Crisis negotiation is a complex discipline. Negotiating with an armed barricaded person holding hostages can be a prolonged and stressful event. When a uniformed officer responds to an event that becomes a barricade incident, he may not have the luxury of patiently waiting the 45 to 60 minutes for the tactical team and crisis negotiators to arrive.

Negotiations by one of the first responders may not just be an option, it may be an absolute necessity. The following points of information will help the first responder establish contact with the subject and begin the process of building the rapport that is necessary for the incident to be resolved satisfactorily.

The patrol officers will have ...

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