The Police Negotiation Cadre (PNC) concluded the two-week comprehensive Crisis Negotiation Course (CNC) at the Hong Kong Police College on December 1. This training featured a series of negotiation exercises tailored to simulate a variety of suicide intervention scenarios. In view of the recent rise in student suicides, similar scenarios were included in the exercises with an aim to strengthen the capabilities and negotiation skills of the negotiators in handling similar cases.


The PNC Chief Training Officer Cheung Kin-pan gives a briefing to the trainees before the negotiation exercise.
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The CNC trainees handle a simulated scenario of student attempting to jump off building. Looking on are the PNC instructors providing guidance to assist trainees to put the negotiation skills acquired into practice.
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The Commanding Officer of PNC Liauw Ka-kei (first right) and other instructors review the CNC trainees’ performance and offer suggestions for improvement at the debriefing session after the negotiation exercise.
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The CNC trainees convey persuasive messages to a non-ethnic Chinese individual in a simulated suicide attempt scenario with the assistance of an interpreter.
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