Instructor: Christian Cory

No image available Biography: Lt. Christian Cory has served on the Wichita Police Department for 21 years. He currently leads the DV/Sex Crimes Investigations Section and is the Commander of the Crisis Negotiations Team. Lt. Cory has previously served in the Homicide Section, DV/Sex Crimes Section, Crisis Negotiation Team, and Patrol. Lt. Cory has obtained his B.S. in Criminology at Kansas State University and his M.A. in Forensic Psychology at the University of North Dakota. In 2020 he was named a National Institute of Justice LEADS Scholar. Lt. Cory's interests and expertise involves science-based interviewing & interrogation, rapport development, de-escalation, cognitive interviewing, and increasing the effectiveness of law enforcement investigations through communication. Lt. Cory has collaborated with researchers and practitioners to bring a science-based interviewing field validation study and the curriculum to the Wichita Police Department.

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