San Antonio police officials have defended the harsh and at times rude language used by the department’s crisis negotiators during several barricaded subject incidents the past several months.
San Antonio police officials have defended the harsh and at times rude language used by the department’s crisis negotiators during several barricaded subject incidents in the past several months.– San Antonio police officials have defended the harsh and at times rude language used by the department’s crisis negotiators during several barricaded subject incidents in the past several months.
“Initially, when we get calls it’s our duty to find out exactly what’s going on. Because even patrol or even family, whoever reports it, they don’t know the whole story, they get snippets,” said Anderson. Anderson said negotiators turned to using provoking language in hopes of keeping constant conversation with Hessbrook, who had become less engaging with negotiators.
Negotiators at various points called Rojas a liar and a disappointment and accused him of having “fake tears.” Anderson, who said he played a role in all three high-profile negotiations, pointed out that the team works as a cohesive unit and assesses what approach to use based on the person’s frame of mind.Greg Pratt, a retired FBI crisis negotiator who was assigned to San Antonio for his entire 22-year career, said he went through SAPD’s negotiator school and found it to be very professional, ranking it up there with the FBI negotiator school.
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