04/19/2019
2019 Maine Polygraph Seminar Schedule (As of March 6, 2019)
“Effective Interview and Investigation Strategies and Techniques”
Tuesday, April 30, 2019 thru Thursday, May 2, 2019
Ramada Inn S**o, 352 North Street S**o, ME
Cost $150.00, coffee and lunch included
A three-day workshop providing training aimed at increasing effectiveness when interviewing and conducting investigations. Open to all law enforcement, corrections and probation officers, child protective workers Licensed Professional Investigators and add Licensed Attorneys and legal assistants and paralegals and other professionals involved with criminal justice. The training will emphasize developing skills and concepts for better handling of child abuse, s*x offense and public safety employee applicant background investigations.
DAY ONE
Tuesday, April 30, 2019
8:00 Welcome Coffee
09:00 Opening Ceremony, MPA President’s Greeting & Invocation
York County Sheriff Office Honor Guard
Detective Don Blatchford, Scarborough Police Department
Detective Barry Cushman, Portland Police (Retired)
09:20 Greeting and Opening Comments
Cumberland County District Attorney Jonathan Sahrbeck
10:20 What Professionals Need to Know About Polygraph
Mark F. Teceno, former Portland Police Detective & Police Polygraph Examiner
11:00 Maine Network of Children’s Advocacy Centers Program Overview
Meg Hatch, Director Maine Network of Children’s Advocacy Centers
Lunch
1:00 Child Development and Forensic Interviewing
Joyce Wientzen, LCSW, Program Director for the Spurwink Child Abuse Program
2:00 The Forensic Interview in the Context of a Children’s Advocacy Center
Kathy Harvey Brown, LCSW, Program Coordinator of the Cumberland County Children’s Advocacy Center
3:00 The Importance of the Medical Examination in Child Abuse Investigations
Sarah Labonte, NP-C: S*xual Assault Forensic Examiner at the Spurwink Child Abuse Program
5:00 Maine Polygraph Association Social / Hospitality Room and or Cash Bar TBA
DAY TWO
Wednesday, May 1, 2019
9:00 Interrogations Mistakes and Tainted Confessions
Attorney Verne Paradie, of the Law Firm Paradie, Seasonwein, Rabasco
11:00 Semi-Structured Interview Formats/Interviewing the Reporter or Victim, and
Witnesses in Child Abuse and S*x Crime Cases
Detective Desiree Wuthenow, Maine State Police, Major Crimes Unit
Forensic Child Interviewer & Polygraph Examiner
Mark F. Teceno, former Portland Police Detective & Police Polygraph Examiner
Lunch
1:00 Semi-Structured Interview Formats/Interviewing the Reporter or Victim, and
Witnesses in Child Abuse and S*x Crime Cases (Continued...)
Detective Desiree Wuthenow, Maine State Police, Major Crimes Unit
Forensic Child Interviewer & Polygraph Examiner
Mark F. Teceno, former Portland Police Detective & Police Polygraph Examiner
2:00 Semi-Structured Interview Formats/Interviewing and Interrogating
Suspects in Child Abuse and S*x Crime Cases
Detective Desiree Wuthenow, Maine State Police, Major Crimes Unit
Forensic Child Interviewer & Polygraph Examiner
Mark F. Teceno, former Portland Police Detective & Police Polygraph Examiner
DAY THREE
Thursday, May 2, 2019
9:00 An overview of Risk Factors Related to S*x Offender Recidivism
Matthew W. Roy, M.S.Ed. S*x Offender Treatment Provider and Polygraph Examiner
11:00 Forensic Analysis of Digital Sources
Detective Ryan Close, Westbrook Police Department
Lunch
1:00 Forensic Analysis Patterns of Life in an Evidentiary Capacity
Detective Ryan Close, Westbrook Police Department
2:00 Background Investigations for Public Safety Applicants
Detective Desiree Wuthenow, Maine State Police, Major Crimes Unit
Forensic Child Interviewer & Polygraph Examiner
Mark F. Teceno, former Portland Police Detective & Police Polygraph Examiner
Detective Don Blatchford, Scarborough Police Department
3:00 Roundtable Discussion
Multi-Discipline Collaboration for better handling of child abuse and s*x offense cases
Day Four (Optional Polygraph Examiners Workshop)
Friday, May 3, 2019
Exact Topics & Schedule & Presenters to be announced but are likely to be:
Eric Abel, Lafayette
How to use polygraph for child abuse and s*x crime cases.
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