The NTOA provides a national forum for crisis negotiators throughout the United States and around the world. In addition to offering several training courses for basic and advanced crisis negotiations each year, NTOA conducts a well-attended annual CNT conference which offers dynamic speakers and timely incident debriefs.

Our discussion forums offer an opportunity for information networking between negotiators and tactical officers. This forum is available to all NTOA members.

Individual Membership Benefits:

• CNT-related articles in The Tactical Edge
• Credible & Cost Effective Training
• Information Library
• Professional Resources
• Crisis Negotiator Q&A Online Forum
• Access to archived online versions of The Tactical Edge and the now discontinued Crisis Negotiator newsletter.

Team Membership Benefits:

• 3 Copies of The Tactical Edge
• Crisis Negotiator Team Information Packet
• Access to Crisis Negotiator Training Materials
• Expert Witness Testimony
• Credible & Cost Effective Training
• Information Library
• Professional Resources
• Crisis Negotiator Program Evaluation
• Crisis Negotiator Q&A Online Forum

The Tactical Edge welcomes articles on topics related to crisis negotiations for our new CNT Section. Please contact our editor for information on submitting an article for publication at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or or 800-279-9127, ext. 113.

The NTOA invites you to share your experience with other officers by contributing:

• Updates on new or well-established law enforcement negotiations
• Innovations in negotiations and/or training
• Incident summaries
• Team profiles
• Experiences with political, media and community organizations
• Tool and equipment successes and failures

Submission Guidelines