Blet90W Interviews (Field & In Custody)

Front 1

What type of interview has a combination of dealing with victims, witnesses, and suspects?

Back 1

"A Field Interview"

Front 2

What are the six essential questions you must have answered?

Back 2

Who
What
When
Where
Why
How

Front 3

A cognitive interview is time consuming.

Back 3

N/A

Front 4

What are the basic steps of interviewing a victim ?

Back 4

A. Use compassion and be sensitive
B. Be alert to the need for a follow up interview
C. Deflect the anger directed at the officer by the victim

Front 5

When conducting a domestic interview it can be one of the most dangerous of interview situations for an officer and it is not uncommon for everyone but the officer to be in a highly emotional state.

Back 5

N/A

Front 6

What is the process to gain cooperation and reveal the truth from the suspect?

Back 6

An Interrogation

Front 7

In a traffic crash interview you want to compare what two things for accuracy?

Back 7

Statements from your interviews compared to the physical evidence at the scene

Front 8

What type of interview involves interviewing a group of different people to determine if anyone has information about a particular crime or incident?

Back 8

A Canvas Interview

Front 9

What type of questions are used to promote conversation, get descriptive information and to gain a narrative of events?

Back 9

Open-ended questions

Front 10

What should you record when interviewing a suspicious person?

Back 10

A. The time of day or night
B. Be alert to an uncooperative or untruthful mood
C. Record the property in their possession

Front 11

When conducting a cognitive interview, this causes the interviewee to think about the crime during the interview in the exact manner they observed it to occur.

Back 11

N/A

Front 12

In conducting a cognitive interview, having the witness recreate the crime scene in their mind aids them in recalling the event.

Back 12

N/A

Front 13

What type of questioning restricts the interviewees opportunity to talk?

Back 13

Closed Ended Questions

Front 14

Officers should attempt to keep an open mind when using the six essential categories of questions

Back 14

N/A

Front 15

When using the cognitive interview technique you need to allow for a Thorough debriefing of the witness and the suspect

Back 15

N/A

Front 16

One of the characteristics of a cognitive interview is to identify deception in an uncooperative subject

Back 16

N/A

Front 17

Whenever conducting an interview with a witness the information flow should always flow from the ____________ to the ________________.

Back 17

witness to the officer

Front 18

Major crime scene interviews is a specialty that should only be undertaken by _____________________

Back 18

A specialist designated by the agency

Front 19

What is the primary reason for using a field interrogation card?

Back 19

To record the encounter for later use

Front 20

Field and in custody interviews is a fundamental skill of all law enforcement officers.

Back 20

N/A

Front 21

What are the three types of interviews?

Back 21

Field
Interrogation
Canvass

Front 22

What is the difference between a field interview and interrogation?

Back 22

Field interviews can be a combination of dealing with victims, witnesses, suspects, and suspicious persons, as well as innocent, uninvolved citizens.
Interrogations are for questioning of a suspect to gain cooperation and to reveal the truth, and the suspect must be Mirandized

Front 23

Good interviewing skills will require:

Back 23

Diligence
Patience
Skills
Experience