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Team Diversity: Standardising Investigative Interviewing Approaches
There is no doubt that diversity of staff within your investigation unit will add significant value to your operations. Standardising approaches to interviewing should not diminish or inhibit the capacity of individuals to utilise their own unique experiences,...
Could You Use These Strategies to Overcome Resistance in Investigative Interviews?
It’s easy to assume that your next interviewee will want to cooperate with you and disclose information for the benefit of your investigation. This may be a natural assumption based upon your own perception of how you would act in the shoes of the interviewee - you...
How Are You Managing Your Investigative & Interviewing Timelines?
Investigations are becoming increasingly complex. These days it's more likely than not that an investigation could involve multiple timelines. You could be managing with an over-arching timeline for the investigation and it's quite possible you could also be dealing...
Are you using this evidence-based approach to increase information yield during telephone interviews?
With the current global pandemic set to increase investigators' reliance on telephone interviews, it may be time to look back at research into a simple technique that can enable investigators to increase information yield from telephone-based investigative interviews,...
Investigative Interviews: Strategic Planning for Your Next Investigation Subject Interview
Managing conversations can be challenging for many investigators, regardless of experience. Conducting interviews with investigation subjects can be particularly difficult, with evidence, information, and intelligence all needing to be strategically managed to increase the chances of a productive interview. For the interviewer…
IMS PEACE Model Training Presentation
Described as the most succinct explanation of the PEACE model framework on the web, this free resource…
IMS Return to Ukraine to build on foundation PEACE training
It was great to see some of the IMS investigative interviewing delegates back together again in Kyiv, Ukraine, this week. Drawn from several law enforcement agencies across Ukraine, delegates assembled to take part in a two-day workshop hosted by IMS Chief Operating...
IMS are Portugal bound for the 11th International Investigative Interviewing Research Group Annual Conference!
IMS are delighted to be heading to mainland Europe for the 11th Annual Conference of the International Investigative Interviewing Research Group, taking place in Porto, Portugal, over the 4 – 6 July 2018.
IMS Professional Investigators Online Investigative Interviewing Course launches in beta!
IMS are delighted to announce the beta launch of its Professional Investigators Online Investigative Interviewing Course! Having pre-released the course, IMS are seeking 15 students to undertake the beta version of the course online at zero cost (value US$479) – all we require is honest feedback!
TILES System® interviewing software available as a Free E-learning resource
IMS are delighted to announce that use of their TILES System® interviewing software is now to be extended beyond the world’s largest provider of university education in law enforcement, counter-terrorism, emergency management and border security.
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