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Association News:
The 3rd Annual Conference was a huge success with attendance of 220 people from all over the US, Canada and the United Kingdom. The 4th Annual Conference will be held in Rochester, New York from May 20 to 23, 2009. The event will be hosted & sponsored by the Rochester Police Department along with the New York State Police, NYPD and Greece Police. The agenda is being created for what will be another great training experience. More information to follow.
NYPD celebrated their 35th Anniversary of the development of Hostage Negotiations at St. John's University on Friday, March 28, 2008 in the presence of a myriad of dignitaries that included Dr. Harvey Schlossberg, Captain Frank Bolz, Commissioner Raymond Kelly and Lt. Jack Cambria. Congratulations to NYPD and their 35 years of successful negotiations that has influenced law enforcement worldwide.
Pictometry and Nexus ISR partner with NYAHN as a corporate sponsors. Both locally owned Rochester based businesses pledged their support and provided significant financial contributions toward the training efforts of the Association. We welcome these corporate sponsors as well to our long list of corporate supporters.
To encourage our goal of increased negotiator training throughout NY and Canada, we ask that any Crisis Negotiator Commanders advise us of upcoming team training so that we can post it in the Members Only Section. To notify us upcoming training, double click here or go to the "contact us" icon. See Members Area for listing of regional training opportunities.
Upcoming Events:
Texas State University is holding their annual Hostage Negotiators Training Competition & Seminar, January 13-15, 2009 in San Marcos, TX. For more info visit their website: http://www.cj.txstate.edu/resources/hostagehtml .
On October 3, 2008, the NYAHN Executive Board met in New York City to discuss Association Business and begin the planning for the upcoming conference. NYPD hosted the meeting and agreed to co-sponsor the conference as well.
As a new feature to the site, please check out the following travel discount site only for members of NYAHN. Discounts now available for all your travel arrangements courtesy of ETGI - www.associationtravel.org.
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Membership for the Association is increasing daily. Annual dues are $25.00 and applications can be downloaded from our Membership page. Join today and receive a lapel pin, and window sticker.
Additionally, the International Association of Hostage Negotiators has partnered with NYAHN to offer a free annual membership to their Association (www.hostagenegotiation.com) with any paid membership to NYAHN. For more information on IAHN view their website.
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