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LE Interviews Exam with precise detailed solutions
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what is the purpose of an interview - ✔✔gather information regarding an incident for which
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police involvement has been requested or is required and to determine what happened
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investigations require what - ✔✔interviewing, interrogating, and informing complainants,
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witnesses, and suspects || ||
the officer will determine through their investigation what? - ✔✔whether a complaint is criminal,
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civil, or administrative in nature.
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what is your goal as the interviewer - ✔✔elicit information from the interviewee
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what are witness interviews - ✔✔process by which police officers seeks, obtain, and evaluate
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information given freely by persons who have personal knowledge of the events of the
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circumstances of the incident. || || ||
when are witness interviews initially conducted in the form of what - ✔✔field interviews
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what processes are subject/suspect interviews - ✔✔officers attempt when officer attempts to
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obtain information about an investigation from an individual who is unwilling to provide
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information
a suspect interview is what - ✔✔formal, systematic questioning of an individual who is not
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willing to give information about a crime or incident
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what are field interviews - ✔✔the questioning of people occuring at the scene of an investigation
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or another location other than the police station
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spontaneous and fluid in nature, conducted in various locations, form that should be completed
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AF Form 3907
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what are formal interviews - ✔✔the questioning of witness victims, or subjects likely to have
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specific informatoin valuable to an investigation in a controlled environment such as a police
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station
conducted after field interviews, focus on key aspects, establish elements of the crime, identify or
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description of a suspect or other witness/victims || || || || || ||
what are the common tasks associated with preperation for a formal interview - ✔✔have all
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pedigree information prior to the interview/interrogation
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may be available via internal database, NLETS, NCIC or other state and local references
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what are the 5 phases of an interview - ✔✔introduction
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rapport
question
summary
closure
phase 1: introduction phase - ✔✔postively ID the person you are interviewing.
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introduce yourself, secondary officer, and agency || || || || || ||
give your purpose statement for the interview
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dont promise anything especially confidentiality
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phase 2: rapport - ✔✔this helps establish the foundation for the relationship you have with the
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interviewee
LE Interviews Exam with precise detailed solutions
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what is the purpose of an interview - ✔✔gather information regarding an incident for which
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police involvement has been requested or is required and to determine what happened
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investigations require what - ✔✔interviewing, interrogating, and informing complainants,
|| || || || || || || || ||
witnesses, and suspects || ||
the officer will determine through their investigation what? - ✔✔whether a complaint is criminal,
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civil, or administrative in nature.
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what is your goal as the interviewer - ✔✔elicit information from the interviewee
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what are witness interviews - ✔✔process by which police officers seeks, obtain, and evaluate
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information given freely by persons who have personal knowledge of the events of the
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circumstances of the incident. || || ||
when are witness interviews initially conducted in the form of what - ✔✔field interviews
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what processes are subject/suspect interviews - ✔✔officers attempt when officer attempts to
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obtain information about an investigation from an individual who is unwilling to provide
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information
a suspect interview is what - ✔✔formal, systematic questioning of an individual who is not
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willing to give information about a crime or incident
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what are field interviews - ✔✔the questioning of people occuring at the scene of an investigation
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or another location other than the police station
|| || || || || || || ||
, 2
spontaneous and fluid in nature, conducted in various locations, form that should be completed
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AF Form 3907
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what are formal interviews - ✔✔the questioning of witness victims, or subjects likely to have
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
specific informatoin valuable to an investigation in a controlled environment such as a police
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
station
conducted after field interviews, focus on key aspects, establish elements of the crime, identify or
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
description of a suspect or other witness/victims || || || || || ||
what are the common tasks associated with preperation for a formal interview - ✔✔have all
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pedigree information prior to the interview/interrogation
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may be available via internal database, NLETS, NCIC or other state and local references
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what are the 5 phases of an interview - ✔✔introduction
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rapport
question
summary
closure
phase 1: introduction phase - ✔✔postively ID the person you are interviewing.
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introduce yourself, secondary officer, and agency || || || || || ||
give your purpose statement for the interview
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dont promise anything especially confidentiality
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phase 2: rapport - ✔✔this helps establish the foundation for the relationship you have with the
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interviewee
