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• Region 5 FAHN Training Event: Case Debriefs: Crashed in the Orange Groves and The Canadian Scorned by Exotic Dancers

  • When
    Thursday, April 18, 2024
  •  
    08:00 - 17:00
  • Location
    Tampa Convention Center Rm 124-125, 333 S. Franklin St., Tampa, FL 33602

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  Region 5 FAHN Training Event: Case Debriefs: Crashed in the Orange Groves and The Canadian Scorned by Exotic Dancers
  

  Date:  April 18, 2024

  Time:  0800 hrs -1700 hrs

  
  

  Presented by:  Lt. Mark Dainty; Polk County Sheriff’s Office  and  Sgt. Aaron Dahl; Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office

  
  

  Hosted by:  Det. Steve Jacobsen - Pinellas County Sheriff's Office & FAHN Region 5 Director

  
  

  Location: Tampa Convention Center Rm 124-125, 333 S. Franklin St., Tampa, FL  33602

  
  

  Course Description:

  
  

  First case study will cover negotiating during a hostage situation within a vehicle crashed into the orange groves after a pursuit. Lt. Mark Dainty will provide details of the case and discuss positives/negatives learned from the situation.

  
  

  Second case study will cover negotiating with a Canadian citizen scorned by his exotic dancing girlfriend having an affair. Sgt. Aaron Dahl with provide the details of the case and discuss lessons learned from the incident.

  
  

  In the afternoon groups will break out into negotiation teams and actively engage in a training scenario. Afterward, teams will reconvene and discuss tactics used as well as lessons learned.

  
  

  
  

  Please see attached flyer for further details, or contact: 

  
  

  Questions? Call Region 5 Director,  Det. Steve Jacobsen, 727-582-6333, or email, sjacobsen@pcsonet.com

  
  

  UPDATED LOCATION -- FAHN Region 5 Training Flyer April 18, 2024.docx
  

  
  

  
  

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• Region 2 FAHN Training Event: Orange County Jail Incident - Case Presentation and Discussion

  • When
    Thursday, April 18, 2024
  •  
    08:30 - 16:30
  • Location
    Leon County Sheriff's Office, 2825 Municipal Way, Tallahassee, FL 32304
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  Region 2 FAHN Training Event: Orange County Jail Incident - Case Presentation and Discussion
  

  Date:  April 18, 2024

  Time:  0830 hrs -1630 hrs 

  
  

  Presented by: Corporal Jeffery James-Potts / Orange County Sheriff's Office

  
  

  Hosted by: Lt. Jason Glover, Leon County Sheriff's Office / FAHN Region 2 Director

  
  

  Location:  Leon County Sheriff's Office, 2825 Municipal Way, Tallahassee, FL 32304

  
  

  Free for active FAHN Members!!   And only $ 20 for non-FAHN members.

  
  

  Course Description:

  
  

  If you missed the 2023 FAHN Conference, or if you attended and missed this session, then come join us for this amazing case study! Corporal James-Potts will present his own hostage negotiation experience that involved an armed, barricaded subject, and several hostages, at a detention facility.  Corporal James-Potts’ experience exemplifies grit, perseverance, and the importance of a survival mindset!

  
  

  Please see attached flyer for further details and the map flyer for the location, or contact the Region 2 Director, Lt. Jason Glover, gloverj@leoncountyfl.gov
  

  
  

  FAHN Region 2 Training Flyer April 18, 2024.docx
  

  
  

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• [EXTERNAL COURSE] IPTM - Hostage Crisis Negotiations Level I

  • Start
    Monday, May 13, 2024
  •  
    08:00
  • End
    Friday, May 17, 2024
  •  
    17:00
  • Location
    IPTM / University of North Florida, 12000 Alumni Drive, Jacksonville, FL 32224

      [EXTERNAL COURSE] IPTM - Hostage Crisis Negotiations Level I

  
  

  Dates: 05/13/2024 - 05/17/2024

  
  

  Presented by:  IPTM - Institute of Police Technology and Management

  
  

  Location: IPTM / University of North Florida, 12000 Alumni Drive, Jacksonville, FL  32224

  
  

  COURSE DESCRIPTION:

  
  

  The first in a series of three progressive courses, IPTM’s Hostage Crisis Negotiations–Level I addresses the fundamental skills of a successful negotiator. We will prepare you to work as part of an agency negotiation team by teaching you the skills required to respond to a hostage incident or a person in crisis and de-escalate the situation.

  
  

  You will learn techniques for engagement, de-escalation, team roles and responsibilities, managing intelligence, equipment use and set-up, as well as strategies to overcome resistance and emotional arousal. Challenging practical exercises are an integral part of the course and provide you with an opportunity to practice and improve your negotiation skills.
  

  
  

    

  **Please see the link below for more details**

  
  

  Hostage-Level-I-Jax.pdf
  

  
  

  
  

  NOTE: External Courses listed are not affiliated with FAHN.  They are shown here as a courtesy and do not state or imply any guarantee or endorsement by FAHN.  Registration for external courses is not facilitated by FAHN.
  

   

   

  
  

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• [EXTERNAL COURSE] IPTM - Hostage Crisis Negotiations Level II

  • Start
    Monday, May 20, 2024
  •  
    08:00
  • End
    Friday, May 24, 2024
  •  
    17:00
  • Location
    IPTM - University of North Florida, Adam W. Herbert University Center, 12000 Alumni Drive, Jacksonville, FL 32224

      [EXTERNAL COURSE] IPTM - Hostage Crisis Negotiations Level II

  
  

  Dates: 5/20/2024 - 05/24/2024

  
  

  Presented by:  IPTM - Institute of Police Technology and Management

  
  

  Location: IPTM - University of North Florida, Adam W. Herbert University Center, 12000 Alumni Drive, Jacksonville, FL  32224

  
  

  COURSE DESCRIPTION:

  
  

  This course will further enhance the knowledge and skills you acquired in IPTM’s Hostage Crisis Negotiations–Level I course, or its 40-hour equivalent. As advanced negotiation concepts are introduced, the primary focus shifts to team building and team roles and responsibilities. In addition, we will take an in-depth look at a subject’s psychological state and examine methods to de-escalate situations involving subjects displaying psychosis/psychotic behavior and schizoid affective disorders, domestic violence and the cycle of violence, paranoid personality types and avoidance/dependent personality disorders to achieve cooperation.

  
  

  Communication techniques are the primary means of event resolution. Therefore, a continual study and practice of communication skills developed during the basic course of training will be enhanced.   We will also discuss uniquely challenging events for responders and negotiators – such as murder/suicide, suicide-by-cop, locational suicidal activity, planned stand-offs, annihilators and domestic violence crises – and explore methods for resolution.

  
  

  You will have an opportunity to practice and advance your negotiation skills with more complex scenario-based practical exercises, including negotiation problems, team driven training, use of negotiation equipment and managing a crisis event.

  
  

    

  **Please see the link below for more details**

  
  

  Hostage-Level-II-Jax
  

  
  

  
  

  NOTE: External Courses listed are not affiliated with FAHN.  They are shown here as a courtesy and do not state or imply any guarantee or endorsement by FAHN.  Registration for external courses is not facilitated by FAHN.
  

   

   

  
  

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• 2024 FAHN Training Conference June 3-7, 2024

  • Start
    Monday, June 03, 2024
  •  
    08:00
  • End
    Friday, June 07, 2024
  • Location
    Sheraton Sand Key Resort, 1160 Gulf Blvd., Clearwater Beach, FL 33767

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  2024 FAHN Training Conference   June 3 - 7, 2024

   

  See the Conference Page for the details !
  

    

  Join us for another exciting FAHN Training Conference Week !!   We have an excellent schedule of specially invited speakers !  There are a variety of important topics as well as interesting and useful case studies.  Please be sure to read and review the breakout course schedule under the Conference tab so you can plan your days.   

  
  

  Location:  Sheraton Sand Key Resort, 1160 Gulf Blvd., Clearwater Beach, FL  33767

  
  

  
  

  CANCELLATION POLICY: Cancellation requests must be received by May 1, 2024. Cancellations before that date will receive a refund minus a $50 administrative processing fee. 

   

  Cancellations received after that date, will not receive a refund.
  

  Transfer requests from one attendee to another will be honored until June 3, 2024, as long as a new registration is completed for the new attendee.

   

  All requests should be submitted to the FAHN Secretary by the appropriate due date.

   

   

  Go to the "How Do I...?" page if you have any questions regarding membership, event sign-up, or payment.

   

  Please review the Cancellation Policy for details regarding refunds and transfers.

  
  

  2024 FAHN Conference Flyer.docx
  

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• [EXTERNAL COURSE] Negotiating with Special Populations (Advanced)

  • Start
    Monday, June 24, 2024
  •  
    08:00
  • End
    Friday, June 28, 2024
  •  
    17:00
  • Location
    Grace Community Church, 4080 Lakewood Ranch Blvd North, Lakewood Ranch, FL 34240

      [EXTERNAL COURSE] Negotiating with Special Populations (Advanced)

  
  

  Dates:  June 24- 28, 2024

  Time:   0800-1700 hrs

  
  

  Presented by:  Crisis Systems Management, LLC

  
  

  Hosted by: Sarasota County Sheriff's Office

  
  

  Location:  Grace Community Church, 4080 Lakewood Ranch Blvd North, Lakewood Ranch, FL  34240

  
  

  COURSE DESCRIPTION:

  
  

  Negotiating with terrorists, violent true believers, troubled youth, the elderly, combat veterans, fellow officers, inmates, sovereign citizens, the deaf and hard

  of hearing, LGBTQ in crisis, and the protest movement present a unique set of challenges for a crisis negotiation team. In this advanced course, designed

  specifically for experienced negotiators, students will learn communication and negotiation strategies for interacting with each these populations.

  We will explore the psychology, motivation, and communication strategy for interacting with the ideologically motivated subject including terrorists and violent true believers.

  
  

  Failure to recognize the need to adapt standard intervention techniques to the specialized needs of the deaf or hard of hearing may cause needless escalation

  of crisis situations. The phases of a crisis continuum are different for a person who is deaf or hard of hearing from that of a hearing person. We will present the

  phases of crisis continuum for the deaf or hard of hearing along with considerations for crisis negotiation and ADA requirements for accommodation. In the new, expanded version of this course, are two advanced scenarios selected from the following topic

  areas: Combat Veterans in Crisis, Sovereign Citizens, Troubled Youth in Crisis, a Corrections-based Crisis, the Classroom Avenger or the Fellow Officer in Crisis.

  
  

  **Please see the link below for more details and registration information**

  
  

  
  

  Responding to Special Populations in Crisi - Sarasota, FL.pdf
  

  
  

  
  

  NOTE: External Courses listed are not affiliated with FAHN.  They are shown here as a courtesy and do not state or imply any guarantee or endorsement by FAHN.  Registration for external courses is not facilitated by FAHN.
  

  
  

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• [EXTERNAL COURSE] Tallahassee - IPTM Hostage Crisis Negotiations Level II - IPTM

  • Start
    Monday, July 08, 2024
  •  
    08:00
  • End
    Friday, July 12, 2024
  •  
    17:00
  • Location
    Consolidated Dispatch Agency, 911 Easterwood Drive, Room TBD, Tallahassee, FL 32311

      [EXTERNAL COURSE] Tallahassee - IPTM Hostage Crisis Negotiations Level II

  
  

  Dates: 7/8/2024 - 7/12/2024

  
  

  Hosted by: Tallahassee Police Department

  
  

  Instructor:  Jim McDonald, IPTM - Institute of Police Technology and Management

  
  

  Location: Consolidated Dispatch Agency, 911 Easterwood Drive, Room:  TBD, Tallahassee, FL  32311 

  
  

  COURSE DESCRIPTION:

  
  

  This course will further enhance the knowledge and skills you acquired in IPTM’s Hostage Crisis Negotiations–Level I course, or its 40-hour equivalent. As advanced negotiation concepts are introduced, the primary focus shifts to team building and team roles and responsibilities. In addition, we will take an in-depth look at a subject’s psychological state and examine methods to de-escalate situations involving subjects displaying psychosis/psychotic behavior and schizoid affective disorders, domestic violence and the cycle of violence, paranoid personality types and avoidance/dependent personality disorders to achieve cooperation.

  
  

  Communication techniques are the primary means of event resolution. Therefore, a continual study and practice of communication skills developed during the basic course of training will be enhanced.   We will also discuss uniquely challenging events for responders and negotiators – such as murder/suicide, suicide-by-cop, locational suicidal activity, planned stand-offs, annihilators and domestic violence crises – and explore methods for resolution.

  
  

  You will have an opportunity to practice and advance your negotiation skills with more complex scenario-based practical exercises, including negotiation problems, team driven training, use of negotiation equipment and managing a crisis event.

  
  

    

  **Please see the link below for more details**

  
  

  Hostage Crisis - Level II - Tallahassee

  
  

  
  

  NOTE: External Courses listed are not affiliated with FAHN.  They are shown here as a courtesy and do not state or imply any guarantee or endorsement by FAHN.  Registration for external courses is not facilitated by FAHN.
  

   

   

  
  

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• [EXTERNAL COURSE] IPTM - Hostage Crisis Negotiations Level III

  • Start
    Monday, September 09, 2024
  •  
    08:00
  • End
    Friday, September 13, 2024
  •  
    17:00
  • Location
    IPTM / University of North Florida, 12000 Alumni Drive, Jacksonville, FL 32224

      [EXTERNAL COURSE] IPTM - Hostage Crisis Negotiations Level III

  
  

  Dates:   9/9/2024 - 9/13/2024

  
  

  Presented by:  IPTM - Institute of Police Technology and Management

  
  

  Location: IPTM / University of North Florida, 12000 Alumni Drive, Jacksonville, FL  32224

  
  

  COURSE DESCRIPTION:

  
  

  The third in a series of three progressive courses, IPTM’s Hostage Crisis Negotiations–Level III course has been developed to further enhance your negotiation skills while affording the team leader an opportunity to develop or hone the skills necessary to lead a team during complex negotiations.

  
  

  We will explore the roles of the team leader, including development and management of the team, team operation, and interaction with command and tactical personnel. Methods for creating and implementing a rigorous training day for the agency negotiation team will be examined–from developing ideas and scenarios to the training announcement.

  
  

  You will gain an in-depth understanding of how rapport and empathy impact the negotiator and the negotiation process. We will also discuss how the growing impact of today’s technology and communication tools–such as social media–can affect negotiations. A presentation by a special operations wounded warrior will help us examine the effects of PTSD and methods of responding to it.
  

  
  

    

  **Please see the link below for more details**

  
  

  Hostage-Level-III-Jax
  

  
  

  
  

  NOTE: External Courses listed are not affiliated with FAHN.  They are shown here as a courtesy and do not state or imply any guarantee or endorsement by FAHN.  Registration for external courses is not facilitated by FAHN.
  

   

   

  
  

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• [EXTERNAL COURSE] IPTM - Hostage Crisis Negotiations Level I

  • Start
    Monday, December 02, 2024
  •  
    08:00
  • End
    Friday, December 06, 2024
  •  
    17:00
  • Location
    IPTM / University of North Florida, 12000 Alumni Drive, Jacksonville, FL 32224

      [EXTERNAL COURSE] IPTM - Hostage Crisis Negotiations Level I

  
  

  Dates: 12/2/2024 - 12/6/2024

  
  

  Presented by:  IPTM - Institute of Police Technology and Management

  
  

  Location: IPTM / University of North Florida, 12000 Alumni Drive, Jacksonville, FL  32224

  
  

  COURSE DESCRIPTION:

  
  

  The first in a series of three progressive courses, IPTM’s Hostage Crisis Negotiations–Level I addresses the fundamental skills of a successful negotiator. We will prepare you to work as part of an agency negotiation team by teaching you the skills required to respond to a hostage incident or a person in crisis and de-escalate the situation.

  
  

  You will learn techniques for engagement, de-escalation, team roles and responsibilities, managing intelligence, equipment use and set-up, as well as strategies to overcome resistance and emotional arousal. Challenging practical exercises are an integral part of the course and provide you with an opportunity to practice and improve your negotiation skills.
  

  
  

    

  **Please see the link below for more details**

  
  

  Hostage-Level-I-Jax.pdf
  

  
  

  
  

  NOTE: External Courses listed are not affiliated with FAHN.  They are shown here as a courtesy and do not state or imply any guarantee or endorsement by FAHN.  Registration for external courses is not facilitated by FAHN.
  

   

   

  
  

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• [EXTERNAL COURSE] IPTM - Hostage Crisis Negotiations Level II

  • Start
    Monday, December 09, 2024
  •  
    08:00
  • End
    Friday, December 13, 2024
  •  
    17:00
  • Location
    IPTM - University of North Florida, Adam W. Herbert University Center, 12000 Alumni Drive, Jacksonville, FL 32224

      [EXTERNAL COURSE] IPTM - Hostage Crisis Negotiations Level II

  
  

  Dates: 12/9/2024 - 12/13/2024

  
  

  Presented by:  IPTM - Institute of Police Technology and Management

  
  

  Location: IPTM - University of North Florida, Adam W. Herbert University Center, 12000 Alumni Drive, Jacksonville, FL  32224

  
  

  COURSE DESCRIPTION:

  
  

  This course will further enhance the knowledge and skills you acquired in IPTM’s Hostage Crisis Negotiations–Level I course, or its 40-hour equivalent. As advanced negotiation concepts are introduced, the primary focus shifts to team building and team roles and responsibilities. In addition, we will take an in-depth look at a subject’s psychological state and examine methods to de-escalate situations involving subjects displaying psychosis/psychotic behavior and schizoid affective disorders, domestic violence and the cycle of violence, paranoid personality types and avoidance/dependent personality disorders to achieve cooperation.

  
  

  Communication techniques are the primary means of event resolution. Therefore, a continual study and practice of communication skills developed during the basic course of training will be enhanced.   We will also discuss uniquely challenging events for responders and negotiators – such as murder/suicide, suicide-by-cop, locational suicidal activity, planned stand-offs, annihilators and domestic violence crises – and explore methods for resolution.

  
  

  You will have an opportunity to practice and advance your negotiation skills with more complex scenario-based practical exercises, including negotiation problems, team driven training, use of negotiation equipment and managing a crisis event.

  
  

    

  **Please see the link below for more details**

  
  

  Hostage-Level-II-Jax
  

  
  

  
  

  NOTE: External Courses listed are not affiliated with FAHN.  They are shown here as a courtesy and do not state or imply any guarantee or endorsement by FAHN.  Registration for external courses is not facilitated by FAHN.
  

   

   

  
  

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