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Part 2: • " HOSTAGE NEGOTIATION ...
This is the first part of a two part film created in 1977 by the Bureau for Municipal Police as a training tool for law enforcement. It shows how to nonviolently negotiate a hostage situation using a series of examples to display proper procedure. This film was distributed by Motorola Teleprograms Inc. and directed by Dennis Anderson, with Frank Harris serving as director of photography (:17). Opening scenes show a bank burglary turned hostage situation at a local department store; Alexander’s (:31). An officer reports the suspects descriptions over the radio (:56). The suspects order everyone down as civilians in the store panic (1:19). In another situation in an apartment complex, noise disturbances are reported by the building manager to police (1:30). Officer Kenny arrives to evaluate the scene (2:16) and calls for backup. As he announces his presence to the suspects, the suspect blows a shotgun hole through the door (3:11). In another scene, a father interrupts the home of his former wife, her new husband and child (3:24) demanding he take the child with him. A police chase (4:09) ends with the perpetrator blocked by patrol cars. Police take their positions (4:45) and move pedestrians behind a makeshift barrier (4:50). Units maintain contact with headquarters (5:06). The Command Post Leader is identified (5:23). The tactical team chooses their guns such as the AR-15 (5:32). An overall command post is established in a bus (5:56). One media liaison is allowed through the lines (6:26). The first responding officers are relieved and sent to the command post for debriefing (6:49). The Police Negotiator arrives (7:19). At the briefing, intelligence is gathered on the suspects (7:53). The mother and stepfather of the kidnapped girl are interviewed (9:37). Photographs are compared of the hostage and suspect wearing the same clothes (10:44). Contact between suspects and negotiator can be made through a phone (11:13). Black and white photographs are presented from actual hostage negotiations (11:27). A negotiator team can be used within a large department (12:35). A second officer can be used if communications break down between suspect and first responding officer (14:19). The phone rings at the store robbery (14:55) as the lead suspect takes the call. Photographs are compared of the suspects to help positively identify them (17:40). Other hostage situations from the past are displayed in photographs including terrorist scenarios (19:01). The father demands to speaks with his ex-wife (21:29). Police set up auxiliary lighting as the scene turns to evening (21:44). The psyche of those who take hostages is discussed (22:50). One instance included a man who took a hostage, asking for jobs for the poor (23:01). The first responding officer offers to take his police shirt off to make the suspect more comfortable (25:21).
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