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Hostage Conference & Seminar
Texas State University
&
the Department of Criminal Justice
Hosts
the 20th Annual Competition & Seminar for Crisis Negotiations
January 12-14, 2010
Every January, the Criminal Justice Department at Texas State University opens its doors to a number of Crisis and Hostage Negotiation teams from around the nation. The conference & seminar is a three day event, consisting of a full day of classes which explore the latest issues faced by negotiators, as well as a two day training component involving mock hostage situations. Classroom and training hours combined accredit participants with a total of 24 TCLEOSE hours. This will be Texas State’s 20th Crisis and Hostage Negotiation Seminar & Conference and we are looking forward to it being a great one.
Our goal is to provide realistic training in which the scenarios are experientially based. When working a mock hostage situation that is presented, a team's performance is evaluated by trained and experienced negotiators, which provides an opportunity to learn how other teams handle certain situations. The Hostage Negotiation Competetion & Seminar is supplemental to any training hostage teams have previously received.
Take a glance at last year's Seminar Schedule
Hays County Negotiations Team 'Bad Guy Central'
Practice makes perfect! A motto that has proven to be true time and time again. Given the nature of the situations handled by negotiators, finding ways to practice can be difficult and limited to classroom brainstorms, lectures, and a read of the latest journals. The crisis' simulated for this conference, allows negotiators to actually train for specific instances. With the 'captors' kept private, negotiation teams are forced to utilize their skills as they would in the real world, making the training experience unique and quite beneficial.
Directed By:
Dr. Wayman Mullins
Certified in Police Psychology
Diplomate of Police Psychology
Stay tuned for next year's Competition Announcement