Questioning and Interviewing Public Employees – Hingham PD

Course Facts

• Instructor: Alfred P. Donovan, APD Management
• Date: October 6, 2026
• Location: Hingham Police Department
• Time: 8:30 am - 2:30 pm
• Price: $199.00 USD

Course Overview

This seminar equips municipal leaders and supervisors with the knowledge to properly question and interview public employees suspected of workplace misconduct. The program covers essential legal requirements and standardized procedures for conducting compliant investigative interviews with both union and non-union staff, including example forms, notice templates, and rights advisements.

Subject Matters Discussed

• Designing and Delivering the proper Notice to Appear
• Designing and Delivering the proper Notice of the Allegations
• Witnesses Not entitled to Union Representation in most cases
• What role does the Union Representative play during the interview?
• Who can act as a Union Representative?
• When are employees entitled to an Outside Attorney?
• Recording Interviews is a 'Work Rule' and does not need to be bargained over in most cases
• Setting the Ground Rules
• Advisement of Rights (Administrative & Criminal)
• Weingarten Rights
• Complying with Policy Requirements
• Planning the interview
• Questioning Employees
• Recording Employees Interviews
• Interview Techniques
• Dealing with evasive employee responses, 'I do not recall', 'No, Not that I recall', 'to the best of my memory', 'I am not sure'
• Truthfulness Issues
• Parts of an Effective Employee Interview Process: Introduction and Greeting, Setting the Ground Rules, Uninterrupted initial version of event under investigation, Clarification, Confront and/or Collaborate, Closing the Interview

Course Purpose

This course is designed for municipal supervisors and management personnel and provides the practical tools necessary to conduct effective and efficient employee interviews or interrogations.