In this 2-hour video training, Retired Violent Crimes Lieutenant Brian Sanders walks you through how to uncover the truth during everyday street encounters.

Every officer has experienced it.

• The driver who seems nervous but you can’t quite articulate why.

• The passenger whose story doesn’t quite add up.

• The person you’re convinced is hiding something, but you can’t clearly explain it.

Deception during street encounters has real consequences.

• Missed behavioral cues lead to missed contraband.

• Weak questioning leads to weak articulation.

• And when deception goes unrecognized, violent offenders and serious criminals walk away.

Worse, it creates opportunities for dangerous individuals to expose you, your partners, and the public to unnecessary risk.

Whether you are a patrol officer, investigator, or supervisor, this training will sharpen your ability to recognize deception, gather actionable intelligence, and conduct more effective street encounters.

Topics covered:

• Reading body language and recognizing meaningful behavior patterns

• Separating normal nervousness from deception-related stress indicators

• Structuring effective roadside conversations within legal boundaries

• Using strategic, assumptive, and clarifying questions to surface information

• Leveraging prior law enforcement contacts to guide encounters

• Gathering real-time intelligence and turning reports into future intel assets

• Making sound decisions on vehicle removals and contact documentation

• Verifying identity using open-source tools, social platforms, and databases

• And more

   

About Brian Sanders:

Brian Sanders is a retired Violent Crimes Lieutenant of the Raleigh Police Department. His previous assignments include patrol, Patrol Training Officer, Proactive District Teams, Gang Suppression Unit, Drugs and Vice Unit, Aggravated Assault Unit, Homicide Unit (as a detective, a sergeant, and lieutenant), and the Raleigh Intelligence Center (RIC).

Additionally, he served two years on a special assignment attached to the Career Criminal Unit conducting a joint R.I.C.O. investigation with the F.B.I. which yielded the dismantling of DGF Bloods in Raleigh, convicted members in two murders, and earned an award from the director of the FBI.

During his years with Raleigh PD, he has debriefed hundreds of gang members (Bloods, Crips, Gangster Disciples, Latin Kings, Vice Lords, Surenos, etc) and developed many into sources and informants.

He has developed multiple courses on gang identification, gang investigations, and gang informants ranging from 8 hours to 40 hours of instructional time, trained hundreds of law enforcement officers, as well as conducted numerous gang presentations at gang intel meetings and conferences.

He was featured in James Patterson’s national best seller, Walk The Blue Line, a nonfiction book sharing experiences of cops across the country. His interview was utilized in the section titled, “B.C. Sanders.”

He currently hosts the podcast, “The Disruptors with Brian Sanders” in which he interviews bands, undercover investigators, gang members, skinheads, recovering addicts, mercenaries, and more.

This training is subject for approval - active law enforcement officers only:

• A copy of Officer’s ID is required prior to access being granted
• Please allow 1 business day for verification and enrollment
• You will receive an email after purchase requesting verification (check spam if you don’t see it or email [email protected] for any issues)