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Dave Thompson, CFI

David Thompson, CFI, is the president and partner at Wicklander-Zulawski & Associates, providing investigative interview and interrogation training to a global audience. He has served as a subject matter expert in developing curriculum and providing consultation to investigators, attorneys, and the academic community. He can be reached at dthompson@w-z.com.

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Investigations

Threats, Promises, and the Involuntary Confession

The voluntariness of a confession can be challenged in civil proceedings, when statements are obtained through the interviewer’s use of threats and promises. In other words, an involuntary confession is generally useless.

Investigations

Hello Ladies… and Gentlemen

We read with interest the Women of Loss Prevention survey in the May-June and July-August 2018 editions of LP Magazine. From our own experience...

Investigations

Investigative Interviewing Lessons from the Experts

Investigative interviewing techniques include profiling, anticipating problems, and asking what the fact giver wants to know.

Investigations

Why You Should Use an Investigation Timeline

As cases become more complex with interwoven events, meetings, and people, the interviewer needs a simplified approach to help remember and understand the case.

Investigations

Life Is Like a Circle: Part Three

In part one of this series, we talked about organizing the harassment investigation based on the complaint, the individual who made the outcry, and...

Professional Development

What Happens after Wicklander-Zulawski Training?

A lot of those called on to evaluate interviewers within an organization are long removed from the field, and their initial training in interviewing is probably dated. So are they reinforcing the class’s learning objectives?

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Investigations

Life Is Like a Circle: Part Two

In part one of this article, we addressed some of the preliminary historical basis for investigating sexual harassment claims and internal investigations. We also...

Investigations

Life Is Like a Circle: Part One

Life is like a circle. What goes around comes around, and karma catches up with people. The recent uproar over sexual harassment allegations seemed...

Investigations

The Debate around Recording Interviews

As most of you know, we have been actively recording our interviews since we opened our doors as Wicklander-Zulawski in 1982. While we use...

Investigations

Random Lessons from the Room: Part Four

We ended our last column with a short discussion of the value of developing a timeline of events to organize the case and help...

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