How well can you identify a face? 

Our research has found that police officers and security personnel, with few exceptions are not much better than the general public at identifying faces; and, for the most part, the general public does not do that well at all. All you really have to do is look at the statistics of eye-witness accounts given over the years from victims and witnesses to crimes, to know that this is an unreliable way to prove someone’s guilt.

When you are shown a photograph of a missing person, suspect, perpetrator, or fugitive can you instantly identify them?  What if they’ve disguised their looks by changing their hair color or hairstyle? Do you know what to look for in a face in order to make a correct identification?  Conversely,  what if you have to give a description? Can you provide details that will help identify a person in question.

The reason you may not be as good at identification as you need to be, is that you haven’t been trained to know the structure and features of the face the way an artist does. O2D has teamed up with forensic artist Sharon Blanchard to present a training program that will give you the skills to become a master at facial recognition.  

Look at the drawing below that was created by Ms. Blanchard from her interview of the victim and the booking photograph of the perpetrator when he was arrested, just a few days later.  Face Wise will teach you a process to see detail like you never have before. We will train you to elicit better descriptive information through victim relaxation and interviewing techniques and how you can give more descriptive information should you have to provide a description.