For this episode I spoke w/ former NYPD Hostage Negotiator, Mike Ahearne.

Mike told me about his path to the role of hostage negotiator within the NYPD, the ins and outs of the job as well as the skills required in a good negotiator. He shared with us the story of his own experience getting taken hostage in a police station for over 4 hours in 2002, some of his most memorable negotiations and the stress that comes w/ such extreme moments.

***TIMESTAMPS***

00:00 PREVIEW
00:48 intro, starting off in NYPD
6:28 Becoming a detective
9:37 MIKE GETS TAKEN HOSTAGE
35:12 Going home after being taken hostage
37:13 Joining the hostage negotiation team and training
40:48 Mike recalls negotiation
43:28 MIKE NEGOTIATES HOSTAGE SITUATION (hostage taker, his infant child and entire apartment dosed in gasoline)
56:18 Any jobs that didn’t go so well ?
57:28 Mike’s reflections on his 17 years as a negotiator, not “bringing the job home with you”
1:00:38 Retiring from the job, thoughts on current and previous mayors
1:06:30 Traits of a good hostage negotiator? 
01:07:18 How much can/should a hostage negotiator BS a criminal ? (False promises etc)
1:09:20 Life after the job.. miss having an exciting job?


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