Interviews - How do we approach interviews: Professionally, Proper dress, Proper language, Respect. Interviews make airtight cases: We use technology to our advantage, tapes, videos, computer, etc. We elicit admissions from witnesses/suspects, which will corroborate on-scene observations, lock subjects into a story.
We use Focused Interviewing Techniques which are designed for fluid dynamic environments, works in charged atmosphere, and is applicable to adults and juveniles.
Focused Interviewing gives us the ability to understand the process of selective attention where a person's fears and anxieties are channeled toward the thing which presents the greatest immediate threat to his/her well being. This knowledge helps us to bring closure to the interview and the investigation.
