About

JOHN TEDESCHINI

John Tedeschini combines a wealth of real-world interviewing experience with a commitment to delivering training that is grounded in psychological science. John’s 25-year police career with the Edmonton Police Service (EPS) saw him conduct thousands of interviews in a frontline capacity as a patrol officer and as a detective in Major Crimes Section. His investigative assignments included Homicide Section, Polygraph Unit, Internal Affairs, and the Interview Support Team, a specialized unit responsible for conducting, overseeing, and consulting on complex major crime interviews. During his police career, John also developed and delivered groundbreaking investigative interviewing training programs for the EPS and other municipal police services in the province of Alberta.

A recognized expert in the field of investigative interviewing, John has authored, and co-authored articles published in the Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, and Investigative Interviewing: Research and Practice. His work has been cited in academic journals and texts, and he has been an invited speaker at national and international conferences hosted by judges, lawyers, and academic institutions. John teaches investigative interviewing to students in the Police and Investigations program at MacEwan University in Edmonton and is a member of the International Investigative Interviewing Research Group (iIIRG).

John’s current and former clients include:

• Advisor Office for Alberta Workers’ Compensation

• Alberta Fair Practices Office

• Alberta Health Advocate

• Alberta Insurance Council

• Alberta Liquor Gaming and Cannabis

• Alberta Motor Association

• Alberta Ombudsman

• Association of Professional Engineers & Geoscientists of Alberta

• Alberta Public Interest Commissioner

• Alberta Teachers Association

• Association of Certified Fraud Examiners

• Canadian Air Transport Security Authority

• Correctional Services of Canada

• Council for School Leadership

• Edmonton Police Service

• Fire Investigation Association of Alberta

• International Association of Gaming Regulators

• North West Redwater Partnership

• Office of the Auditor General of Ontario

• Service Alberta

• TELUS

• Vancouver Police Department

  
  

  
  

PUBLICATIONS

Tedeschini,J. (in press). The Cognitive Interview - Implementation Guide. Iowa State University of Science and Technology ‘What Works Team’.

Tedeschini, J. & Jung, S. (2022) Motivational interviewing – Helping people find their own reasons for change. Council for School Leadership Magazine, vol. 4, no. 1, Summer 2022, pp. 16-22.

Tedeschini, J. (2019). Truth, Lies and Counter-Interview Strategies. The International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association Journal. 9(3), 26-28

Tedeschini, J. & Jung, S. (2018). Motivational Interviewing in the Context of Police Investigative Interviews with Suspects. Investigative Interviewing: Research and Practice, 9(1), 01-13

Tedeschini, J. (2012). Overcoming roadblocks to reform. Journal of Applied
Research in Memory and Cognition, I , 134-135.

Snook, B., Eastwood, J., Stinson, M., Tedeschini, J., & House, J. C. (2010).
Reforming investigative interviewing in Canada. Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice, 52(2), 203-217

Tedeschini J.C.  (2009) Moving Beyond the Conventional Wisdom: A Progressive Approach to Police Interview and Interrogation Training. In Radha Kalyani (Ed.), Police Behavior: A Reform Approach (pp.90-117 ) Icfai University Press, Hyderabad, India.

Tedeschini, J. C. (2008). But we’ve always done it this way! A progressive approach to police interview and interrogation training. The Wisconsin Defender, Winter/Spring 2008.

Tedeschini, J. C. (2007). Presumed guilty—Investigator bias in the police interview room. Edmonton, AB, Canada: 2007 Edmonton Police Service Essay for Excellence Competition