Northwest Crisis Negotiations Team

Northwest Crisis Negotiations Team

Caleb Fry, Team Leader

The Northwest Crisis Negotiations Team (NWCNT) was originally started by one member from the Williams County Sheriff’s Office and one from the Williston Police Department in early 2016. Currently there are 7 members total from the two agencies. The members work their normal shifts for the agencies and are on call for situations that require the NWCNT.

The team trains a minimum of five times per year locally, one of which is with the SWAT team. Trainings have been scenarios as well as working with local resources such as veteran services and counselors.

The NWCNT responds to suicidal subjects, barricaded subjects, hostage situations, mental crisis situations and also responds simultaneously with SWAT team call outs. In 2019 the team focused on training, both as a team, and attended trainings put on by other agencies. The team responded to 10 incidents in 2019, one in rural Montana and one in Watford City, ND. The McKenzie County Sheriff’s Office consulted with the NWCNT on a call in their jurisdiction.

Warm regards, Northwest Crisis Negotiations Team