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“Talk To Me”
“A negotiation
is nothing more than a conversation between two people,
under stress, where lives are at stake!”
The Hostage
Negotiation Team consists of a group of officers with
specialized training in the art of negotiations. The
term “Hostage Negotiation” can be misleading, as the
team is trained to respond to a variety of crisis. In
addition to an actual hostage situation, the team will
also handle barricaded subjects, suicidal subjects, and
emotionally disturbed persons. The team operates out of
a special mobile command vehicle which can be deployed
almost anywhere, allowing the team to operate near the
scene of the crisis, but out of harm’s way. The team
has a large variety of specialized equipment which is
used during such events. One of the items most often
deployed is a Crisis Phone, or throw-phone, which allows
the team to communicate with a subject safely and
securely, without the threat of eavesdropping from
people with scanners or other equipment. Most of the
other equipment is considered information sensitive and
thus cannot be discussed on this site. Negotiation is
truly a team effort, as the negotiator is assisted by
several team members and technical staff who work
diligently to help the negotiator through the crisis and
to gather as much intelligence as possible. The
ultimate goal of any negotiation is to reach a safe
conclusion of any crisis, without anyone getting hurt!
For more information on Hostage
Negotiations or Negotiator Training, please visit the
following links:
“We devote our lives to saving people we don’t know!”
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