Interview and Interrogation - Hooksett, NH ($275)

• Cost is $275 per student for the two day course.    $225 per student for 5 or more students from the same agency.       
  • Once registered, an email will be sent to you within 24-48 hours with payment instructions. 
  • Registration may be paid by check, credit card or ACH. 

Course Description:

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This 2-day course covers the essentials of interviews and interrogations.  Students will come away with a working knowledge of everything from how to take a simple witness statement to successfully eliciting a full confession.  Topics covered will include: Miranda, building rapport with suspects, proxemics, the interview room environment, securing a clean account, questioning, body language, identifying deception, behavioral interviewing, and themes/proposals.

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Instructor:

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 James C. “Chris” Decker has worked for the New Hampshire Department of Safety, Division of State Police since 2004.  After 7 years of patrol, he moved to the Investigative Services Bureau, Major Crime Unit as a Detective.  In 2012, he attended and successfully completed the three-month long Polygraph Examiner Certification course with the Northeast Counterdrug Training Center in Annville, Pennsylvania.  In 2015, he completed the Advanced Polygraph Examiner certification in Charleston, South Carolina.  During his tenure with the Major Crime Unit, he interviewed, interrogated and polygraphed numerous suspects for all levels of crime, up to and including homicides.  From 2016 to 2018, he served as the Polygraph Unit Commander for the Division of State Police.  He is currently assigned as a Detective to the Troop G Fraud Investigations Unit.  Decker holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Notre Dame College, and a Master of Education in Counseling from UNH.  He currently resides in Epsom, NH.