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NC BLET Field Interview and Interrogation. Questions and answers. Verified.

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NC BLET Field Interview and Interrogation. Questions and answers. Verified. The 6 essential categories of law enforcement questioning - ✔✔-Who, what, where, when, whey, and how LEOs have a responsibility to prove a suspect committed a crime, but what other responsibility do they have? - ✔✔-The responsibility to disprove that an individual committed the crime in question. 3 principle objectives of a field interview - ✔✔-1. Identification 2. Prevention and Repression of crime 3. Centralized Records of field contacts Open-ended questions - ✔✔-Promote conversation, gain descriptive information, gain a narration of events, and prevent leading the interviewee and revealing case facts Two major types of questions - ✔✔-Open and Closed-ended questions Closed-ended questions - ✔✔-Clarify particular points, restrict the interviewee's opportunity to talk, and require a specific response An example of a closed-ended question - ✔✔-"Did you go to the bar on Friday night?" An example of an open-ended question - ✔✔-"What happened?" What questions can open-ended questions answer? - ✔✔-In most cases, they answer fundamental questions of how, why, or what? Canvass Interview - ✔✔-Interviewing a group of different people to quickly determine if anyone has information about a particular crime or incident. Questioning is very cursory and is oriented toward IDing a witness Interrogation - ✔✔-A detail-oriented formal situation to question a suspect to gain cooperation and reveal truth. Miranda will apply, and suspect will also be in custody. Field Interview - ✔✔-A combination of dealing with victims, witnesses, suspects, and suspicious persons. Closed ended questions tend to begin with "Do, is, are, did" and do NOT - ✔✔-let the subject relax Why have the interviewee recant their events backwards? - ✔✔-if they are being deceptive they will have trouble recalling events in reverse order What is the first order of business in an interview? - ✔✔-To determine if the interviewee is being cooperative and truthful Why would you try not to reveal information or details of the crime during an interview? - ✔✔-You might contaminate the interview When interviewing a child, you should use - ✔✔-Open ended questions Avoid leading questions Use closed ended questions only to clarify points Call a specialist and consult if possible for handling the interview During a suspicious person interview, what should you pay particular attention to? - ✔✔-Direction of travel Mode of travel Appropriateness of clothing Time of day/night Location of contact in relationship to location of residence Property in possession What is one of the most dangerous interview situations? - ✔✔-A domestic interview During a domestic interview, you should - ✔✔-have more than one officer present if possible be aware of safety concerns separate the parties and let them calm down look for a resolution that allows the parties to cool off involve outside agencies as necessary and fea

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