Vincent McNally

• Ret. Unit Chief/EAP Administrator FBI
• Ret. FBI Special Agent
• President Trauma Reduction, Inc
  

Retired FBI Special Agent, Vince McNally has 31 years of experience that includes Critical Incident Response Team Coordinator, Employee Assistance Program Coordinator and Hostage / Crisis Negotiation. Vince is a Certified Employee Assistance Professional, a Board Certified Expert in Traumatic Stress and Compassion Fatigue and Certified Instructor. He is currently President of Trauma Reduction, Inc. and provides training and services to Law Enforcement Agencies and Critical Incident Crisis Response Teams internationally. Vince McNally has developed in the FBI curriculum and conducted 8 Post Critical Incident Seminars; three Regional Chaplain in-services; one advanced Peer Support Program and two EAP in-services. In conducting over 100 presentations and programs during this period, participants have included various FBI entities and outside agencies, including the DOL, DOD, CIA, Department of Agriculture, the State of New Jersey, and various foreign police agencies. In addition he developed EAP programs in areas such as Indian Country, Undercover Activities, Compassion Fatigue, Innocent Images Initiative, and Weapons of Mass Destruction. Vince also coordinated the FBI response for three Concerns of Police Survivors (COPS) Seminars. After retirement Vince has taught to various Police Departments in Florida, Hostage Negotiations for Iraqi Police in Baghdad for six months, Police Psychologists in Rome, Italy, St. Leo University, Hostage Negotiation Association of Florida, officers and management of Holland America Lines and other private and governmental agencies and organizations.

Workshops, Presentations and Seminar Topics

• BASIC HOSTAGE NEGOTIATIONS (FBI MODEL) 5 DAYS:

  I. Course Title: Basic Crisis (Hostage) Negotiation

  II. Course Description: This course will provide the student with the basic theory and practice of crisis negotiation. The course will explore the psychological underpinnings of crisis situations.

  III. Target Population: This course is directed toward those individuals who may find themselves in the role of negotiator, commanders of crisis incidents, or training crisis negotiators.

  IV. Course Objectives: Upon completion of the course the student will:

  • Be aware of law enforcement priorities in a crisis situation.
  • Be familiar with the eight elements of hostage negotiation.
  • Know the various alternatives of action in a hostage/barricade situation.
  • Understand the positive and negative effects of time in a hostage situation.
  • Know what is and what is not negotiable.
  • Know why incident commanders should not negotiate.
  • Be familiar with the make up of a negotiation team.
  • Understand the tactical use of a negotiator.
  • Appreciate the importance of demands.
  • Know how to cope with a deadline.
  • Know the positive and negative aspects of face-to-face and telephone negotiations.
  • Know the measure of negotiator progress.
  • Have an awareness of the concept of "Suicide by Cop."
  • Understand why non-police are not used as negotiators.
  • Be familiar with the important points of surrender.
  • Be aware of the medical problems that may arise in a crisis situation.
  • Appreciate the possible effects of negotiating on the negotiator.
  • Be familiar with the basic management of a crisis situation.
  • Have some working knowledge of the legal aspects of a crisis situation.
  • Be aware of the psychological dynamics of a crisis situation.

• ADVANCED CRISIS (HOSTAGE) NEGOTIATION (3 DAYS)
  COURSE OBJECTIVES

We will first review basic skills for the Basic Hostage Negotiation course. This course is to be attended by only those in law enforcement and mental health professionals who assist police departments.

In depth training will be conducted with topics including:

• Tactical role of the negotiator
• Decision making criteria of commanders
• The role of media in hostage negotiation
• How to successfully negotiate a kidnapping situation
• How to understand a terrorist and conduct hostage negotiation
• How to conduct hostage negotiation in a correctional setting
• How to negotiate with a suicidal police officer
• Understanding the high risk indicators in hostage negotiation
• The importance of mental health professionals in hostage negotiation
• Utilization of third party intermediaries (TPI) in hostage negotiation
• Understanding the aircraft related considerations in hostage negotiation
• Understanding the advanced methods of psychology of negotiation
• Learn negotiation tactics with teenagers

Attendees will begin to understand the teamwork associated with hostage negotiation and will be required to participate in several role-playing exercises, functioning in various capacities in a crisis negotiation team.

BASIC CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS MANAGEMENT (CISM)
(2 DAYS)

The Basic Mitchell model CISM training program is designed to present the core elements of a comprehensive, systematic and multi-component crisis intervention curriculum. The two-day course prepares participants to understand a wide range of current crisis intervention services including pre and post incident crisis education, significant other support services, on-scene support services crisis intervention for individuals, demobilization after a large scale traumatic incidents, small group defusing and the group intervention known as Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD). The Basic CISM course specifically prepares participants to provide several of these interventions, specifically demobilization, defusing, and CISD. The needs for appropriate follow-up services and referrals when necessary is also described. Considerable evidence gathered to date strongly supports the multi-component crisis intervention strategy, which is discussed in this course.

The Basis CISM training is open to any person who wishes to know more about crisis intervention techniques such as CISD. Emergency Services and disaster workers, security, safety, corrections, military and, industrial and school system personnel, EAPs, human resource personnel, psychologists, social workers, counselors and others can benefit from the Basic CISM training (14 Contact hours).

DAY 1: 9:00 A.M. -5:00 P.M.

• INTRODUCTION
• DESCRIPTION OF A CRITICAL INCIDENT
• GOALS OF A DEBRIEFING
• TYPES OF CISM INTERVENTIONS
• PERSONALITY PROFILE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES
• STRESS
• TRAUMA
• POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD)
• DEPRESSION AND SUICIDE
• CISD
• FBI CISD MODEL
• POST CRITICAL INCIDENT SEMINAR (PCIS)
• TERRORISM and CISM TODAY
• ACUTE TRAUMATIC STRESS MANAGEMENT
• COMPASSION FATIGUE
• COUNTERTRANSFERENCE
• BURNOUT
• PSYCHOLOGICAL SURVIVAL

DAY2: 9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.

• RUNNING A DEBRIEFING
• DEBRIEFING DETAILS
• CONFIDENTIALITY
• CISD USES
• CISD DEMONSTRATIONS
• QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
  
  
  
  
• POST CRITICAL INCIDENT SEMINARS (PCISS)

The purpose of this five day PCISS is to provide individuals who have experienced a critical incident or traumatic event an opportunity, in a confidential environment, to share their traumatic experiences with others and to provide educational information and professional support that will help the individual develop coping skills to promote normalization and recovery. Created and designed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, specifically for law enforcement personnel, PCISS offers a safe and effective method for post incident training.

• OUTLINE FOR THREE HOUR PRESENTATION ON
  FBI'S EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
  
  

  • HISTORY OF FBI EAP
  • DEPRESSION AND SUICIDE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
  • CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS DEBRIEFING (CISD) IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
  • TRAUMA AND POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD)
  • POST CRITICAL INCIDENT SEMINAR (PCIS)
  • PERSONALITY OF SPY ROBERT HANSSEN
  • GUIDELINES FOR LINE OF DUTY DEATH INCIDENTS
  • TERRORISM AND STRESS REACTIONS
  • COMPASSION FATIGUE & BURNOUT FOR EAPS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
  • TEN RULES FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL SURVIVAL AFTER SEPTEMBER 11, 2001
  • PAY ATTENTION TO THE RITUALS IN YOUR LIFE
  • STRESS REDUCTION

  

• ACUTE TRAUMATIC STRESS MANAGEMENT (ATSM)
  (ONE DAY)

Crisis Intervention focuses on «psychological first aid» in the aftermath of the tragedy. ATSM offers strategies to address emergent psychological needs of individuals during traumatic exposures. The World Trade Center Twin Towers, Pentagon and the American Airlines attack in Pennsylvania incidents of September 11, 2001 are the terrorist attacks that has changed the way we live. We are now in a war against the terrorists, and the FBI is playing a pivotal role in addressing terrorism in the United States. The increased and constant vigilance causes us to be in a constant state of readiness to investigate, and stop this terrorism. By reaching people early we can potentially prevent acute traumatic stress reactions from becoming chronic stress disorders.