Martin Egan

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Lines of Enquiry · Case Notes #010: Crisis Negotiation · 7 Jul 2026 podcast

Unfortunately, that was my view.

The local superintendent ran me, the national negotiator had offered me whatever assistance I wanted because there was a service there then if you wanted to talk about what you had.

you know them sort of things i was able to section them off yeah you do have to park it but you were i was i was able to talk to a few people that rang me on the phone it wasn't something i carried carried yeah and i don't think um it's the one thing about the guards i was always able to go that's work this is life now you might come home and say gee i was at a house today and living in terrible conditions you wouldn't go into who it was but that'd be a release it'd be

Like if you were in the Bureau, you would have had serious scenes.

Awful.

But you were able to separate and that was the same with anything I was able to do.

Now I'm sure there's loads of guards who can't do that and they have their own struggles with it.

Yeah, it doesn't suit you.

Or you'd be carrying something for a while.

But I felt I was lucky and maybe it's just the character I am.

And the supports are there now.

But the supports were there and they were there if I wanted them in fairness to them.

And I think you made a fair point as a guard you become very cynical.

You do make judgments very quick, but it's kind of based on all the experiences you've seen.

When you look at it, a lot of the stuff you're dealing with is negative, the outside world.

Okay, we have the negotiating situations.

But someone rings the station, they need help.

They've either been the victim of a theft, burglaried in their houses.

Yeah, you don't hear anyone ringing yet.

So guards are going, or then the other side is you're going out to make an arrest.

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