Webinar Detecting Misleading Behaviors in Narcotics Investigations
Detecting Misleading Behaviors in Narcotics Investigations
Course information:
In many instances, law enforcement officers have limited opportunities to interview witnesses to crimes or interrogate
suspects that are under arrest. It is crucial that officers obtain a truthful and accurate account of what occurred. This can be accomplished by strategically planning the interview and understanding the importance rapport building plays in getting a truthful statement.
Officers should also recognize the importance of developing baseline behavior when conducting interviews. If the officer doesn’t know how the person behaves or responds when telling the truth, it will be difficult to detect deception. Detail information will be presented on proper ways to establish baseline behavior.
Officers will also learn how to identify deception in written statements based on the individuals lack of self-reference, use of verb tense, and their use of equivocation.
Officers will learn how to recognize and understand various verbal and non-verbal cues of deception reliably. The instructor will illustrate various verbal and non-verbal indicators of deception using video-recorded interviews of actual witnesses and suspects. Practical scenarios will also be used to reinforce the lecture.
Course Instructor:
Byron Boston
Byron Boston, Dallas Police Department (Retired)
Byron Boston
served twenty (20) years with Dallas Police Department before retiring in May 2017. He spent over fourteen (14) years in the Narcotics Division as an undercover officer. For five (5) years, Byron was assigned to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) as a Task Force Officer (TFO) to investigate transnational criminal organizations impacting the Southwest Border of the United States. These investigations involved drug trafficking, extortion's, kidnappings, and homicides.
