Davidhorn

Name: Davidhorn
Address: Comtec House Bramingham Business Park, Enterprise Way, Luton, LU34BU, GB
Telephone: +441582490300

Davidhorn is Europe’s leading providers of technical interview solutions for police forces and investigative authorities. Worldwide.

We also equip interviewers with professional training, skills and knowledge designed to unlock evidence to bring justice. By optimizing the interview situation and protecting the integrity of all involved, we deliver a toolkit for impartial, trustworthy evidence, designed to protects civil rights and equip justice. The two companies David Horn Communications Ltd. and Indico Systems AS have been merged into Davidhorn.

09/06/2026

In March 2022, while part of Kyiv was still under occupation, Vasylyna Yavorska received a call from the Office of the Prosecutor General: could her team develop guidelines for interviewing prisoners of war?

That moment sits at the heart of this episode of Beyond a Reasonable Doubt — recorded live at the Davidhorn Police Interview Summit in Manchester and hosted by Dr. Ivar Fahsing.

Vasylyna is a Ukrainian lawyer and CEO of JustGroup, and she has led the country's national expert team on investigative interviewing since 2017. She talks about what it takes to shift a criminal justice system away from confession-based thinking, how you build change from the inside out, and why Ukraine's war crimes investigators — having now conducted over 2,000 interviews — may soon be teaching the rest of us.

One exchange that stayed with us: in 2020, 61% of Ukrainian investigators defined a confession as the measure of a successful interview. What Vasylyna is working to replace that with is not just a methodology. It is a different set of values.

Episode 22 is out now. Listen here 👉 https://davidhorn.com/resource-hub/justice-under-fire-reforming-investigative-interviewing-in-wartime-ukraine-ep-22/

Davidhorn is a proud partner of JustGroup.

26/05/2026

What does it actually take to prevent torture in Europe?

Not just better interview methods. Better systems, better culture, and independent oversight that arrives unannounced — at midnight on a Friday, when the cells are fullest.

In Episode 21 of Davidhorn podcast Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, Dr. Ivar Fahsing speaks with Therese Maria Rytter - international human rights lawyer, outgoing Vice-President of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT), and co-author of the Méndez Principles. For nearly 12 years, she led delegations into police stations, prisons, and psychiatric facilities across 46 countries: speaking with detainees, examining injuries, reviewing use-of-force records.

The conversation is both candid and uncomfortable.

Why do some countries still reward officers for high confession rates?

Why is Denmark - a global leader on torture prevention - still not recording suspect interviews?

And what does it mean for an investigator to truly uphold a suspect's rights, rather than talk them out of exercising those rights?

One point lands clearly: investigative interviewing cannot be viewed in isolation. The safeguards, the culture, the judiciary, the political will — it all has to move together.

Listen now 🎧 → https://davidhorn.com/resource-hub/torture-prevention-in-europe-ep-21/

21/05/2026

𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝘀𝘆𝗹𝘂𝗺 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.

Months or years later, that conversation may be reviewed during an appeal or legal process. At that point, the interview recording often becomes central to the case.

Immigration and asylum interviews are complex and sensitive, often involving interpreters, multiple languages and details that later come under scrutiny.

Questions arise:
▪ Was the interview captured clearly?
▪ Was it stored securely?
▪ Can the evidence withstand legal review?

In our latest Davidhorn Blog article, we explore:
✓ Why interview recording matters in asylum procedures
✓ Key EU requirements around immigration interview recording
✓ Common operational challenges authorities face
✓ How technology can improve integrity and reduce post-interview work

Link in comment.

06/05/2026

Why do officers interview the way they do - even when they know better?

In the latest episode of our podcast Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, Dr. Ivar Fahsing speaks with Ahmet Demirden, Ph.D. - former Toronto police officer, psychologist, and international training specialist - about the gap between knowledge and practice in investigative interviewing.

Regulatory focus, organisational culture, required drivers, and the promise of AI feedback tools.

🎧 Listen here 👉 https://davidhorn.com/resource-hub/psychology-of-motivation-in-investigative-interviewing-ep-20/

15/04/2026

Something special is happening at the Davidhorn Police Interview Summit 2026.

On the evening of 22 April, we will be recording a live episode of Beyond a Reasonable Doubt podcast — right there in the room, with our delegates as the audience.

Our guest is Vasylyna Yavorska from JustGroup, Ukraine — whose work supporting Ukrainian investigators and prosecutors under extraordinarily difficult conditions speaks directly to this year's theme: Understanding. Conversation will be hosted by Dr. Ivar Fahsing.

What does it mean to build fair, evidence-based interview practice during active conflict? What does justice look like when the pressure is immense and the stakes could not be higher?

We cannot think of a more important conversation to have — or a better place to have it.

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt · Live · Manchester · 22 April 2026

Registration for Davidhorn Police Interview Summit 2026 is now closed, we will announce the next year's date soon. Watch this space!

14/04/2026

Finland has some of the strongest child interview practices in Europe.
It also has police officers who, when surveyed, knew almost nothing about investigative interviewing methods for adults.

That gap — between what exists and what is actually implemented — is exactly what Episode 19 of our podcast Beyond a Reasonable Doubt is about.

Dr. Ivar Fahsing speaks with Julia Korkman, one of the Nordic region's leading legal psychologists, about what it really takes to shift a system.

Honest, specific, and grounded in decades of practice.

🎙️ Listen now — https://davidhorn.com/resource-hub/investigative-interviewing-reform-in-practice-ep-19/

31/03/2026

🎙️ New episode of our podcast Beyond a Reasonable Doubt is live.

Every interviewing framework boils down to the same thing: stay nice, ask good questions, and listen. So why is confession-driven culture still so hard to displace?

Børge Hansen speaks with Susanne Floelo and Prof. Christopher Kelly of International Investigative Interviewing Research Group (iIIRG) about what makes reform stick — and what keeps pulling it back. The accountability gap, the limits of recording, AI as a shortcut risk, and what it actually takes to change a system.

A sharp, honest conversation. Worth your time.

🎧 Listen now — https://davidhorn.com/resource-hub/investigative-interviewing-reform-in-practice-ep-18/

17/03/2026

🎙️ New episode of podcast Beyond a Reasonable Doubt is live.

Dr. Ivar Fahsing speaks with Thomas Skou Roer - former Danish police officer - about the gap between policy and practice, why mindset change is harder than technique training, and what it would actually take to shift the system.

A candid, honest conversation. Worth your time.

🎧 Listen now: (link in comment)

06/03/2026

🎙️ New episode of Davidhorn podcast - Beyond a Reasonable Doubt is live.

What does it take to transform an entire nation's criminal justice system? Not a policy memo. Not a single training day. A long game.

In Episode 16, Dr. Ivar Fahsing travels to Hua Hin, Thailand, to speak with Ms. Santanee Ditsayabut - senior prosecutor at the Office of the Attorney General and director of the Nitivajra Institute. She's one of the architects of Thailand's PEACE Program Informity: a multi-agency, multi-year initiative bringing prosecutors, police, judges, and investigators together around one shared commitment - ethical, evidence-based interviewing.

The conversation is honest about the challenges: time pressure, traditional practices, institutional resistance. But it's also a story of momentum. Thailand is now certifying its first national PEACE trainers, positioning the country as Asia's leader in human-rights-compliant investigative interviewing.

What stood out most? The idea that change doesn't start at the top - it starts with small groups who become champions. Train the future policymakers. Train the university students. Let the principles spread from within.

A remarkable episode. Worth your time. 🎧 Listen now - link in comments.

03/03/2026

We're delighted to confirm Triangle Services specialist training session at the Davidhorn Police Interview Summit 2026:
"Getting it Right: Communication with Children"

Led by Triangle's expert training team:
* Carly McAuley, Director at Triangle, UK
* Maxime Cole, Director at Triangle, UK
* Sarah Crisp, Interviewing Specialist Support & Advocacy, Triangle, UK

This specialist session provides essential skills for professionals working with children in investigative and care settings. Drawing on Triangle's extensive experience in child communication and advocacy, this training delivers practical, evidence-based techniques for conducting effective interviews whilst prioritising child welfare and wellbeing.

Triangle's approach has transformed how professionals communicate with vulnerable children across the UK and beyond. This is a rare opportunity to learn directly from the team leading this vital work.

Limited places available for this exclusive training – register now 👉 https://davidhorn.com/resource-hub/davidhorn-police-interview-summit-2026-save-the-date/
22-23 April 2026 | Radisson Hotel Manchester City Centre

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