Venezuelan government and opposition delegates agreed Thursday to a group of "friendly countries" to assist with crisis negotiations, Dominican Republic President Danilo Medina said. "We made progress ...

The following is the first installment in a two-part commentary which examines the relevance of law enforcement methods to the boardroom and the courtroom. Part I presents a history of crisis ...

In February 2024, a tense situation unfolded at the Bank of America in Fort Myers. Lee County Sheriff's hostage negotiators spent nearly two hours negotiating with a man holding two hostages. They ...

A Fond du Lac Police Department officer trained in crisis negotiation arrived on scene and made phone contact with the man. While on the phone, the man displayed a knife and began harming himself, and ...

This course will prepare you to work as part of a coordinated negotiation team and handle a variety of crisis situations including hostage takers, barricaded subjects, and suicidal victims. This ...

BOISE, Idaho — A team of specially-trained police officers are breaking through barriers with their words - not weapons. On Sunday, a tense scene ended peacefully in Boise's North End, thanks to the ...

The officers learned de-escalation and communication skills and then put those skills into play with real-life, role-playing scenarios. According to studies, at least 20% of police calls for service ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Our local DPS troopers were put to the test for a competition and they aced it with flying colors. The 35th Annual Crisis Negotiation Competition was held in San Marcos. The ...

ANTIOCH — An 18-year-old man suspected of shooting a person with a replica gun Wednesday was arrested after an hour of tense negotiations with officers, police said. The victim suffered an undisclosed ...

In the weeks between March 12 and April 7 of this year, the Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD) reported it has seen an uptick in cases requiring its CNT, or crisis negotiation team, which utilizes ...

The suspect in a gas station robbery and 100 mph chase kept pointing his handgun to his head, and police negotiator Andres Wells was doing all he could to keep the man from committing suicide. But he ...

MISSED. WELL, DES MOINES POLICE CREDIT SKILL, PATIENCE AND COMPASSION TO A MULTI-AGENCY EFFORT TO HELP A MAN IN DISTRESS. THIS WEEK, DES MOINES POLICE POSTED THESE PICTURES. THIS WAS IN THE RIVERBEND ...