Gini Nelson’s Engaging Conflicts

“The best advice that I have received is that ‘time is on our side.’ As long as we (the police) can tolerate the behavior of someone in crisis; that is, that they are not hurting an innocent hostage or victim, then we will allow that individual to work through his or her emotion, which of course, takes time.” — Jack Cambria

Jack is interviewed in today’s issue of Engaging Conflicts Today. Jack is the Commanding Officer of the New York City Police Department’s Hostage Negotiation Team. His duties consist of coordinating the efforts of 100 Negotiators, who respond throughout the city to all hostage and related situations. He is responsible for the training and certification of new negotiators and the retraining of current negotiators, and conducts training for many outside law enforcement agencies. He worked with the Emergency Service Unit for the three months following the attack on the World Trade Center, to assist in the rescue and then recovery efforts at Ground Zero. If you would like a copy of his interview, and are not signed up for the newsletter (which you can do in the sidebar on the right!), email me this week at engagingconflicts@gmail.com with Jack Cambria in the subject line and I’ll email it to you.