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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

Don’t Give Up Your Evidence during Employee Investigation Procedures

Many times, the guilty individual will intentionally shade the truth in an attempt to salvage his self-image or to reduce the seriousness of what he has done.

Investigations

Evaluating Memory: I Remember It This Way

Over the last several months, we have had an opportunity to watch a social and political drama play out as the alleged victim and...

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.

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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?

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...

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