Code of police practice:
A guide for first line officers

The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police

 
 
       
  Table of contents

General policing skills

Interviewing guide

The media

Deaths

Violent incidents

Missing people

Incidents with vehicles

Incidents with property

About these guidelines

List of guidelines

 
Guidelines:

Interviewing guide

Interviewing techniques vary with the situations encountered. This chapter includes guidelines for a number of interview situations:

 
Open-ended questioning
Door-to-door interview
Interview report

Witness or victim interview

Suspect interview
Abused child interview