MCOLES Final Latest Update
1. What are the 3 things to advise person of constitutional rights?: 1) Readingrights to person
2) Asking person if he/she understands rights
3) Explaining rights to person
2. What are the steps to interview of a suspect?: - Establish rapport
- Listen
- Take notes and clarify details
- Evaluates body language
- Process info to utilize in the interrogation approach and/or theme
3. How to conduct interrogation of a suspect?: - Using interrogation techniques
- Controls dialogue and challenges denials
- Obtains admission and/or confession
- Records exact statements of suspect
4. Steps to record statements of suspects?: - Obtain written waivers of rights
- Obtains written confession/admission of events that occurred, asking them to beconcise and
include names, dates, times, places
- Witnesses recording of confession/admission
- Writes report concerning the confession/admission given by suspect, using exactverbiage of
the individual
5. What are the steps in searching unlocked businesses and dwellings forsigns of illegal entry:
- Notifies dispatcher of unlocked building
- Secures building perimeter using backup units
- Visually checks outside of building for signs of entry
- Enters building in safe and cautious manner, checking for points of entry