Hostage/Crisis Negotiations

Potential for violence is always present. All law enforcement agencies, large and small, will face and must be trained and prepared, to execute during a hostage crisis. This 5-day course will address every aspect of effectively handling a hostage crisis and negotiations.

Incidents involving barricaded subjects, hostage takers, or persons threatening suicide represent especially trying and stressful moments for law enforcement responding to them.

The skills of the hostage crisis negotiations team member has consistently proven to be law enforcement’s most risk-effective method to achieve the most successful outcome. Negotiation diffusing skills represent law enforcement’s most successful resource to resolve incidents without injury. This training is designed to equip  law enforcement with the necessary skills and techniques to successfully deescalate potential life and death situations.

Course Content

• Hostage and non-hostage situations
• assessing threats, duties and responsibilities
• techniques of negotiations and interaction
• active listening
• learning "a new language"
• surrender rituals
• liability issues and much more.

* This course would also be beneficial to current hostage negotiators.

Instructor

Alan (Boe) Bostjancic

Retired Sergeant, Norfolk Police Department

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Boe Bostjancic is a retired Sergeant of the Norfolk Police Department. Boe was in charge of a 28 person Hostage Crisis Negotiation Team, and is currently the Virginia Director for the International Association of Hostage Negotiators. Sergeant Bostjancic was responsible for training multiple federal agencies’ Negotiation Teams. CIA, NCIS, Department Defense. Boe Bostjancic has been court certified as an expert witness in crisis negotiation / civil litigation.

Boe has also instructed a variety of workplace violence classes as well as active shooter classes to both Sentara Norfolk and Children Hospital . He has also instructed workplace violence classes to all of Eastern Virginia Medical School staff in conjunction with their risk management.  These classes were also given to all Virginia OSHA employees at their annual retreat. Boe Also served honorably for 8 years in the United States Marine Corps.

Boe is a graduate of Saint Leo University . On June 16, 2011 a special flag was flown over the CIA building in Boe’s name for his help in instructing their Hostage Crisis Negotiation Team.