There are no deadlines, no shouting, no threats and no intimidation. They would rather show people the exit door than kick it in.
Most cops love the thrill of the chase that ends with a suspect in the back of a divvy van. Sergeant Victor Yanes is a bit different as he admits he has little interest in arresting crooks and even less in prosecuting them.Don’t think for a moment he does his best work behind a desk, for he deals with the sharp end of life and death policing, where one mistake, one ill-chosen word, can be fatal.
The Negotiation Operations Team is called in to help resolve anything from a mentally disturbed person threatening self-harm, armed offenders with hostages, international cyber extortion demands to Pacific Island riots. “We see people on their worst day when they are in crisis and are not thinking clearly. Our job is to build a window of tolerance.”
Police usually see a crisis and try to take control. The negotiator does not force an outcome but tries to guide the target to a peaceful outcome.Credit:Sometimes, Yanes says, time is your friend, as it gives the person stressed the space to see the terrible outcome if they don’t work with the negotiators. “When they are not thinking clearly we want to help them bring their brains back online.”Collect the dots. Gather the intelligence to work out who is involved.
There was no way Federal Police would be able to get boots on the ground. Instead, they were able to help his family in Australia, but with more than compassion and kind words.The demands from the kidnappers were being passed on from relatives in Nigeria to his family in Australia. In February last year University of Southern Queensland archaeology professor Bryce Barker, three local researchers and two others were abducted by a gang of 20 armed men from a remote village in the Papua New Guinea southern highlands.
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