As part of our ongoing service to our members and Hostage/Crisis Negotiators in North America & beyond, we provide the following service:

WSHNA maintains a database of approximately 1100 past, present, and future Hostage/Crisis Negotiators. Many in that database are also the leading minds in our specialized field.

When you are researching something in the field of negotiations, send us an email and we will use our communication avenues to get you some answers, hard facts, and opinions.

Here are some past subjects that we have covered and who conducted the research. Please feel free to contact these members directly. 

Buying New Equipment

Commander David Leibman
Renton Police Department
425-430-7573
Dleibman@Rentonwa.gov

Anybody Training Dispatchers?

Detective Tyler Chavers
Vancouver (USA) Police Department
360-487-7447
tyler.chavers@cityofvancouver.us

Disengagement?

Officer J.D. Byas
Dallas Police Department
jakesig_45@hotmail.com

Do We Really Need A HNT?

Parole Officer Michael Clauson
Alaska DOC
907-761-5602
michael.clauson@alaska.gov

Working and Training With the Fire Department

Officer Berry Duty
Kennewick Police Department
509-585-4208 Berry.duty@ci.kennewick.wa.us

Pushing Suicide?

Lieutenant Julie Shank
Anchorage Police Department
JShank@muni.org

Call Out Methods & Technology

Sergeant Troy King
Portland Police Bureau
Troy.King@portlandoregon.gov

Mental Health Professionals & HNT

Detective Tyler Chavers
Vancouver (USA) Police Department
Tyler.Chavers@cityofvancouver.us

Download & Complete Survey

Outside the Institution, Are DOC Teams Engaged in Mutual Aid?

Officer Lisa Cain
Snake River, Oregon DOC
lisa.m.cain@doc.state.or.us