you were involved with was a hostage program? i was a crisis negotiator for the parent umbrella of the emergency operations unit. what did you do in that? i was a crisis negotiator. what does that mean? we would go out on barricaded subject or go out with a swat team, easiest way to describe it, on warrants. we would respond to calls where there may be people in danger. and was your job to try to negotiate with the subject and get him to submit to being arrested? yes, he or she. was that your main job? no, i was always the patrol officer. i mean, as far as a hostage negotiator, that s what you did? yes, i was a crisis negotiator. and what other programs were you in? i was on the law enforcement memorial association honor guard. what is that?
year throughout that 26 year period, right? yes. sometimes multiple times a year, right? yes. and all of those requirements were in place to make sure that you continued at the beginning of your career, continued to be competent and capable of performing the requirements of the job, right? yes. you mentioned on direct that you were also a hostage negotiator as part of your duties? crisis negotiator. crisis negotiator. that involves some hostage type situations? i ve never had a hostage situation. ok. crisis negotiation. yes. and that involves some deescalation tactics, i presume, correct? yes. and you have to develop that skill set and be pretty good at deescalating situations as a crisis negotiator, fair? yes. you had some experience in stressful situations doing that?
fto. and then other ftos would train the other two stages. why did you continue to do that for so many years? i felt that i had knowledge and mentorship that i could help young officers develop into somebody i would want to work with and my partners would want to work with. there were other programs that you volunteered for or joined yes. while you were a police officer, is that correct? yes. after you became a police officer, what was the first program that you joined or volunteered? i became an explorer adviser for explorer post. what s an explorer post? is that the younger people that yes. the program through the boy scouts of america. in that program you teach them about policing, is that right? yes. after that explorers program that you joined, what else did you do as a police officer? i was on the domestic abuse response team, i was also crisis
f.t.o. s and then others would train the other two stages. why did you continue to do that for so many years? i felt that i had knowledge and mentorship that i could help young officers develop into somebody i would want to work with and my partners would want to work with. there are other programs that you volunteered for or joined while you were a police officer, is that correct? yes. and after you became a police officer, what was the first program that you joined or volunteered? i became an explorer advisor for explorer post. and what s an explorer post? is that the younger people? yes, the program through the boy scouts of america. and in that program, they teach them about policing, is that right? yes. and after that explorers program that you joined, what else did you do as a police officer? i was on the domestic abuse response team. i was also crisis negotiator.
training? yes. you did that every year throughout that 26-year period, right? yes. sometimes multiple times a year, right? yes. and all of those requirements were in place to make sure that you continued at the beginning of your career and continued to be competent and capable of performing the requirements of the job, right? yes. you mentioned on direct that you were also a hostage negotiator as part of your duties, right? crisis negotiator. crisis negotiator. did that involve some hostage-type situations? i never had a hostage situation. but crisis situation? yes. and that evolved some deescalation tactics, i presume. yes. you had to be pretty good at de-escalating situations as a crisis negotiator, fair? yes. you had experience in stressful situations doing that?