Indiana Association of Hostage-Crisis Negotiators, Inc. P.O. Box 441278 Indianapolis, Indiana 46244

Several administrative details have occurred this year regarding your Association. At the beginning of the year during our first board meeting in January, we elected a new slate of officers on your Board of Directors.

H. Christopher Wilson was your Indiana State Police representative on the Board of Directors. During the last two calendar years he has served as your Board’s President. Sam Maldonado was elected at last year’s conference by the then membership to take over as the ISP representative on the Board. As a result of that change, Lt. Wilson will remain on the board as the Immediate Past President.

William “Bill” Searing, Indiana Dept. of Corrections, has been on the Board now for several years representing the South Region. During our first board meeting of the year he was elected President. Robert Martinez, Lake County Sheriff’s Dept., representing the North Region was elected to the position of Vice President of Public Relations to replace Bill who now has new duties.

Kevin Hunter, Ft. Wayne Police Dept. and North Region Representative, will remain as your Vice President of Training. Steven Napier, Anderson Police Dept. and Central Region Representative will remain as your Vice President of Membership and Steven Ferklic, Indpls Metro Police Dept. and an IMPD Representative will remain as your Treasurer.

All of these board officer positions are selected by a majority vote of the Board of Directors during the first board meeting of the year. The Board of Directors are elected during a business meeting of the membership which is conducted annually at the IAHCN-sponsored conference.

Please visit the By-laws page on this website to get a better understanding of how this and other administrative details work for your Association. Feel free to consider how you might help this volunteer, not for profit association. Many tasks need to be completed for this all to come together successfully and your Board of Directors and Association are always looking for help. Look for more news soon, because a lot has been happening!

Be Safe Out there!

Your Board of Directors