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Midwest Counterdrug Training Center
Students attending this course must be a sworn member of law enforcement or corrections, a non-law enforcement member of a crisis negotiation team, a mental health professional supporting law enforcement activity, or a member of the clergy supporting law enforcement activities.
The Crisis/Hostage Negotiation Course is a practical introductory course of instruction for newly assigned negotiators or negotiators having a five-year or more lapse in negotiation training.
Students will participate in 28 hours of lecture and serve as a negotiation team member for 10 hours of practical exercise.
This course will prepare law enforcement personnel to mitigate threats involving barricaded subjects, suicidal subjects, hostage takers, and others presenting behaviors associated with victim precipitated homicide or suicide by cop. The course focuses on specific strategies and considerations for drug-effected subjects and/or those involved in drug related offenses.
This basic course meets most state and federal training requirements for crisis-hostage negotiator certification