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Return to Training Schedule Level I – Investigative Interviewing Techniques
| Location: | Wicklander-Zulawski & Associates, Inc. Headquarters, 323 W. Galena Blvd., Aurora, IL, 60506 |
| Dates: | July 9, 2025 – July 10, 2025 |
| Times: | Day 1: 8 AM – 4:30 PM, Day 2: 8 AM – 5 PM |
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| Level II – Practical Application Workshop | Private | Wayne Hoover, CFI | 07/11/2025 | Aurora, IL | $385 | Register |
The Level I – WZ Seminar on Investigative Interviewing Techniques is designed for organizations that desire to use a non-confrontational approach to resolve cases and obtain actionable intelligence. Seminar attendees will learn how to conduct interviews that lead to obtaining information from all parties involved while minimizing liability and maintaining the morale of the organization.
Seminar attendees will learn the importance of rapport in investigative interviews and how to apply these tools in difficult conversations. Instruction includes a comprehensive overview of a variety of non-confrontational interviewing techniques to obtain actionable information from witnesses, suspects, and victims.
This program incorporates proven successful techniques in the field to provide attendees with practical, research-based concepts to tackle any investigation. In addition, the multiple strategies taught offer the seminar participant a wide flexibility of approaches permitting them to alter strategies depending on the level of evidence, subject considerations, and type of interview.
Wayne Hoover, CFI
L. Wayne Hoover, CFI®, is a Senior Partner of Wicklander-Zulawski & Associates, Inc. (WZ) and the Chairman of International Association of Interviewers (IAI), an organization which partners with WZ to offer CFI® preparation training seminars. IAI administers the certification process for qualified investigators to become a Certified Forensic Interviewer (CFI®).
Wayne is a member of the CFI® Advisory Board, as well as Senior Editor and Publisher for the CFInsider Journal. He currently serves on the Board of International Supply Chain Protection Organization (ISCPO), the Board of Trustees for Marmion Academy and is a member of the International Law Enforcement Educators Trainers Association (ILEETA).
Since starting his career with WZ in 1991, Wayne has conducted hundreds of investigations for both the private and public sectors and has led over 1200 seminars on Interview & Interrogation Techniques, both domestically and internationally. He has spoken at numerous national and international conferences including the ILEETA Conference, National Child Advocacy Conference (NCAC), National Retail Federation (NRF), Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA), Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA), Vistage (a peer mentoring membership organization for CEOs and business owners), Young President’s Organization (YPO), Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC), Coalition of Law Enforcement and Retailers (CLEAR), numerous Chapters of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), among many others.
He was a member of the Illinois Fire & Police Commissioners Association for six (6) years and Police Commissioner for the North Aurora, Illinois Police Department. Wayne graduated from Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois where he received a B.S. degree in Criminal Justice. He currently resides with his family in the Chicagoland area.
Location: Wicklander-Zulawski & Associates, Inc. Headquarters, 323 W. Galena Blvd., Aurora, IL, 60506. Get Directions.
