Louisiana Association of Crisis Negotiators

01/17/2019

Good Morning,

Emails went out last week regarding the annual conference. You can find the conference information by clicking the link below. I am also working on some online payment options.
If you have any questions feel free to ask.

06/21/2017

Mrs. Beverly Morgan wanted to let LACN Members and all law enforcement know about a special event taking place Sunday July 2nd at Glad Tidings Church in Lake Charles. This event will be a Veterans and Law Enforcement Patriotic Service. It will start at 10:30 am and conclude outside by raising American, Christian and Louisiana Flags in Tracy's honor. The guest speaker will be Reverend Zwolle Smith and also know they will have a memorial wall where guests can place a name in memory of their perspective veteran or law enforcement person. Everyone is welcome to attend!

Glad Tidings Church
3400 Texas Street
Lake Charles, La 70607

03/29/2017

Good job!

03/29/2017

Negotiators Working Hard This Afternoon In Gonzales

Update: 3:08 p.m.: St. Theresa Middle School officials began dismissing students from class about 2:45 p.m. Wednesday and continued into the afternoon, city police said.

School officials had earlier removed students from a building closest to a house on East New River Street in Gonzales where a man had barricaded himself inside, police said.

The man, who was not identified, remained inside the home. The man had earlier been involved in a domestic dispute that spilled out into into East New River Street. Police Chief Sherman Jackson said the victim was able to escape and is safe.

The chief and other authorities said they planned to wait out the man.

"Hopefully, we can resolve this thing peacefully," Jackson said.

A sheriff's negotiator arrived about 3:30 p.m. at the scene but had not yet gone to the home.

A few minutes later two women came out of the house and got into two cars and left. It was unclear whether they were stopped by police.

A police vehicle blocked access to East New River Street where the home is located, but traffic was still moving on four-lane North Burnside Avenue through the center of the city. The avenue is a key commuter route in the afternoon workday.

A Gonzales Fire Department command center trailer was set up across the North Burnside from the school, where various city and parish officials and emergency responders had gathered.

The white, wood-framed house where the man is locked inside is about three homes down East New River Street from North Burnside and across the street from St. Theresa Middle School.

Jackson said the man had earlier hit the woman in the face and she ran across the street to the school office.

The man locked himself in their home, Jackson said.

Det. Sgt. Steven Nethken said police do not know if the man has a gun or other weapon.

Original:

GONZALES — St. Theresa Middle School in Gonzales was placed on lock down Wednesday afternoon but remains secure after a man involved in a domestic dispute locked himself in his house, city police said.

"We have the house surrounded, and the school with security inside for the safety of the children," Police Det. Sgt. Steven Nethken said.

The house is across the street from the school on La. 44 in the heart of Gonzales.

More details to come.

03/18/2017

The 2017 LACN Annual Training Conference has come and gone. It was so good to see the everyone who attended. Your attendance and support is appreciated beyond what you can imagine.

We look forward to next year as we now start looking towards our next conference. A lot of work goes into making it happen and pulling it off. I am proud to serve the members of LACN.

03/16/2017

Memorial video for Tracy Morgan shared at the 2017 LACN Training Conference.

https://youtu.be/_LHEXWkJs2g

"It's not how this officer died that makes him a hero...but rather how he chose to live his life."

03/16/2017

03/01/2017

We are only two weeks away from our 19th Annual LACN Conference. Hope to see you all there. The food has been set for the networking events in the hospitality room as well as some other surprises we have lined up.

We look forward to the speakers we have this year and the scenario day changing things up some.

See you soon!

02/11/2017

Board meeting today. We are in the home stretch to the 2017 Conference. Please get registered if you haven't and secure your rooms. Can't wait to see each of you at this years conference.