🚨 FREE Crisis Negotiation Training – Knoxville, TN🚨
🗓️ September 4, 2025
🕣 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM
📍 KPD Training Range | 6388 Cement Plant Rd, Knoxville, TN 37924
The Knoxville Police Department's Crisis Negotiation Unit is hosting a FREE one-day immersive training event focused on building and sharpening critical crisis negotiation skills.
🎯 Topics Include:
✔️ Active Listening Techniques
✔️ Rapport Building & Empathy
✔️ Risk Assessment
✔️ Strategic Communication
🎭 Realistic Scenario Training
🍽️ Lunch Provided On Site
👥 Limited to 50 Participants – RSVP Required!
Open to law enforcement negotiators and those working in related crisis response roles. Let’s grow together through collaboration, hands-on experience, and shared expertise.
📩 RSVP or contact:
Sgt. R. Fowler – rfowler@knoxvilletn.gov | 📞 865-215-7331
Sgt. M. Lawson – mtlawson@knoxvilletn.gov | 📞 865-250-5407

The Tennessee Crisis Negotiators Association (TCNA) is working to provide negotiator training opportunities across the state. The association is looking to provide a free 1-day training session in each of the TN regions in 2025. The next one will be offered in the West TN Region on July 25, 2025. It will be held at the Memphis Police Department training academy, as listed on the flyer. The training for the day will consist of classroom instruction in the morning and scenarios in the afternoon. Lunch will be provided on site. This is limited to TCNA members and only 4 per agency being filled in a first come first serve basis.