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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

Who’s Telling the Truth? Tips for a Loss Prevention Investigator

Let’s consider the context under which an individual decides to lie. First and foremost is the deceptive individual’s fear of detection. The fear of...

Investigations

What Has Changed in Fifteen Years of Interviewing

It’s difficult to believe that it is been fifteen years since Jim Lee, Walter Palmer, and Jack Trlica established Loss Prevention magazine as the...

Retail Inventory Shrinkage

How to Manage Inventory through General Loss Interviewing

"All my life's a circle; Sunrise and sundown," sang Harry Chapin. It may be just a natural part of life, but it seems like what was...

Investigations

To Record or Not to Record: Part 2

In this column we will attempt to set the stage for how one might deal with organizational resistance to recording employee interviews. We asked...

Investigations

To Record or Not Record

We just returned from the International Association of Interviewers’ Elite Training Days in Minnesota at the Best Buy corporate headquarters. We had a number...

Industry News

Netflix’s Making a Murderer: The Omission of Critical Facts Creates Bias

The Netflix documentary Making a Murderer has caused an outcry for justice in a system that is perceived by many as unjust. Taking social...

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Investigations

Take Some Notes

We all have jotted down some notes regarding a conversation—something we wanted to remember or just a simple to-do list. Most of us have...

Investigations

Netflix’s Making a Murderer: An Interrogator’s Perspective of the Criminal Investigation

Dave Thompson, CFI is the Manager of Investigations and Consulting for Wicklander-Zulawski & Associates. Thompson shares his perspective on the Netflix documentary "Making a Murderer,"...

Investigations

“I Don’t Remember”

I forgot my keys somewhere. I know I had them just a few minutes ago, and I’m sure they were right here in my...

Investigations

It’s All About Context, Part 4

The non-confrontational monologue delivered by the investigator has an evolving context between the guilty party and the investigator. The context changes significantly from sharing...

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