3 Day Intensive Training Hosted by HIDTA Arizona
Date: October 13-15, 2020 City: Chandler, AZ. Venue: AZ HIDTA Training Center
Instructor(s): Steven Johnson & Peter Hyatt
Total: 18 (of total #, HIDTA: 4) Federal: 1 State: 4 Local: 11 Tribal: 2 Military: 0
Please evaluate the Instructor: 5=Excellent 4=Good 3=Average 2=Fair 1=Poor
Steven Johnson
Skill/Style of Presenter (Eye Contact, Voice, Poise) 5.0
Credibility (Education, Experience, Knowledge) 5.0
Enthusiasm for the Topic (Delivery) 5.0
Peter Hyatt
Skill/Style of Presenter (Eye Contact, Voice, Poise) 5.0
Credibility (Education, Experience, Knowledge) 5.0
Enthusiasm for the Topic (Delivery) 5.0
Please evaluate overall training: 5=Excellent 4=Good 3=Average 2=Fair 1=Poor
Overall rating of training: 5.0
The effectiveness of the audio/visual materials: 4.8
Opportunities for participation/questions: 5.0
Learning Environment 5.0
How would you rate your knowledge and skill level of the course subject matter?
Before the course. 1.8
After the course. 4.1
Would you recommend this COURSE/INTRUCTOR to others? 100%– Yes 0% – No
Will you be able to USE what you learned in this course? 100% – Yes 0% – No
To what extent were your EXPECTATIONS met? 100% – Exceeded 0% – Met 0%- Did Not Meet
Program Quality
What do you believe was most beneficial about this training?
Knowledge I gained and will be able to utilize daily.
Overall, beyond beneficial it was like a switch and now I notice it everywhere.
Use of pronouns and reviews over reports, interviews, 911 calls, documents.
Instruction provided a new tool which will assist with detecting deception.
Identifying tells/keywords/phrases.
Knowing what to look for in statements and how to analyze. (2 comments)
The class (as a whole) was most beneficial aspect.
Understanding the mind will give signals when it is forced to be deceitful.
Hands on portion. (3 comments)
Different examples and guided practices.
What suggestions/feedback do you have on ways to improve this class?
Additional time to further break down.
Add an additional day/ 4-5 days (3 comments)
An exam.
Better intro. (2 comments)
Compare non deceptive statements to deceptive statements.
This class exceeded every aspect I had and had me hooked from day 1.
Transcribe more videos to handwriting.
Follow along with the book.
Do line by line break down.
Additional Comments:
Tons of info that will help me through out my career.
I look forward to using these skills daily. (2 comments)
Both instructors provided additional resources to continue to work off in the future.
Great class enjoyed it… very informative and helpful. (2 comments)
Hopefully, HIDTA can bring them back for an advanced course. (3 comments)
Great training, handouts, and visual aids were all great.
Facilities here are awesome, just being in the classroom was enjoyable.
Basic Intelligence Analyst: Deception Detection Training Sept. 2020 HIDTA, Chandler, AZ
Date: September 30, 2020 City: Chandler, AZ Venue: AZ HIDTA Training Center
Total: 20 (of total #, HIDTA: 4) Federal: 5 State: 7 Local: 8 Tribal: 0 Military: 0
Please evaluate the Instructors: 5=Excellent 4=Good 3=Average 2=Fair 1=Poor
Peter Hyatt
Detecting Deception
Quality of Content
4.7
Overall Usefulness
4.7
Skill of Presenter
4.8
Effectiveness
4.8
Please evaluate overall training: 5=Excellent 4=Good 3=Average 2=Fair 1=Poor
Overall rating of training: 4.7
The effectiveness of the audio/visual materials: 4.5
Opportunities for participation/questions: 4.7
Learning environment 4.7
How would you rate your knowledge and skill level of the course subject matter?
Before the course. 2.3
After the course. 4.0
Suggestions/Feedback:
Make it a 2 day. (2 comments)
Awesome course would take it again.
Would like other related courses.
First class with an applause.
Need more of this training.
Excited for the advance course.
Excellent addition to the course.
Add audio.
A little too quickly from topic to topic.
Additional Comments:
Very useful material!
Cannot wait to take the 3 day, think it is amazing work.
Good amount of examples and ability to participate. (2 comments)
Awesome class, I learned very valuable information. (5 comments)
Outstanding teacher would love to continue and enhance my skills on decoding. (2 comments)
Out of this world amazing and fascinating.
Grateful I was able to sit in on this training, it was a great opportunity.
Loved this! Class was fun and felt like a TV show.
Most engaging session yet.
Very eye opening course.
Training Feedback from HIDTA 2017 (High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area)
• Very amazing class. I could only hope to be this good!
• Loved this class!!
• This was by far my favorite class of the whole 2-weeks!
• I would love for this to be a 2-day class – (13 comments on this)
• This was a great course and gave me a lot to think about.
• I really enjoyed understanding how words are used to decode the truth.
• Great class!
• Super interesting, Wow!
• Great presentation.
• Amazing and fascinating. Best class of this whole course.
• Seriously eye-opening.
• Very helpful, loved it!
• Great Instructor and amazing information.
• I took another deception training before from an ex-polygrapher, but Peter was much better as he demonstrated how to look at other deceptions aside from just visual cues.
• Amazing class.
• Excellent participation opportunities.
• Loved the exercises given to get us thinking about what words can really mean.
• Incredibly engaging, interesting and fascinating content.
• I can see where this can be very beneficial when reviewing cases.
“I wanted to take this opportunity to thank Mr. Peter Hyatt for his recent visit to the Warner Robins Police Department and sharing his expertise on Statement Analysis. Before taking Mr. Hyatt’s class, I attended other seminars on the subject. Mr Hyatt’s teaching style, by far, made learning and understanding of the principles easy to comprehend! I can personally attest that his analysis skills are very accurate. The information he gleans from statements I provide him is extremely helpful in deciding which way I should lean while investigating a case. I would highly recommend and encourage other Law Enforcement Agencies to contact Mr. Hyatt and schedule a training seminar. The training you receive, will not only help you professionally, but will be a skill that will stay with you in every area of your life.”
“I had the pleasure of working with Peter Hyatt on several criminal and administrative investigations since 2010. Peter’s in-depth analysis of statements has provided our department with insight into a writer’s intention and mindset when they wrote their statements or letters.
Peter’s analyses has given us valuable information and provided us with additional investigative avenues in obtaining a more truthful account of an incident in some instances. Using Peters insight and analysis into a subject’s writing we’ve been able to construction questions beneficial in getting to the truth in a more expeditious and direct manner. Statement Analysis has also been especially helpful in internal affairs investigations within our department.
I would like to recommend Peter as an examiner and instructor in Statement Analysis. He provides a valuable investigative tool that would be beneficial to your organization.
“Peter Hyatt came to HLA twice to train on interviewing techniques and how to detect deception. Both sessions were extremely informative. We have changed the way we interview…these techniques helped us recover $600,000 from a driver who was involved in an inside job. I would highly recommend Peter…and look forward to future sessions with him.”
“Peter’s analysis was invaluable to formulating a litigation strategy. Peter’s conclusions about the personalities and motivations derived from the written word proved to be always right on the mark. In future litigation, I plan on saving many hours by seeking Peter’s analysis immediately.”
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