Examples Of The Third Step

Although the third step is one of the more pronounced features of the Reid technique, there were only a few occasions where it was used. The third step is, stopping denials, here is when the the interrogator cuts ofs suspects speech that reduce involvement in the crime. An example of this is, when Brendan says at the point he went over to Steven’s the fire was not burning; one officer proceeds to cut off Brendan and tell him they need to stop him there as they know the fire was already burning. Brendan was attempting to explain to police a timeframe when the fire was going and the police immediately shut it down. The fourth step is to overcome objectives, meaning to overcome the explanations that the suspect gave. An example the police utilized,