ABOUT THE COURSE
This course is the structured examination of a person’s verbatim words for indicators of truthfulness and deception. It is an investigative tool which helps determine a subject’s indicators of deception. Just as in an interview setting, we have “tells” that give us away in writing. Would-n’t you like to be able to read a written statement or listen to a 911 call and quickly identify whether the person making the statement was being truthful? That’s what ISA will teach you. It gives you tools to prioritize your cases and increase your clearances. This program is used by the FBI and many other law enforcement agencies with great success. It has been refined over decades of development and thousands of statements.
YOU WILL LEARN
- Identify Indicators of Veracity
- Identify Indicators of Deception
- Review Actual Statements & 911 calls
- Detect Deception by Equivocations & Negations
- Identify Extraneous Information & Deception
- Recognize Statement Balance
- Understand Order of Appearance
- Understand Verb and Adverb Importance
- Understand Pronoun Importance
- Participate in Group Exercises
- Participate in Q & A Session
- Identify Unique Sensory Details
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR, STAN BURKE, SPECIAL AGENT (FBI, RET.)
Stan has nearly 30 years law enforcement experience and was an FBI agent for 23. Serving first as a field agent, and later as a supervisor and chief at the FBI Headquarters and Academy. While at the Academy, he taught investigative statement analysis; interview / interrogation, and law enforcement ethics. In 2008, he was appointed unit chief of the FBI’s Law Enforcement Communication Resources Unit. Under his management, the LECRU joined forces with the FBI’s Behavioral Sciences Unit and founded the FBI’s Joint Communication Exploitation Research Team. Through his efforts, the JCERT analyzed statements submitted by law enforcement agencies worldwide and became an invaluable investigative resource. In 2010, he was awarded the FBI Director’s Award for these efforts. In 2010, he was given section chief responsibilities over the FBI’s Law Enforcement Programs Section and was responsible for the management of all aspects the FBI’s national and international training programs. Stan retired from the FBI in 2011. Stan grew up near Washington, DC. He holds degrees from the University of Maryland’s College of Business Management and Midwestern State University’s graduate political science program.