I urge you to contact us today!   CONTACT US

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Whatever you or your agency’s or company’s specific needs, the key is to be proactive.

You need to act BEFORE one of your cases falls under the scrutiny of the courts, regulatory board or even the media as a result of dated, problem, or ineffective techniques.

CONTACT US right away for more information.