CENTRAL ILLINOIS POLICE TRAINING CENTER

Brian Fengel, Director

Phone: (309) 690-7355
Fax: (309) 690-7359
Heather Grove: hgrove@icc.edu

Diane Schrementi: ds018b@icc.edu

Robert Pyszka: rp717@icc.edu

Interview and Interrogation (I&I) Pro: Today’s Professional and Effective Interview & Interrogation Approach

Instructor: Domenic Cappelluti

May 11-13, 2026

 8am – 5pm

 Class will meet at: LaSalle County SO, 707 E. Etna, Ottawa, IL

Enrollment Deadline:  May 4, 2026

Course Size:  Minimum –15 Maximum – 30

Course Objective

This 3-day seminar has been created by lead instructor and interviewing expert Detective Dom Cappelluti. It was created to specifically prepare today’s detectives, investigators, agents, supervisors, gang and drug officers, and uniformed patrol officers to become effective interviewers when conducting criminal investigations and other professional duties as directed by their respective agencies.

Course Content

The focus of this seminar is to provide law enforcement personnel with specialized interview and interrogation training that will significantly help develop the knowledge and skill level needed to effectively and professionally conduct interviews and interrogations with today’s most experienced criminals. Each specific module has been designed for every participant to focus on self-evaluation and address their own strong and weak points as they prepare to become professional interviewers in today’s demanding times.

About the Instructor

Dom Cappelluti is a veteran detective with a large (Illinois) police department and a former group supervisor of a multi-jurisdictional homicide task force. With over 27 years of experience Dom has specialized in high profile violent street crimes, gang homicides, murder for hire cases on gang and drug officers and officer involved shootings. Dom has worked interview rooms and conducted thousands of interviews and interrogations as a senior detective.

Mobile In-Service Training Team#7 Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board

MTU 7 request for certification of this course has been approved by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board

Meets the following mandatory training criteria: Civil Rights 10.5 hours, Constitutional Use of Law Enforcement Authority, Cultural Competency .5 hours, Legal Updates 1 hours, Procedural Justice 1 hours, and 24 hours of Continuing Ed Lead Homicide Investigator