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Hostage Negotiations and Crisis Intervention Phases I and II

Length of Seminar: 5 Days
Instructor: Dominick J. Misino

College Credit Hours Option

Contact Barry Glover: Associate Professor of Criminal Justice barry.glover@saintleo.edu  |   1-813-310-4365 CRM-300: 3 Undergraduate Cr. Hrs  |    CRJ-500: 3 Graduate Cr. Hrs Additional Course Work & Tuition Required for College Credit Hour

Introduction To Crisis Negotiations: This session will examine the roots of Hostage / Crisis Negotiations. The students will learn the Why of negotiating and the numerous ways that a Crisis Negotiation Team should be utilized.

Tactical Use Of Negotiators: The role of the Negotiator is misunderstood in many Tactical circles. The student will learn the value of Negotiators in deploying the tactical option.

Team Structure: The structuring of a crisis negotiation team and the importance of command personnel, their understanding and support will be discussed. (This structure works for small and large agencies alike)

Basics Of Negotiating: The function and duties of each team member including command personnel will be explained and discussed.

Communication Skills: The student will be given an in-depth overview of Communication Skills. Both conversational speaking and listening.

Psychology Of Negotiations: In this segment students will discuss in laymen’s terms the mental disorders that are prevalent during crisis situations. Identifying the mental disorder and dealing with it in a crisis situation.

Terrorism and the Negotiator: Can we negotiate with a terrorist? We will discuss the different methods of negotiating with terrorist. An understanding of the ideology and culture of terrorist. Can we negotiate with TERRORIST?

Case Studies: Each and every hostage and crisis situation is different. The cases we will review are a diverse sampling of the instructors experiences. A burglary which turns into a hostage situation, a bank hold-up goes bad.

Suicide Intervention: Can you talk a person into committing suicide? The myths and the truth about suicide will be discussed.

The Resolution: Sometimes our success is bittersweet, we will discuss the Good and Bad side of a resolution.

The Aftermath: Negotiator Stress, second guessing and Monday morning quarterbacking will be discussed.

Role Plays: Instructors will guide the students through the tense and very stressful job of negotiating with various types of Hostage Takers and Emotionally disturbed people. Students will get a chance to participate as a team member and use the most advanced electronic equipment that is on the market today.

Upon completion attendees will have gained knowledge in the following areas:

1. Crisis Team structure
2. Dynamics of Negotiations
3. Value of using trained police negotiators as opposed to (clergy, politicians, mental health professionals or family members)
4. Psychology in Hostage Negotiations
5. The Team Concept – Tactical and Negotiation
6. Communicating with people in Crisis (bosses and politicians included)
7. Negotiating with Terrorist
8. Negotiator Stress
9. Practical Hands-on Role Plays