How to Detect Deception & Lies

As if lying were’t rampant enough, law enforcement seems to bear the brunt of it all. perhaps we cannot stop the deception and lies, but we can better arm ourselves with techniques to help identify when someone is being deceptive or lying.

Used by many law enforcement detectives and government agents, these techniques can help serve the officers in the field to fettet out the truth.

This course covers common misconceptions a large majority of the population believes about detecting lies; the verbal, physical, and combination indicators that can indicate deception and lies; and the techniques that are necessary to process what is observed.

About the Instructor

Steven Lampley

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Former twenty-one year career police officer and undercover SVU detective, Steven worked cases seen on Investigation Discovery, the Discovery Channel, FOX, and TruTV as well as coverage by the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, San Diego Union Tribune, and the Tuscaloosa Times® as well as numerous books and periodicals.

He was the negotiating and arresting officer of The Clairemont Killer, a serial killer featured on America’s Most Wanted. He worked closely with the FBI, Department of Justice’s United States Attorney’s Office, and the United States Postal Inspector’s Service.

He is the author of numerous true crime books, contributor to Law Enforcement Today, Death Investigator magazine,

Steven is a Law & Crime writer for Psychology Today and a regular guest on Crime Stories with Nancy Grace.

He has spoken alongside such speakers as Nancy Grace, Dateline NBC Crew (Josh Mankiewicz, Keith Morrison, Dennis Murphy, and Andrea Canning), Dr. Henry Lee, and others.