General principles of behavior and actions of police officers in detecting a terrorist act related to hostage-taking

Pavlov Igor Mikhailovich

The article highlights the question of the specifics of the behavior and tactics of the initial actions of police officers when identifying the fact of taking a person as a hostage. The author analyzes the general principles of behavior and actions of police officers at the scene of the incident, aimed at preserving the lives of hostages and personnel before the start of a counter-terrorism operation.

Keywords:hostage-taking; methods of contact with terrorists; methods and stages of negotiations; basic principles of behavior in relation to terrorist demands.