CRISIS HOSTAGE NEGOTIATIONS – Level III (Advanced)
The third in a series of three progressive courses, CSM’s Crisis Hostage Negotiations – Level III (Advanced) prepares you for the most complex and challenging aspects of crisis negotiation – leading crisis negotiation teams and managing crisis incidents. We will take you from policy development, to recruiting, selecting, and training crisis negotiators, to media management, managing legal risk, and managing negotiator stress.
You will learn about current trends with prescription and illegal drug use, characteristics of drug-effected subjects and techniques for communicating with subjects who are under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
In a continued discussion of abnormal psychology, you will learn how to recognize Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and techniques for negotiating with a PTSD-effected subject. Additionally, we will discuss the effects of traumatic brain injury as it relates to a person in crisis.
Finishing up the series of Effective Communication, you will learn to evaluate the verbal content of a person in crisis for the purpose of determining subject motivation and developing an effective communication strategy.
In keeping with the advanced nature of this course, students will plan, facilitate, and evaluate a culminating scenario-driven practical exercise. Student performance will be carefully evaluated and in-depth feedback will be provided during a comprehensive after-action debriefing.
TOPICS INCLUDE:
Negotiating with the Drug-effected Subject
Pre-incident Planning for Team Leaders
Recruiting, Selecting, and Training Crisis Negotiators
Effective Communication III: Evaluating Verbal Content
Abnormal Psychology III: PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injury
Managing Legal Risk
Managing the Major Incident
PREREQUISITES: You must be a sworn member of law enforcement or corrections, a non-law enforcement member of a crisis negotiation team, or a mental health professional or a clergy member supporting law enforcement activities, to attend this course. Students attending must have successfully completed CSM’s Crisis Hostage Negotiations – Level I (Basic) course, or its 40-hour equivalent, prior to attending this course. It is recommended that students have successfully completed CSM’s Crisis Hostage Negotiations – Level II (Intermediate) course or its 40-hour equivalent, prior to attending this course. This class is not recommended for students with no previous negotiation training. Requests for exceptions must be submitted and approved by the course director.
NOTE: This course is trained in accordance with guidelines established by the National Council of Negotiation Associations.
(CEH: 14-hours Technical Skill; 7-hours Interpersonal Perspectives; 2-hours Legal Studies & 17-hours Skill Development.)
