Instructor Sgt. Mike Ruggiero (Ret)
Sergeant Mike Ruggiero was in law enforcement for over 30 years and with the Orange County Sheriff's Office in Orlando, Florida since 1991. Sergeant Ruggiero has over 20 years of experience investigating major cases, such as: Sex Crimes, Internal Investigations, Robbery, and Homicide. Sergeant Ruggiero has completed numerous hours of training in the fields of investigation, interviews, graphology, and statement analysis. He has provided thousands of hours of advanced training in the fields of investigations, interviewing, and detecting deception through identifying aspects of handwriting, body language, and statement analysis. Sergeant Ruggiero has been involved in the investigation of several hundred homicides as both an investigator and the sergeant of the Homicide Squad. He was involved in the high profile investigations of Caylee Anthony and Markeith Loyd. Mike earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminology from Columbia College in 2012 and has provided instruction for Law Enforcement Officers throughout Central Florida, Florida Highway Patrol, the International Chiefs of Police Association, the Florida Homicide Investigators Association, the US Peace Corps, as well as various other police departments and security professionals across the US. Mike is proud to be an instructor with the Public Agency Training Council (PATC) since 2018, as well as continuing to provide training as a lead instructor at Valencia College in Orlando and Daytona State College. In addition, Mike has provided instruction to Security Investigators with Walt Disney World, Coca-Cola, Universal Studios, Marriott, Sea World, Hilton, Orange County Government, Orange County School Board, Rosen International and many other private sector organizations. Let Mike help you Uncover the Truth!
Training Classes Provided
Detecting Deception
Interview and Interrogations
Interview and Interrogations
This course is designed to enhance the participants interviewing skills by teaching them how to recognize truthful and deceptive behaviors. There are only three ways for people to be deceptive: handwriting, body language, and verbal statements. This training covers all of the ways people can be deceptive, and will improve the ability to r
This course is designed to enhance the participants interviewing skills by teaching them how to recognize truthful and deceptive behaviors. There are only three ways for people to be deceptive: handwriting, body language, and verbal statements. This training covers all of the ways people can be deceptive, and will improve the ability to recognize deceptive and truthful behaviors. Developing the ability to rec-ognize and detect deception will allow participants to conduct more effective inter-views/interrogation strategies, and increases safety in all interactions. Law en-forcement professionals and civilian investigators alike will benefit from this unique and interactive training.
Interview and Interrogations
Interview and Interrogations
Interview and Interrogations
This course is designed to enhance your interview and interrogation skills by focusing on foundation principals. Gaining admissions and confessions will be discussed in detail in order to produce optimum results. Find out why Sgt. Ruggiero has trained more law enforcement officers in Florida on how to conduct effective interviews than any
This course is designed to enhance your interview and interrogation skills by focusing on foundation principals. Gaining admissions and confessions will be discussed in detail in order to produce optimum results. Find out why Sgt. Ruggiero has trained more law enforcement officers in Florida on how to conduct effective interviews than anyone else!
COURSE TOPICS INCLUDE
•Rapport building
•Communication skills
•Active listening
•Importance of game planning
•Miranda
•Factors that influence interviews
•Theme development
•Body Language
•Liar’s Triangle
•Posture
•Barriers
•Eye movement
•Handling denials
Death Investigations
Interview and Interrogations
Death Investigations
This course is designed to enhance an investigator's ability to investigate complex death investigations. From suicides to accidental deaths to homicides, each death must be investigated thoroughly and professionally. Mike goes through various aspects of these difficult and challenging investigations.
COURSE TOPICS INCLUDE:
· Initial r
This course is designed to enhance an investigator's ability to investigate complex death investigations. From suicides to accidental deaths to homicides, each death must be investigated thoroughly and professionally. Mike goes through various aspects of these difficult and challenging investigations.
COURSE TOPICS INCLUDE:
· Initial response to death scenes
· Processing scenes
· Search and Seizure
· Types of Death Investigations:
o Suicide
o Overdose
o Accidental
o Homicide
· Aspects of interrogations
· Wound identification
· Case studies
· Report writing
· Courtroom testimony
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Uncover The Truth; Methods for detecting deception using body language and statement evaluation, including new insights on JFK, Osama bin Laden, Jon Benet Ramsey , and many others.
Learn how to spot the signs of truth—and deception.
Have you ever watched someone speak and thought, “Something feels off”? Whether you’re talking to a friend,
Uncover The Truth; Methods for detecting deception using body language and statement evaluation, including new insights on JFK, Osama bin Laden, Jon Benet Ramsey , and many others.
Learn how to spot the signs of truth—and deception.
Have you ever watched someone speak and thought, “Something feels off”? Whether you’re talking to a friend, watching a news interview, or trying to understand a high-profile case, this book gives you the tools to see what’s really going on.
In Uncover the Truth, Mike Ruggiero shares techniques he’s used throughout his 30-year career in law enforcement to evaluate body language and the way people speak. You’ll learn how small changes in posture, word choice, and even eye contact can reveal what someone might be hiding.
This book is filled with real examples—from major cases in Mike’s career to stories in the public eye. Step by step, he explains how to look for clues that often go unnoticed and how to make sense of them.
Whether you’re in law enforcement, work with people every day, or are simply curious about human behavior, these skills can help you better understand the world around you—and the people in it.
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Detecting Deception-Orlando Police Department
December 8-10, 2025
OPD - Range Facility Classroom 3;
100 George DeSalvia Way,
Orlando, FL 32807
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