NCJFCJ National Conference on Juvenile Justice starts on March 15 in Minneapolis. I’ll be with @innocenceproject.bsky.social speaking about “Science-Based Interviewing: From the Confession Obsession to Information Dominance”

#MéndezPrinciples on #EffectiveInterviewing

#HIG #Interrogation research

Cost to Resolve Lawsuits Tied to Disgraced Ex-CPD Detective Tops $112M, With 44 Lawsuits Pending Chicago taxpayers have spent at least $285.3 million to resolve lawsuits alleging Chicago police officers committed a wide range of misconduct — including wrongful convictions and improper pursuits — ...

Cost to Resolve Lawsuits Tied to Disgraced Ex-CPD Detective Tops $112M, With 44 Lawsuits Pending

#FalseConfessions & #WronfulConvictions are predictable & preventable

Police #interrogation practice muse evolve & embrace science-based methods of #EffectiveInterviewing

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Cost to Defend, Resolve Lawsuits Tied to Disgraced Ex-CPD Detective Tops $159M Thirteen lawsuits naming former Chicago Police Department Reynaldo Guevara have now been resolved, with 38 lawsuits pending.

Cost to Defend, Resolve Lawsuits Tied to Disgraced Ex-CPD Detective Tops $159M

Predictable and preventable…#Interrogation reforms are necessary.

Science-based methods of #EffectiveInterviewing is more effective in obtaining accurate and reliable information.

news.wttw.com/2026/02/18/c...

Just released interview from the #IACP Conference where we discuss:

The #NCIS family & leading in the aftermath of #terrorist attacks

#FalseEvidencePloy & the trust dividend from #PolicingWithVirtue

#Tradecraft of #EffectiveInterviewing & Science-based #interrogation

#UnjustifiableMeans & #GTMO

🚨 #Interrogation reforms
UN resolution takes note of the #MéndezPrinciples on #EffectiveInterviewing & encourages States to use them with the implementation of national measures for non-coercive interviewing & procedural safeguards to improve the practice of policing.documents.un.org/doc/undoc/ltd/…

A Shift In Mindset Webinar | Interview Room Recording Solution Get a custom Interview Room Recording Solution with no training needing to operate and secure data retrieval.

A Shift in Mindset:
Advancing the Tradecraft of #EffectiveInterviewing webinar

Gavin Oxburgh, Susanne Flølo and I discuss advancing the practice of science-based interviewing & #interrogation — based on law, science and ethics.

#MendezPrinciples

@iiirg-iirp.bsky.social
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🚨Cleveland rocks!

Prosecutors & investigators reject “false evidence ploys” — deceptive practices — and are evolving to Science-Based Interviewing & #Interrogation.

Legacy tactics & the “confession obsession” contribute to #FalseConfessions/#WrongfulConvictions.

#EffectiveInterviewing rules!

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A Shift In Mindset Webinar - From the confession obsession to science-based methods of #EffectiveInterviewing.

This live webinar will unpack the operational and ethical benefits of adopting effective, evidence-based interviewing & #interrogation practices.

#TruthMatters
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The best method of detecting deception is a known or checkable fact — an investigation.

This is why the shift from legacy confession-driven #interrogation tactics to information-gathering is critical.

#EffectiveInterviewing is tradecraft, not stagecraft.

www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/inte...

Kidnapping survivor, once dismissed as a liar, now retrains police to help victims After surviving a kidnapping and false accusations, Denise Huskins partners with police to reform interrogation practices and advocate for respectful treatment.

Denise Huskins of 'Gone Girl' case now teaches officers science-based interviewing techniques after her own traumatic experience.

Powerful message on the urgent need for #interrogation practice to evolve, and embrace science-bases method of #EffectiveInterviewing.

www.foxnews.com/us/kidnappin...

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🚨Hot off the Press🚨

We discuss the evolution of science-based interviewing and how it’s changing the landscape around #interrogations in the US and beyond.

Pockets of Excellence in Policing are embracing the art and science of #EffectiveInterviewing.

#PolicingWithVirtue
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Two Harlem men exonerated 30 years after coerced confessions The judge cited DNA testing among new evidence that helped overturn their convictions.

The Manhattan DA’s re-investigation found police reports and interviews that directly contradicted what the teens said in their coerced confessions.

#FalseConfessions are preventable.

#Interrogation practice must evolved to Science-Based methods of #EffectiveInterviewing.

ny1.com/nyc/manhatta...

Mark Fallon | Science-Based Interviewing

Science-Base Interviewing for #Interrogation professionals!

Learn about the evolution from confession-driven tactics, to science-based methods of #EffectiveInterviewing.

Includes my experiences with #NCIS, #MéndezPrinciples & @innocenceproject.bsky.social
sciencebasedinterviewing.org/mark-fallon/

As a member of the #MéndezPrinciples Steering Committee, I’m pleased to share this Statement from the Co-Chairs, four years after we launched the Principles on #EffectiveInterviewing.

The Principles propose a shift in mindset to science-based #interrogation.
#TruthMatters
www.apt.ch/sites/defaul...

Lake Tahoe anyone?

Looking forward to this Science-Based Interviewing Symposium with Laurence & Emily Alison, Scott Savage, Maria Hartwig, Christian Cory and so many other #interrogation professionals, on the Tradecraft of #EffectiveInterviewing.

Improving the practice of policing.

#TruthMatters

Massachusetts Legislators Want to Discourage Police From Lying to Suspects It’s often legal for officers to deceive suspects — but critics say this can lead to false confessions. Experts have mixed opinions about whether restricting the practice would affect case closure rat...

Police practice must evolve & embrace science-based methods of interviewing and #interrogation.

Deceptive interrogation tactics should be banned and interviews/interrogation should be recorded.

#EffectiveInterviewing is tradecraft, not stagecraft.

#TruthMatters

www.governing.com/policy/massa...

Jury awards $120 million to two men wrongfully convicted of 2003 murder John Fulton and Anthony Mitchell both spent more than 16 years in prison before their convictions were overturned in 2019.

#WrongfulConvictions and #FalseConfessions are police produced injustices.

Police practice must evolve and embrace science-based methods #interrogtion.

Practice should be based on law, science, and ethics.

#MéndezPrinciples on #EffectiveInterviewing

#TruthMatters

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Opinion: Protecting ourselves against interrogation deception Connecticut must do better when it comes to the treatment of criminal suspects, to guard against the possibility of false confessions.

Protecting ourselves against #interrogation deception. Connecticut needs to expand S.B 1071 to all people, not just juveniles. Connecticut should extend the protections and evolve to science-based methods of #EffectiveInterviewing.

#PolicingWithVirtue

ctmirror.org/2025/02/03/p...

WA Lawmakers revisit bill that would prohibit police deception in interrogations OLYMPIA — Lawmakers in Olympia are revisiting a bill that would block law enforcement from lying during interrogations after a similar measure failed to advance to the Senate last session.

WA Lawmakers revisit bill that would prohibit police deception in #interrogations, which are known to produce #FalseConfessions, and train in new science-based methods of #EffectiveInterviewing that are more effective, without the devastating consequences.

columbiabasinherald.com/news/2025/fe...

🚨#JustReleased🚨

I used to think an innocent person wouldn’t confess to a crime they didn’t commit. I was wrong!

We discuss the evolution from confession-driven #interrogation tactics, to science-based methods of #EffectiveInterviewing.

➡️#Guantanamo
➡️#torture
➡️#NCIS

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🎯 @alkapradhan.bsky.social!

#MendezPrinciples on #EffectiveInterviewing can be downloaded in 15 different languages (below).

Police practice must evolve from confession-driven #interrogation tactics, to science-based information-gathering.

#BeTheChange #TruthMatters
interviewingprinciples.com

Justice reform urged as Chicago faces $1B deficit from wrongful convictions CHICAGO—Alderman Gilbert Villegas of the 36th Ward is advocating for a resolution to address Chicago’s ballooning expenses related to wrongful convictions that have cost the city more than $781 millio...

Police practice must evolve, reject antiquated coercive confession-driven tactics that can cause #FalseConfessions, & embraces science-based methods of information-gathering for #EffectiveInterviewing.

#PolicingWithVirtue is a step closer to community-embraced policing.

#TruthMatters
#TrustMatters

CHDS Alum Leads Law Enforcement Interview Reform Inspired by Classmate’s Thesis El Dorado County District Attorney Vern Pierson has become a leading voice in law enforcement reform, advocating for ethical, science-based interviewing and interrogation methods. His journey began ne...

El Dorado County (CA) has embraced science-based methods of #EffectiveInterviewing, based on research commissioned by the High-Value Detainee #Interrogation Group (HIG). Bravo Zulu to DA Vern Pierson for his efforts to improve the practice of policing through evidence-based reforms. #TruthMatters