Interviews that hold up. Warrants that survive.Taught on-site by a 24-year NYSP Senior Investigator.
Investigative interviewing and search-warrant courses for law enforcement, HR, Title IX, legal, and sports organizations. Rapport-based, evidence-based, and built from 24 years inside real investigations, not a training company's classroom.
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Just some of the agencies that have trained with ASC
- New York State Police BCI
- Pennsylvania State Police
- Delaware State Police
- Ulster County District Attorney’s Office
- Boise Police Department
- Colonie Police Department
- NYS Department of Motor Vehicles
- New York State Justice Center
Today marked my first day back on the job following your training… When we located the suspect at his workplace, he was visibly agitated and confrontational. I found your approach completely disarmed him - his demeanor shifted, and he became surprisingly cooperative, ultimately making admissions to the key components of the arrest.
Detective Jeffrey PaytonVillage of Monroe Police Department
One of our Investigators did such a good job on a recent interview that I gathered the whole office, and we watched it as a group! Overall, I am extremely happy we went through the training as a group… I think you were the right person to deliver the right message.
Lieutenant Daniel J. BellesColonie Police Department
What are you trying to prevent?
The suppressed statement
The confession held up right until the suppression hearing. The pattern that killed it is documented, and preventable.
The warrant that gets challenged
Suppression motions are won and lost in the affidavit, usually on patterns the affiant never saw coming.
The finding reversed on appeal
Title IX findings do not get reversed on appeal. They get reversed in the interview, weeks earlier.
The investigation that triggers the lawsuit
A single reversed termination, EEOC finding, or defamation claim can cost seven figures. Most trace to the interview.
Investigative training for every profession
The mechanics of asking the right question, listening for what matters, and turning conversation into reliable information are the same whether you are investigating a homicide, conducting an HR matter, deposing a witness, interviewing a student, or evaluating a recruit. We train all five.
Old methods cost you. New methods deliver.
Six things no competitor combines
We reviewed fourteen interview and search-warrant training providers. Not one offered the combination below. These are the capabilities you will not find anywhere else.
Polygraph-examiner interview training
The only interview training built for polygraph examiners, from the investigator who ran the New York State Police Polygraph Unit and its 39 examiners. See the course.
Affiant credibility, by name
Search-warrant training that teaches the credibility of the affiant, the piece most programs never name. Precision Search Warrants.
The free Suppression Database
A searchable national database of suppression outcomes, free and public. No other provider offers one. Browse it.
One practitioner, three disciplines
Interviewing, search-warrant drafting, and suppression consulting from the same 24-year NYSP Senior Investigator. About Joe.
State-specific warrant manuals
The Affiant’s Standard: warrant-writing manuals written to your state’s law. No one else publishes them. See the series.
Title IX, by a major-crimes investigator
The only Title IX interview course taught by a career major-crimes investigator, part of a civilian lineup that also spans threat assessment, insurance SIU, attorney, and sports interviewing, all from one evidence-based method. Who we serve.
Four pillars of exceptional interviewing
Rapport First
Every reliable interview starts with genuine human connection. FBI HIG research has repeatedly shown rapport-based methods produce more actionable intelligence than accusatorial ones. We teach professionals to build rapport that opens doors no pressure ever could.
Strategic Intent
Every question has a purpose. Our training replaces reactive questioning with purposeful, evidence-based strategy at every stage of the conversation.
Adaptive Execution
No two interviews are the same. The Adaptive Strategies Compass™ gives professionals the tools to adjust in real time, without losing direction or purpose.
Defensible Results
Every technique we teach is designed to produce information that is accurate, credible, and holds up under legal and ethical scrutiny.
Joseph R. Auriemma, Jr.
INCI · CFI · Former Coordinator, New York State Police Polygraph Unit
Joe Auriemma is a nationally recognized expert in investigative interviewing and strategic communication with more than 24 years of distinguished law enforcement experience. He retired as a Senior Investigator with the New York State Police, served 17 years in the Bureau of Criminal Investigation, and served as a lead instructor at the New York State Police Academy, where he developed and delivered curriculum on investigative interviewing, crisis negotiation, and search warrant practice for incoming and in-service New York State Troopers.
At ASC, Joe is the architect of Teach to Talk® and the Adaptive Strategies Compass™, proprietary frameworks that shift the focus from compliance training toward genuine competency and higher-quality decision-making.
His methodology was forged in the field, anchored by his work on the Nunez homicide investigation, the case that still grounds his training today. He is the author of multiple field manuals on investigative interviewing and search warrant practice, and his published work and features have reached audiences across law enforcement, legal, and professional communities.
Seven hours across a table. A jury that never saw the interview. A methodology built so it never produces this result again.
In 2011, a homicide investigation in upstate New York hinged on a long interrogation with the prime suspect. The court suppressed most of it. The jury acquitted. The accusatorial methodology Joe had been trained in produced exactly the result it was statistically likely to produce.
Teach to Talk® and the Adaptive Strategies Compass™ are what he built in response. Not a refined version of accusatorial work. The alternative to it.
Courses built for real-world application
From Information to Evidence
The cornerstone of our LE curriculum. Non-confrontational interview techniques that transform conversations into credible, court-ready evidence.
Learn MorePrecision Search Warrants
Master the art of writing airtight, defensible search warrants. Taught by an investigator who authored over 1,500, and the author of The Affiant's Standard, a 50-state search warrant manual series in progress, with the New York edition available now.
Learn More“Joe, you were a great instructor. We learned a lot from you and will take on some of what we learned. Would highly recommend you to anyone interested.”
Deputy Chief of Investigations Salvatore Salerno, NY State Justice CenterHost a course at your agency.
Bring ASC training directly to your team. Host agencies receive preferred scheduling, comp seats for their own personnel under the host-agency ladder, and curriculum tailored to the operational realities of their unit. Suitable for police departments, sheriff's offices, state agencies, corporate compliance teams, school districts, law firms, and athletic organizations.
Write warrants the way a court reads them. Precision Search Warrants.
Suppression motions are won and lost in the affidavit. Most are lost because of patterns the affiant did not see coming.
Precision Search Warrants is built from over 1,500 warrants authored across a 24-year investigative career, and from the case law that governs every paragraph. It is the only course of its kind taught by the author of The Affiant's Standard, a 50-state search warrant manual series, and it is designed for the people who have to defend their work at a suppression hearing, a Franks hearing, or on appeal.
The course also draws from Joe's investigative work on the Brandyn Foster homicide. That case contributed to Google's introduction of the Tombstone Report and reshaped how investigators draft search warrants for digital and cloud-stored evidence.
- Affidavit structure that survives challenge
- Probable cause, particularity, staleness, nexus, informant reliability
- Digital evidence after Carpenter, geofence alternatives, GPS under Weaver
- The patterns that produce suppression, and how to write around them
10 Search Warrant Mistakes That Get Suppressed
A practical PDF drawn from the patterns that produce suppression. Free. One short, useful note from Joe each month after that. No filler.
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Read the doctrine in long form.
Long-form analysis published on the ASC site covers Title IX practice, trauma-informed methodology, workplace investigations, and search warrant doctrine. Each piece is a working reference, not a marketing essay.
Search Warrants That Survive Challenge
Drawn from 1,500-plus warrants and court orders. Affidavit structure, common suppression vulnerabilities, and digital-evidence considerations.
Read → Trauma-InformedHow to Interview a Trauma-Exposed Victim Without Re-Traumatizing Them
Neurobiology of memory under stress, environmental setup, language choices, and documentation standards that hold up at trial.
Read → Workplace InvestigationsWhy Most Workplace Investigations Get the Interview Wrong
Why most workplace investigations fail at the interview. Leading questions, contamination, confirmation bias, and EEOC-defensible documentation.
Read → Title IXTitle IX Investigative Interviewing in 2026
Practical guide under the current regulatory landscape: interview-relevant requirements, common errors, and documentation standards that separate defensible findings from reversal on appeal.
Read →Joe writes for the publications law-enforcement professionals read.
Editorial features in Police1, the IADLEST Standards & Training Director Magazine, the ILEETA Journal, and Law Enforcement Today, plus a growing library of long-form analysis published on the ASC site.
Read the full archive →Not sure where to start?
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