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
C.R.I.M.E. 123
Criminal Related Interveiw Made Easy
Instructor: Domenic Cappelluti
February 16, 2027
8am – 5pm
Class will meet at: CIPTC, ICC Peoria Campus, 5407 N. University, Poplar P101, Peoria, IL
Enrollment Deadline: February 9, 2026
Course Size: Minimum 15 Maximum 30
Course Objective
This 8 hour course has been specifically designed by the instructor, Detective Domenic Cappelluti, to prepare all detectives, investigators, agents, supervisors, gang 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 course is to provide law enforcement personnel with specialized interview and interrogation training that will assist in developing 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.
From newer officers to the more experienced detectives, participants will learn to easily separate the interview and interrogation process in three easy steps. Each crucial step provides simple and straightforward how-to’s that will assist in obtaining difficult confessions and solving criminal cases.
Course goals and objectives:
Understand the process of interviews and interrogations
Accurately and systematically get the truth and avoid false confessions
Learn successful preparation steps
Understand the interviewer’s and suspect’s physical and verbal behavior
Choose the appropriate interrogation approach depending on the circumstances
Obtain and protect voluntary confessions
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 3 hours, Constitutional and Proper use of Law Enforcement Authority 3 hours, Procedural Justice 2 hours, and Lead Homicide Investigator 8 hours. (LHI -Mandated 32 hours every four years after initial training)
