Modern Crisis Negotiations
April 6 - 7, 2026
CHP Headquarters Building B, Training Room 1
601 N 7th St.
Sacramento, CA 95811
8am - 5pm
Hosted by the California Highway Patrol
CA POST Certified:
#1345-20771 - Plan N/A
$459.00
As a crisis negotiator, everybody is counting on you to know the right thing to say to prevent a tragic outcome. But many negotiators feel unprepared to be in the hot seat when the stakes are literally life and death. At the Savage Training Group, our instructors are active-duty negotiators who teach simple concepts that actually work. Our Modern Crisis Negotiations course gives negotiators the confidence they need to save lives.
Our instructors are team leaders on a busy urban team, so they know exactly what works and what doesn’t. They’ll share with you what techniques and equipment they used last week, not 20 years ago!
You’ll see recent body-cam video of actual incidents and work through table-top scenarios all while our expert instructors guide you.
Students Will Learn
- How crisis negotiators can become an indispensable asset to your agency
- How new use force and eavesdropping laws affect negotiators
- How the public duty and special relationships doctrine affect tactical decision-making
- Disengagement and re-engagement plans for barricade incidents
- Modern negotiating techniques including video chat negotiations
- National standard recommendations for negotiators
- …and much more.
Your Instructors:
Senior Instructor Donald Anderson is a current Lieutenant with San Francisco PD where he serves as the Officer in Charge of the Hostage/Crisis Negotiation Team and the Crisis Intervention Team. He has years of experience in patrol as well as supervising the 40-officer crisis negotiation team. He is a passionate and engaging instructor who is committed to sharing real-world experience with our students.
Senior Instructor James Tacchini is a Lieutenant with the San Francisco Police Department. He is a Team Leader on the department’s 40-member Crisis/Hostage Negotiation Team. He has previously served as a full-time Officer Involved Shooting investigator and is presently a Patrol Sergeant. He is a current practitioner as well as a highly-experienced instructor.
Sergeant Elizabeth “Lily” Prillinger is an active-duty sergeant with the San Francisco Police Department. She is assigned full time to the Crisis Intervention Team and is a Team Leader with the department's 5o-person Hostage/Crisis Negotiation Team.
Payment Methods
Once you enter the student information below and click "Register", you will be taken to a checkout page where you can pay using a credit card, or you may request that an invoice be sent to your department that can be paid online or by check and sent by mail. Please note that invoices incur a $15.00 non-refundable processing fee.
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