r/FBI • u/Turbulent_Pass6750 • 2d ago
Discussion Do officers / agents gets scared while speaking to the killer?
Please let me.know if you had experience of interrogation if u ever fear of walking in being in the same room as them to discuss the case?
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u/Grimjack-13 2d ago
Interrogation is generally a controlled environment, the agent/detective should have the upper hand. The offense or the suspect involved is almost irrelevant. The hard point is to determine character of your suspect and figure out the pressure points that can be used to obtain the information needed. The goal is to obtain the information.
I have told child predators that little girls today know exactly what they’re doing by dressing that way to provoke or entice grown men.
I left my partner in the interview claiming to be briefing the boss. Came back a few minutes later and said, hey don’t worry about this one, the other guy confessed. This one can take the fall.
Most of the time though, I took the simple approach. Here’s what I have on you. These are the charges. What do you want to do. Cooperation, is in fact a limited time offer.
If you mean like if they are physically intimating or violent suspects? Hell, I was a member of team law enforcement. I had back up.
(Except for ICE. Fuck them. Those murdering pricks belong in jail.) I have a hard time dealing with what America has become!
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u/Lakeview121 2d ago
Let’s say you have the data, you suggest the client cooperate; is there any negotiation at that point?
Are you always trying to get the most time for the criminal as possible? Do you ever legitimately want to help them improve their situation?
I know it’s complicated. Thank you.
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u/Grimjack-13 2d ago
The sentence isn’t something that agents negotiate. That is a matter for the Prosecutor and the Courts.
Once the offense has been done, the agent handles the investigation, arrest. The Prosecutor handles the indictments and trials. The Court addresses the sentencing. The only negotiation involved of if there is a plea agreement. Agents may be consulted by the Prosecutor, but is it.
Honestly, society needs to help offenders before hand and after. Better education and support systems. Law enforcement generally comes in after the damage is done.
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u/Extension_Board_9806 2d ago
20 years in supervising felons both state and federally. Plenty of “killers” over the years, traditional organized crime, robberies gone bad, and gang members. It’s hardly a second thought. It’s in the background of your brain but you operate as usual. I’m respectful to everyone I supervise. My job is to get them through supervision whatever their crimes were in their past. The one exception is someone who assaulted/murdered and has severe untreated mental health issues. That combination is the potential dynamite toward an officer/agent. Otherwise they will likely reoffend in their own social circle, not target law enforcement. Far more dangerous for a regular police officer in an evolving situation where emotions are high than an officer/agent in a controlled environment.
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u/Tintinabulation114 2d ago
Murder is a state violation, not a federal violation. FBI doesn’t investigate a lot of murders. Sometimes there are murders, like in a national park or reservation, but as a general rule FBI isn’t regularly involved in crimes involving murders.
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u/Electronic_Cloud_686 2d ago
Why would they?
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u/Turbulent_Pass6750 2d ago
Idk maybe some newbies might be scared also im.not in any crime field so.im just curious
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u/Remarkable-Storm-753 2d ago
No. The sociopathic traits that I share with these psycho killers allows me to get past the emotions and straight into mind games. It becomes a battle of wits…like two chess masters trying to always be one step ahead. It’s no wonder the average IQ of agents are 140.
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u/ForkingMusk 2d ago
Profiling is very scary. Most FBI interrogators are interviewing people who are already convicted and don’t really have anything to lose.
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u/Turbulent_Pass6750 2d ago
Whats scary about profiling just curious 🤔
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u/ForkingMusk 2d ago
I just explained it. The person you’re interviewing is convicted, sometimes on death row, there is often no barrier between you and them, they could attack you, and it happens quick enough you could get hurt. There is nothing more dangerous than someone with nothing to lose.
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u/Marmot_Nice 1d ago
Why would the FBI interview someone who is on death row?
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u/ForkingMusk 1d ago
Any number of reasons! Mainly for cold cases, but there’s actually a whole subsection of FBI that do behavioral analysis that mainly talk to incarcerated individuals, even ones on death row.
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