For 10 hours last year, members of the Hillsborough sheriff's crisis negotiation team were on the phone with an enraged man holed up at a gun range as the lives of five hostages hung on their every act. ...more

July 15, 2008

Today, police agencies across Florida recognized the work the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office did during the tense hours Jeffrey Lane Dudney held five people hostage. ...more

July 14, 2008

TAMPA -- At its annual statewide conference this week, the Florida Association of Hostage Negotiators named the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office Crisis Negotiations Team the 2008 Team of the Year. The crisis negotiations team responds to incidents involving hostage situations, high-risk or armed suicide attempts and armed and barricaded suspects, a sheriff's office news release states. ...more

June 13, 2008

Police let four gunmen get away in an ambulance after a more than 24-hour hostage standoff at a bank, but the fugitives soon found there was no escape. ...more

January 30, 2008