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Michael Ruggiero is a retired law enforcement officer with 35 years of experience, 31 of which were spent with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office in Orlando, Florida. During his tenure, Ruggiero was involved in investigating major cases related to Narcotics, Sex Crimes, Internal, and Persons. He spent 10 years in Homicide as a detective and supervisor.

Ruggiero began training in Central Florida 20 years ago and has been teaching Interview and Interrogation for over 15 years in Advanced Training. In addition, he has been teaching courses in Death Investigations and Detecting Deception for the last 10 years. The Detecting Deception class, which he teaches to law enforcement officers around the U.S. through Public Agency Training Council (PATC.com), is a 2 ½ or 3-day class that focuses on the 3 ways people can be deceptive: writing, body language, and statement analysis (the words used).

Ruggiero formed his own training company, Police Training Institute, several years ago, and is also an instructor for PATC.com. In 2022, he authored a book titled “Uncover the Truth,” which provides insight into the skills of body language and statement analysis. These tools are not just useful for police, but for anyone conducting investigations or even those who are interested in detecting when people are deceptive.

Ruggiero is passionate about teaching and always strives to bring investigators to another level and enable them to utilize tools many didn’t know were available. He is currently in the process of writing a follow-up book on conducting more effective Interviews and Interrogations. His ultimate goal is to influence the way in which investigations are conducted in the future, by training investigators to do their job at a higher level.