Talk to Me tells the inside story of how the field of hostage negotiations was created. In the wake of major 1970’s tragedies such as the Attica prison riot and the massacre of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics, the NYPD realized there was an urgent need to develop a system for handling hostage incidents. With news archives and first-hand accounts from hostage team founders Frank Bolz and Harvey Schlossberg, we bring to life cases large and small to explore what worked—and what didn’t. The world’s first hostage negotiation team pioneered the use of psychology in saving lives and created a model that is still used around the world today. The series is written and narrated by Edward Conlon, a veteran South Bronx detective and New York Times bestselling author.
An XG Productions Series.
The NYPD's pilot program for hostage negotiation undergoes its first trial in January 1973, when four men rob John and Al’s sporting goods store in Brooklyn seeking revenge for a mass murder in Washington, DC. Though an early gun battle leaves three cops shot—and one dead—police hold their fire for almost two days as they negotiate with the robbers, who now possess an arsenal of weapons and ammunition.
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