CNT Team
Ithaca Police Department
Crisis Negotiation Team
2019 Year End Report
Mission:
The application of Crisis Negotiation skills has consistently proven to be law enforcement's most risk effective method to achieve desired outcomes. The goal of the Ithaca Police Crisis Negotiation Team is to save lives and to resolve crisis incidents while attempting to avoid unnecessary risk to officers, citizens, victims, and subjects, through verbal communications and de-escalation.
CNT Team Members
| Sgt. Kevin Slattery |
IPD | Team Commander |
| Ofc. Dan Bechtold |
IPD | Team Leader |
| Deputy Matthew Skeval |
TCSO | Team Leader |
| Joanne Conway |
TCSO | Alternate Team Leader/ Clinician |
| Sgt. Pat Masters |
TCSO | Negotiator |
| Sgt. Loretta Tomberelli |
IPD | Negotiator |
| Inv. Justin Williams |
IPD | Negotiator |
| Ofc. Caprice VanAuken |
IPD | Negotiator |
| Ofc. Julian Byrd |
IPD | Negotiator |
| Ofc. Beverly VanCleef |
CUPD | Negotiator |
| Inv. Daniel Gonzalez |
CUPD | Negotiator |
| Ofc. Tim Camilli |
CUPD | Negotiator |
| Carl Kueffer |
TCMH | Negotiator/ Clinicial |
2019 Call Outs
In 2019, the Ithaca Police Crisis Negotiations Team responded to 2 call outs. Both were for barricaded subjects that resulted in negotiated resolution.
Trainings Attended
In 2019 CNT had 12 team training days scheduled. CNT was able to conduct 11 of these trainings. The following training topics were covered during team trainings:
| Motivational Interviewing |
Arrival Procedures |
2 Joint Scenarios SWAT/ K9 |
| Equipment Familiarization |
Intelligence procedures |
Active Listening Skills |
| Case Studies |
Situational Boards |
New member Procedures |
| Policy review |
CNT History |
Callout Procedures |
| TC Jail familiarization |
Inadequate Personalities |
Suicide Prevention |
CNT Team also received two certification trainings; ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training), and Crisis Management Basic Hostage Negotiations Trainings.