Investigation | Maitre Allianz

With top professionals to impart their knowledge and expertise, our courses are essential for any aspiring professional seeking to further grow in their careers.

Overview

Suspects do not give up their secrets easily. Persuading suspects to admit their involvement in crimes requires a variety of skills and techniques. There is no single method that will be most effective in all situations. Successful investigators utilized an arsenal of tools and techniques at his disposal. There are broadly two ways to interrogate a suspect i.e. Confrontational and Non-Confrontational methods. For the 1st time in Asia, Wicklander-Zulawski will share their highly successful n0n-confrontational method, led personally by Mr. David Zulawski.

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Every maneuver by a defence counsel is cleverly designed to raise reasonable doubt in the evidence and processes presented by the prosecution. Aggressive methods used to undermine your credibility can also be expected. Good defence counsels can “think on their feet” and burst out in rapid fire. When you see these techniques coming, you can brace yourself for a difficult time on the witness stand.

Inquiry

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Spotting the lie is often tough. Polygraph tests, also known as “lie detectors”, are typically based on detecting autonomic reactions and are considered unreliable. But machines and computer programs aren’t the only way of detecting lies. Scientists believe that people can be trained to recognize liars through behavioral cues.

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Some of the issues that may arise for a hearing include how to convene the hearing, who should be present, and at what part of the hearing, how may proof be presented, how may testimony be recorded, how to maintain order and decorum, how to deal with parties not represented by lawyers, whether the hearing should be adversarial or inquisitorial and what merits there are to either, how to deliver the decision in a fair and unobjectionable manner.

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This highly experiential one-day workshop will equip a range of persons from prosecutors working in the police and government departments to those tasked with running disciplinary and other administrative or tribunal hearings with effective trial techniques.

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It is imperative that all evidence are gathered legally and be admissible in the criminal or civil proceeding as they must withstand the rigourous tests in the court of law. Even with a confession in court, improperly obtained evidence can derail even a seemingly airtight case. A recent example is a case in point when the High Court of Singapore acquitted a man of drug consumption after finding his urine test were not conducted in accordance to the law despite a confession in the lower court.

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Whether interviewers can reach their goal depends in large part on the personal attributes they bring to the interview process. But neither the ordinary experiences of growing up and living among people, nor a formal and extensive school education is of much value in learning how to obtain information from reluctant individuals.

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Writing reports can take a substantial portion of any investigator’s time and effort if done thoroughly and professionally, compared to the original interview or incident being reported. The biggest issue is… most investigators do not have the luxury of time given the heavy workload.