Region 5 – 40 Hour Hostage/Crisis Negotiation Course – Odessa

WHEN:  September 8, 2025 to September 12, 2025

COST:  $300.00 (Includes 1 year TAHN Membership)

This 40 hour course introduces the skillsets to prepare Law Enforcement personnel to become crisis/hostage negotiators.  Upon completing this course, the new negotiator will have an essential understanding of team roles in crisis/hostage negotiations and should be able to perform any hostage negotiator team member role.  This course meets standards set forth by TCOLE and by the State of Texas for wiretap warrants.  The class cost is $300 which includes a 1-year TAHN membership.

This course covers the following and more:

• History of Negotiations
• Characteristics of a Negotiable Incident and Stages of an Incident
• Active Listening and Communication Skills
• Handling Demands, Effects of Time
• Recognizing Psychological, Mental and Emotional Disorders, how to recognize them and deal with them, including Stockholm Syndrome
• The Effects of Stress, Stages of Stress and Stress in the Hostage Situation
• Team Structure
• Intelligence Coordination
• A full day of Realistic Scenarios and Scenario Training

This training is being provided to local, state and federal law enforcement personnel which includes law enforcement officers/agents, peace officers, detention/corrections officers or communications officers who have a demonstrated professional interest in hostage/crisis negotiations.  Identification will be required showing your affiliation with a federal, state or local law enforcement agency at the beginning of the training.