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Steven Napier joined the Anderson Police Department in 1978. He was selected to be a negotiator for the SWAT team and received his initial hostage negotiation training from Captain Frank Bolz, NYPD (ret.) in 1985. Steve has continued to attend negotiations training, is a charter member of IAHCN, and is currently a Central Representative to the Board. He has been involved in multiple negotiations; barricade, suicidal and hostage incidents, with his longest incident a successfully negotiated 18 hour hostage stand-off. He credits the success of APD negotiations to the training and professionalism of their retired and current team members.

Steve is currently assigned to Criminal Investigations, and has held assignments in Patrol and Administration. He is an ILEA certified instructor.