Hostage/Demands/Surrender

Question 1

When is surrender plan put in place?

Answer 1

Prior to making contact with the subject

Question 2

Who can authorise demands?

Answer 2

-Incident controller

Question 3

What is important when discussing a surrender plan with the subject?

Answer 3

“Slow things down”

Question 4

When to call time-out

Answer 4

• Prefer to keep subject engaged at all times.
• Created by subject (eg sub hangs up)
• Relationship breakdown between PNT and subject
• Negotiation has stalled
• Subject needs a break
• Primary negotiator needs a brea

Question 5

Challenges and issues when choosing a Negotiator.

Answer 5

• Situation
• Negotiators personal situation
• Negotiators experience

Question 6

Main tactic for for Hostage negotiation?

Answer 6

Stall for time.

Question 7

What effects can the passage of time have?

Answer 7

• Increases basic human needs
• Reduces anxiety, stress or emotion
• Increases rationality
• Allows time for development of rapport and trust
• Reduces expectations

Question 8

What are the three aspects of Stockholm Syndrome?

Answer 8

1. Positive feelings of the victim towards the hostage taker
2. Negative feelings of the victim toward the authorities
3. Positive feelings of the hostage taker towards the victim

Question 9

What should a surrender plan cover?

Answer 9

• Where the subject will exit the stronghold.
• Dogs to be locked up.
• Doors to rooms left open.
• Lights to be left on.
• What order occupants will come out in.
• What they are to do with weapons.
• What they are wearing (no big, baggy clothing)
• What they will hear or see when they are out.

Question 10

What is an ‘Instrumental situation’?

Answer 10

Situation where a substantive demand to authority.

Question 11

What is a ‘Substantive demand’?

Answer 11

• A demand of high value to the subject
• Demand that can’t be easily achieve

eg Policy change

Question 12

Person of authority

Answer 12

• Prime Minister
• Parliament Minister
• Police Commissioner
• CEO

Question 13

What is an ‘Expressive Situation’?

Answer 13

Emotionally drive with substantive demands

Question 14

Offensive threat

Answer 14

Threat made by the subject to apply pressure on authority to comply with specific demands.

“If I don’t get a gate away car in five minutes, someone is going to die.”

Question 15

Defensive threat

Answer 15

Threats made by the subject for the sole purpose of keeping Police at bay.

“If anyone tries to come in here, I’ll kill these kids!”

“Don’t come any closer or I will jump.”

Question 16

Unconditional threat

Answer 16

Direct statement of harm
No action or inaction demanded
Goals is the action itself

“I’m going to kill this SOB”

Question 17

Primary consideration for hostage situation

Answer 17

“To save the lives of any people taken as hostage”

Question 18

Most difficult subject type to negotiation in a hostage situation

Answer 18

Mentally disturbed

Question 19

What technique should be used in an ‘Expressive situation’

Answer 19

Crisis Intervention Techniques