Calgary Police/RCMP Negotiation Seminar

24^th Annual Calgary Negotiation Seminar

Calgary Police Service / Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Calgary, Alberta Canada

September 26 to September 28, 2018

http://cns.cpsevents.ca/

This jointly sponsored seminar by the Calgary Police Service and the Southern Alberta District of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, seeks to expand the knowledge and expertise of negotiators, incident commanders and tactical officers.

Open to police officers, corrections officers and selected mental health professionals who actively work with negotiators, these sessions aim to share new ideas, methods and experiences in an open forum.

Take a look at the agenda for this great event [HERE].

ICNA 2018 Conference

Have a look at the information below for the upcoming 2018 annual conference. Get more information at www.icnaonline.com.

NTOA Annual Crisis Negotiation's Conference

• Access to over a dozen courses, debriefs and breakout classes
• Two-day trade show with more than 200 vendors
• Food and drinks at the two-day trade show
• Breakout classes at the trade show
• Private function at Arizona Diamondbacks Baseball game Sponsor by Vista Outdoor
• Tactical Conference Opening Ceremony with keynote speaker
• Welcome Reception networking event on Monday night
• Custom Voodoo Tactical Backpack

Get more information by visiting the NTOA site [HERE]. 

Missouri Assoc. Of Crisis Negotiator's Annual Conference

STR Annual Conference on Terrorism - NYC August 2017

Get more information [HERE].

Western States Hostage Negotiators' Association 29th Annual Training Conference

PRESS RELEASE

For Immediate Release

The Western States Hostage Negotiators' Association (WSHNA) is excited to announce their 29th Annual Training Conference.

April 28, 2015 to May 1, 2015 at the Hotel Captain Cook, Anchorage Alaska.

Full information at www.wshna.com.

WSHNA is also on Facebook under our full name.

Our web site includes presenter information, hotel link with a special negotiated rate, airfare discounts with Alaska Airlines and on-line registration and payment.

The goal of the association is to develop in members a higher degree of proficiency in the performance of their professional duties. The association shall provide training for members, and the association shall act as a resource and conduit for information sharing.

WSHNA depends upon your involvement as a member to accomplish these goals. WSHNA represents police & corrections crisis negotiators from Alaska, British Columbia, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, & Washington.

New England Crisis Negotiators Association Conference

Make sure to check out and register for the 2015 New England Crisis Negotiators Association (NECNA) conference.

The conference is April 27-29, 2015.

See the brochure [HERE- PDF file] and check their site [HERE].

Crisis Negotiation Techniques in Terrorist Incidents: It’s Been 10 Years Since Beslan- What Have We Learned?

With the Society for Terrorism Research (STR) 8th Annual International Conference fast approaching, STR, partnered with the Center for Terrorism and Security Studies (CTSS), is launching a series of guest blog posts, written by those who will be presenting their research at STR14. In the sixth installment of this series Detective Jeff Thompson(@nonverbalPhD) discusses his work on the lessons learnt from the Beslan School Siege. Detective Jeff Thompson is the 2013/2014 recipient of the New York City Police Department Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly Scholarship and attended Columbia University as Research Scholar.  His research topic was crisis and hostage negotiation as well as terrorism related incidents [This article does not reflect the opinion of any group or organization that he is employed by or a member of]. 


Ten years ago terrorists in Beslan, a town in North Ossetia Russia, seized a school full of children, in what is still one of the deadliest terrorist incidents to have occurred.  The incident provides valuable insight with respect to crisis and hostage negotiations that can assist negotiators and government officials to be better prepared if they were to be involved in a similar situation where negotiating with terrorists could be the best option to ensure the least amount of casualties are suffered.

Despite the incident having displayed numerous moments that were clear examples of the terrorists escalating violence, the Beslan incident also offers valuable insight into missed opportunities where negotiators could have employed certain tactics that could have increased the chances for a more peaceful resolution.

A review of this incident, specifically conducted by Adam Dolnik (and co-author of our paper) demonstrates that established crisis and hostage negotiation skills can be effective yet the established methods of determining if a hostage incident can or should be negotiated as well as the methods of measuring progress needs to be reviewed.

Read the full article [HERE] and click the info graphic to see a larger version of it.

Experience is Not Expertise

10,000 hours. That is the amount frequently cited as the number of hours it requires to be an expert in something.
Is there a difference between an being experienced negotiator and an expert?  Check out this article to find out.

Listening, empathizing and building rapport to handle crisis

Buying time is one of the most essential tasks of a crisis negotiator.

"In a crisis situation-where there is homicide, hostage taking or suicide-the suspect is generally not thinking rationally," Beatty said. "If you just keep a person from doing whatever it is they are intending long enough, they will calm down, think about it, and realize how bad of an idea it is to harm themselves or others." 

International Negotiators Working Group 2013 Conference

About this event

It is a great honour for the Australian Federal Police's Specialist Response Group to be hosting the International Negotiators' Working Group (INWG) 2013 conference.

The 2013 conference theme focuses on the complexities faced by government negotiators dealing with listed terrorist organisations. Presentations will be tailored to meet the needs of police negotiators and will provide you with the opportunity to hear from and connect with your police negotiator partners from around the world. The conference will be hosted in Sydney, Australia. Sydney is known to be one of the busiest commercial hubs in the Asia-Pacific. The city boasts a number of iconic attractions, some of the best-known being the Sydney Opera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge.