Hostage Negotiations, Crisis Intervention, And Suicide By Cop

Hostage Negotiations, Crisis Intervention, and Suicide by Cop Law enforcement officers work in a profession where seeing people at their worst s in the job description. Officers are not forced into firefights everyday of their lives like the mass media or television likes to portray; however, sometimes officers are put into difficult situations where their split second decisions can cost them their own life, the life of the suspect, or the life of an innocent bystander. Thankfully, officers are trained on how to deal with crisis situations, and there are professionals who specialize in hostage and crisis negotiations. Although many agencies use the terms “crisis” and “hostage” interchangeably, they actually mean two different things. “A