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By John Reid & Associates
Throughout our seminars and textbooks The Reid Technique emphasizes the distinction between interviewing and interrogating, and the importance of conducting a non-accusatory interview before an accusatory interrogation. A recent legal decision reinforces this lesson:
A food court cashier rang up a customer's purchases for several food items, but the customer did not have sufficient cash to pay for the purchase, so the cashier voided the transaction. The customer went to a service counter inside the store to pay the difference with a credit card and returned to the cashier, displayed his credit card receipt, and paid for the remaining items in cash. Surveillance cameras appeared to show the cashier accepting $31 in cash, but voiding out the sale.
Three days later the cashier was summoned to the manager's office and aggressively accused of stealing thirty-one dollars from the store (the amount of the voided transaction). The accusatory interrogation, involving three loss prevention staff who threatened the cashier with possible arrest, lasted for two hours before the emotionally distressed employee stomped out of the room. The cashier was suspended for three days for "acts of dishonesty."
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Where Have All The Warriors Gone?
They seem to be lost somewhere in the abyss of Internet comments
Reprinted from Law Officer Magazine
by Valerie Van Brocklin
Last month I wrote about how all too common, profane, vile, bigoted comments posted anonymously by cops on the Internet violate the Law Enforcement Code of Ethics and are firing offenses.
More compelling, these commenters and those who consider themselves brothers and sisters of a noble profession but sit silently by should be ashamed. Where are all those who claim to live by a Warrior Code of Ethics? Where is their righteous indignation at this sullying of the shield and the profession?
There's a Whole Lot of Warrior-ing Going On
Law enforcement these days pays a lot of homage to warrior-ing. There is sanctioned training on warrior mindsets, warrior readiness, warrior emotions, warrior mentoring, warrior leadership, even how-to-age-like-a-warrior.
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Written by Dr. Dorothy McCoy and Former DEA Agent Michael Vigil
Sun Tzu's Art of War:
If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear for the result
of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained
you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.
Endorsement:
I have years of experience working in an undercover capacity with the ATF and I find that these techniques are the essential "tools of the trade" to survive and help save lives for those who give up the ultimate sacrifice for their country.
Respectfully Submitted,
Davy Aguilera (ATF and former ATF Country Attaché in Mexico)
The Authors
The authors are from two different worlds. Dr. McCoy is the researcher, psychotherapist and published author. Mr. Vigil is the rough and tough former DEA agent and internally renowned drug trafficking expert. He has extensive international experience and worked aboard for almost eighteen years against some of the most dangerous and ruthless drug traffickers in the world. He is also considered an expert in undercover operations. Dr. McCoy has spent the last 15 years studying human behavior. Her specific area is the identification of deviant behavior and how to respond to that behavior. The primary purpose of research, whether it is in the field or in the lab, is prediction. In law enforcement prediction can save your life.
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