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3 pages in length. The writer briefly discusses hostage negotiation training, homicide investigative tools and how police department management impacts officers. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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The ability to understand and relate to the multicultural aspect of this citys highly ethnic population speaks to the inherent need for diversity training so officers and the crisis
team are well prepared to negotiate with people very different from themselves. Strategies that may work well for one ethnicity could easily backfire when used with another; as such,
officers and the crisis team must be able to differentiate when certain approaches may be detrimental to the negotiation process. Perez (2009) duly notes that because of Vegass tourist
environment, "there has to be a very wide scope of understanding in how others behave, exist, and think about one another. The jurisdiction is not just the local residents
of the town, but also every other citizen of the world who comes in to gamble, or to take in the shows, the sights, or the benefits which only exist
in Las Vegas" (Perez, 2009). Communication training is another critical component of effective preparation for hostage negotiations for much the same reason as diversity training: Without appropriate knowledge of how
to diffuse and otherwise highly volatile situation, any words that come from the negotiators mouth could well exacerbate rather than reduce the tension. Not everyone is able to be
trained to communicate at the highly skilled level needed for a hostage negotiator, typically just one person who maintains control of the entire situation so there is no margin for
error (mixed messages, misunderstandings, inappropriate directions) with a second or third negotiator. This individual is trained to listen empathetically, gain clarity by paraphrasing exactly what the hostage-taker has said
and gain his/her trust by asking non-invasive questions (Perez, 2009). The tactical contingent of hostage negotiation is decidedly more military-oriented and as such requires such training as stealth and sniper
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