This course is intended for law enforcement personnel assigned to Crisis Negotiation Teams (CNT), supervisors, tactical commanders, and Behavioral Health Professionals involved in, or preparing for, operational integration into negotiation teams.

This course reviews foundational negotiation principles and applies them to integrating Behavioral Health Advisors (BHAs) into Crisis Negotiation Team operations. Emphasis is placed on role clarity, legal safeguards, information-sharing boundaries, operational discipline, and unified command.

Through lecture, facilitated discussion, and a structured two-hour case study, students will examine successful and problematic integration models and develop agency-specific implementation strategies. The case study focuses on a domestic situation that results in a hostage-taking.