Chapter 29 Section 2 FBI's Silent Pressure Technique

When the FBI is interrogating prisoners, it will suddenly stop on the way and keep silent.In fact, this is a strategy to break through the other party’s psychology. Just imagine, during the interrogation process, both parties are at war with swords and swords, and suddenly one party falls silent, which will inevitably make the other party feel confused. thus uneasy. FBI experts say that silence is a brief gap in the sentence, a masterful form of communication that transcends the power of words.Just the right silence can often receive the effect of "silence is better than sound at this time".

One day at noon, the sky suddenly rained heavily.After the rain stopped, a man hurried to the police station and said to the sheriff, "No, the attendant at the Piney gas station was shot." The sheriff poured him a glass of water, and said to him: "Don't worry, speak slowly." "I was driving into Piney's gas station when I heard a gunshot and then I saw two guys run out of the gas station, jump into a weekender van and drive away quickly. I hurried I ran into the house and saw that a male attendant at the gas station had fallen into a pool of blood." The man described while trembling.

After listening to the eyewitness's account, the sheriff asked some coaches and the appearance of the two people, and then led several police officers to search for the suspect.Soon, they found an abandoned coach on the south side of the road block. When the sheriff saw that the tour bus was only a few meters away from the main entrance of Piney National Park, he guessed that the criminal must have entered the park. At an artificial lake in the park, the sheriff asked Warren, the first camper, what time they were coming to the park.Warren, with a mustache, said: "My brother and I came here last night. Because in order to catch the carp migration season, we have been fishing since we arrived here."

"Are you two fishing when it rains?" asked the sheriff again. "Yes." Warren nodded. The sheriff said goodbye to Warren.Came to the tent of the second pair of campers Al. Al said: "This morning, we pitched our tent and went out. When it started to rain, we found a small cave and hid for hours. We didn't see anything." When the sheriff was listening to Al's words, he noticed that the ground was wet. He couldn't help frowning and said, "Is that so? I think... still will..." The sheriff suddenly paused twice when he was speaking, and Al's expression became abnormal in an instant, and he asked, "Dear sheriff, did I say something wrong?"

The sheriff continued to remain silent, only to see the sweat on Al's brow.Then the sheriff said, "Speak up! Tell the truth." Seeing that he could no longer hide it, Al had to confess his crime. In fact, the reason is very simple. Al said that they set up the tent in the morning, but it hadn’t rained at that time. Why the ground in the tent was wet? It was obviously set up after the rain. After seeing this flaw, the sheriff decided that Knowing that Al is the murderer, in order to break through Al's psychological defense and let him voluntarily tell the truth about the crime, the sheriff used the psychological technique of silence.Just imagine that you were talking eloquently, but suddenly fell silent, it will inevitably make the other party uneasy.

When handling a case, timely silence can often achieve an effect that thousands of words cannot achieve. FBI experts believe that silence has the following advantages: (1) Silence often has the effect of encouraging the criminal suspect to open his mouth, and may cause the criminal suspect to reveal information that is beneficial to handling the case; (2) Silence will give the suspect confidence in your point of view, which may lead the suspect to tell the truth; (3) Silence can break the interrogation rhythm and make the criminal suspect completely confused; (4) Silence can easily make the suspect think of the worst.In some cases, just the right amount of silence is the best strategy.

The control of communication rhythm is a compulsory course for FBI police officers. If the other party does not show any flaws during a long conversation and suddenly interrupts the communication rhythm with silence, the other party will often be at a loss. When the other party panics, your chance Here we go.