INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION AND INNOVATION
Our Mission
From 2016 to the present, our team of trainers, which includes specialists from the EU and Ukraine, with the support of the U.S. Embassy and the European Union, has conducted and continues to conduct a series of training sessions for employees of the National Police of Ukraine (investigators, operational units, patrol police officers), the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, the Court Security Service, as well as detectives and tactical units of NABU. The training is based on courses designed for law enforcement personnel in various countries of the European Union, the USA, and Ukraine. Additionally, the training is enriched with elements from the trainers' extensive practical experience, which has been adapted to the real professional challenges and needs of Ukrainian law enforcement officers. The trainers' experience includes conducting training for employees of the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau in Poland, Polish police officers, detectives from Nigeria and Ghana, security service employees in Poland, security personnel in various business structures in Poland, Ukraine, and Europe, as well as lawyers and auditors in Poland.
Our Projects
The development of proposed training program is based on modern interrogation standards applied in democratic countries, according to the so-called "Mendez Rules," which are recommendations outlined in the report by Professor Juan Mendez, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (2016). The program also incorporates recommendations and findings from the research report "Tell me what happened, or confess: Modern knowledge and interrogation practices in Ukraine," published in Kyiv in 2020. Insights from trainers obtained during training sessions for Ukrainian police units (2016-2024) were also utilized in developing the program.
Methods and techniques of interrogation
Key Aspects of Interrogation:
- Witness
- Suspect
- Crime Victim
- Others
Basics of Intelligence Interrogation
Fundamentals of Detecting Dishonesty and Lies
Techniques and Methods for Effective Perception and Memorization of Information
Effective Communication Techniques During Interrogation
Non-Verbal Communication: Body Language and Gestures
Active Listening, Adjustment, Mirroring, and Leading
Managing Emotions and Needs
Techniques and Methods of Psychological Influence and Manipulation
Psychology of Thinking and Methods for Effective Problem Solving
Working with Information (Preparation for Interrogation), Including Online Research
Group Work
Psychological Types of Personalities and Consideration of Their Typology
Stress and Its Management
Fundamentals of negotiations and hostage handling
Police negotiations as a management tool in handling situations
Definition of police negotiations
Strategic and tactical goals of negotiations
Negotiation team - division of functions and tasks
Characteristics of incident initiators and negotiation tactics selection:
- Antisocial type (sociopath and psychopath)
- Inadequate type
- Individuals in crisis
- Mentally ill or under the influence of drugs
- Religious or political fanatics
Course, process (stages) of negotiations
Use of available technical means
Psychological mirroring (voice; paraphrase; "marking" - emotions, feelings, needs; active listening, empathy)
Attention, perception, critical thinking
Psychological manipulations and influences
Cross-cultural psychology
Non-verbal communication and lie detection
Stress, resilience, strategies for psychological resourcing
Establishing contact
Negotiation process
Conclusion of negotiations
Managing human behavior during mass events or in crowds
Establishing Contact, First Contact:
- First Impression
- Physical Distance
- Gestures and Facial Expressions
- Visual Contact
- Charisma
Verbal Behavior:
- Rhetoric
- Characteristics of Verbal Messages
- Argumentation
Techniques of Social Influence
Language of Persuasion (Influence) and Suggestion
Human Communities and Groups:
- Types of Communities
- Social Behavior
- Types of Crowds
- Mechanisms of Crowd Formation
- Characteristics of Crowds
Methods (Techniques) of Crowd Management
Ways of Formulating and Delivering Communicative Signals and Information
Effective Verbal Phrases and Expressions
Non-Verbal Signals
Effective Communication Techniques
Prevention and Prevention of Negative Emotions Escalation in a Crowd
