Death Investigation Procedures and Protocols

Major Incident Notifications

• Any death other than natural, including drownings and accidental deaths.
• Search and rescue operations.
• Hostage or barricaded subjects.
• Any attempts or instances of prisoner escape.
• Disasters, either natural or man-made.
• Major civil disturbances like riots.
• Death or serious injury of a member or their immediate family, if known.
• Any discharge of a Sheriff's Office firearm against a person.
• Traffic crashes or events involving agency members or their immediate family that result in severe injury.
• Other significant events, including violent crimes with multiple victims.

Reasonable Suspicion Testing (Substance Abuse)

• A supervisor must notify the Department Director through the chain of command for reasonable suspicion testing.
• Reasonable suspicion testing requires a supervisor's recommendation from at least one level higher of supervision than the immediate supervisor of the member in question.
• The member is placed on administrative leave pending results.
• The Director will arrange the time and location for the test.
• Supervisory personnel will accompany the member to testing and remain until testing is complete.
• Members are prohibited from operating agency vehicles or performing any duties when testing.
• Reasonable suspicion testing must be completed within 24 hours of the observed behavior.

Mandatory Drug Testing (Substance Abuse)

• Mandatory drug testing is required for accidents involving department vehicles on or off duty that result in personal injury.
• Mandatory drug testing is required for all duty-related uses of deadly force resulting in injury or death.
• Members cannot consume alcohol for eight hours before the test or until the test is administered.

Sexual Harassment

• Supervisors are responsible for preventing harassment.
• Members who witness or are victims of harassment will not be excused for failing to report it due to fear of reprisal.
• Members may report to their supervisor or the next highest supervisor if their immediate supervisor is the culprit.

Informal Action (Disciplinary Action)

• Informal action is intended to be educational in nature.
• Informal action includes verbal counseling, which can be conducted by any supervisor.
• It is recommended that a Memorandum of Record be prepared to document the counseling.

Memorandum of Record (Disciplinary Action)

• A Memorandum of Record should include the performance or behavior that led to action, recommendations, and outcomes.
• The memorandum is maintained by the supervisor for 12 months.
• It is used only as a reference if the problem continues.

Formal Action (Disciplinary Action)

• Formal action is intended to be punitive.
• Formal action may include: written reprimand, suspension, dismissal, disciplinary probationary period, reduction in rate of pay, and demotion.

Sergeant Recommendation (Disciplinary Action)

• Sergeants can only recommend verbal counseling or a written reprimand.
• A written reprimand shall be placed in the member's personnel file.

Emergency Administrative Leave (Disciplinary Actions)

• A supervisor must forward a memorandum to the Sheriff via the chain of command documenting the leave.
• The supervisor shall secure the member's badges, identification, building access cards, firearms, computer, and agency vehicle.
• Emergency Administrative Leave reasons to be used:
  • When a member is physically or emotionally unable to perform duties.
  • When a member is insubordinate and such insubordination may cause immediate problems.
  • When a member has been involved in a criminal or immoral act.
  • When a member has reported for duty under the influence or consumes while on duty.
  • When a member is in willful violation of any general order and the supervisor believes immediate suspension is required.
  • When necessary for the preservation of order and discipline.
  • When a member's actions and behavior constitute conduct unbecoming.
  • When a member's act or failure to act endangers co-workers or the public.

Grievance Procedures

• Discuss with the immediate supervisor or other members’ supervisor within 5 days of the incident.
• The supervisor attempts to resolve and provide a satisfactory answer within 5 working days.
• If not satisfied, the member may submit a written memorandum to the same supervisor within 3 days of an unsatisfactory response.
• The memorandum shall contain facts surrounding the grievance and alleged violation.

Incident Command System

• Priorities:
  • Life safety.
  • Incident stabilization.
  • Property conservation.
• Critical incident first supervisor assumes command by announcing the command and the location of command center.
• All communications shall be in plain speech.
• Steps
  • Perform size-up, evaluating the situation’s potential and required resources.
  • Consider what could go wrong and plan contingencies.
  • Determine the objectives that must be achieved.
  • List personnel and agencies required to achieve the objectives.
  • Establish command structure.

Transfer of Command (Incident Command Systems)

• Requires current situation status
• Involves listing the resources committed to the incident and the current organizational structure.
• Assessment of the current effect of tactical operations.

K9

• A sergeant is authorized to call out a K9 unit if one is not on duty.
• Kilos fall into the category of intermediate weapons in the Response to Resistance (RTR) policy.
• K9s must be under the handler's physical control and used exclusively for tracking misdemeanors unless the subject's resistance meets or exceeds active aggression.
• Two warnings must be given before releasing a K9 into a building or residence.
• K9s may be used for apprehension to prevent the escape of subjects with a felony warrant, or if probable cause exists for a felony crime.
• A Bloodhound is the preferred K9 for tracking missing people, and must be accompanied by a patrol K9 team for wanted person tracking.

K9 Priority Calls

• Crimes in progress.
• Suspects or prisoners have fled on foot.
• Building searches.
• Open doors and windows.
• Missing or lost persons.
• Area searches for evidence or contraband.
• Drug detection.
• Crowd control.
• Assisting other agencies.
• K9 presentations use
• Supervisor discretion

Prohibited K9 Activities

• K9s should not be used to provoke any dogs
• K9s should not be used to intimidate, coerce, or frighten any person
• K9s should not be used to arrest a highly intoxicated person or person who is unable to resist or escape
• K9s should not be used to arrest Effect arrest of a known pregnant female.
• Use of more than one dog to apprehend a single suspect is prohibited

K9 Post Bite Procedures

• Subject must be transported for medical treatment.
• The sergeant is responsible for a written investigation of the bite, including statements and photos.
• K9’s shall not be used more than accrued in a rolling 12-month period
• K9’s for used more than 2 weeks requires approval by the Sheriff or his designee.

MAP Supervisor Referrals

• Members may be referred for decreasing job performance or behavioral problem and it is believed that the origin may be as a result of a behavioral/medical problem.
• Members may be referred if member has been involved in a shooting incident or a highly emotional or traumatic incident.
• Prior to referral, the supervisor must meet with the director and explain circumstances.
  • Supervisor may encourage a member to make an appointment.
  • Supervisor may instruct a member to make an appointment and advise of the appt.
  • Supervisor make ensure appointment was kept

Medical Examiner Investigation (Death Investigations)

• In an emergency, the supervisor will transport or arrange transport for appointment.
• The director should be notified immediately if a member refuses to make or keep an appointment.
• In unattended death investigations deaths include these circumstances.
  • Criminal violence, accident or suicide.
  • Suddenly, when in apparent good health.
  • Unattended by physician or authorized practitioner.
  • In police custody, prison or penal institution.
  • Suspicious or unusual circumstance.
  • Poison or criminal abortion.
  • Disease constituting a threat to public health.
  • Injury or toxic agent resulting from employment. To be considered attended, death must occur in a hospital or treatment facility, or have occurred under natural circumstances within the prior 12 months for a disease or illness, diagnosed is likely to cause death by a practitioner of medicine NO SIGNS OF FOUL PLAY.
• If an attending physician will sign the death certificate, the body may be released to the funeral home.
• ME must be contacted for holding the body if notification cannot be made.
• To considered unattended natural remains has not been under regular medical care, sudden unexpected death
• Supervisor should contact CID if assistance is needed with investigation

Unattended Deaths Steps

• Contact the ME if unable to contact the last attending physician or if physician refuses to sign the death certificate.
• Administer aid if victim is alive upon arrival.
• Treat scene as crime scene.
  • Send deputy with vicim if transpoted
  • Obtain evidence
• Remove all valuables
  • If immediate family isnt there
    • Witnessed 2 deputies
    • Turned safekeeping
  • If Immediate is memver present
    • Released said family member
    • Document property report
• Items listed

Found or Abandoned Property

• Contact the owner by identifying and returning the property. If unable to do so, property shall be submitted to evidence
• the finder is able to retrieve if the owner is not found unless of it’s motor vehicles, vessels, and firearms.
• Check FCIC/NCIC status of items with serial numbers

Autism Interview Procedures

• Upon parent or request, a psychiatrist, psychologist, mental health counselor, special education instructor, clinical social worker, or related professional.

Use Of Deadly Force- Firearm

• advise requesting that expenses shall be the responsibility of the requesting an individual.
  1. Request contact and obtain for an appointment.
  2. Contact for autism And related hotline
  3. Obtain professionals
  4. Interview begins w/o professional
  5. Determination interview made case by case.
  6. Double bind be recommended Photo array photo one first filler photos and two blank pages Show used for last resort, efforts made makes free and clear as possible

Use Of Fire deadly force

• Members will be placed on administrative leave
  • Firearm secured
  • Offense reports
  • Submit toxicology if detect alcohol

Levels of resistance:

• Physiologically - attitude size reported crime.
• Verbal - threat/refusing response
• Passive - Physically refuse body
• Defense - Physical tense/bracing
• Active - open attack cause harmful and damage
• Gravitate Act- open attack will kill

Responses to Resistance

• Member presence I am the police
• Verbal direction is your move/no move
• Empty hands soft/hard
• Tazer, OC

OC/Taser

• OC with warnings deputies stay two feet water clean up only defensive resistance fails!
• Taser only open attack needs document, also, no medical unless face chest gen’s

Intermediate weapons:

• less deadly, muscle is targeted

Deadly Force

• 3 conditions, ability, opportunity, and jeopardy.
• 3 preclusions (lessor force, the right person, isolated person)
• Reasonable Perception: Benchmark document it

Garner

• 15 yr ran un armed with stolen purse shot in back fleeing from police Reasonable Perception: Benchmark document it
• Treason, major, rape, robber, and murder, battery/assailment, kidnapping and/or BOMB!

Pursuit Termination:

• fleeing
• recklessly
• no longer need
• traffic
• weather
• officers not knowing area
• speeds

Pursuit Authorization- factors

• evaluation
• unless okay/authorized avoid going wrong way
• ramming is force
• PIT authorized supervisor unless it was the flat tire deadly approved * no pit on m.c, or large vehicles Document

Report needed: pursuit

• report
• officer in
• suspect
• reasons
• damages
• information
• road, route
• distance

Baker Art: Right to not be treated like offender

• Admission

Baker Involuntary examination

-Refusal to examine and neglected if no care without you there are issues of a large nature

Missing person deputy:

• photograph, interview location, history
• custody
• where/past
• zone of safety

Unusual Circumstances: Missing Person

• youth who is 13 or younger include in order to zone/out
• Infant always needs Adult
• School kid must be on route Elderly proctor

Amber Alert Criteria

Must be a clear kid younger than 18 life

• a description of the person or car
• must be law

Silver Alert

• • 60 older, clear danger to the person

Traffic enforcement

• supervisors emphasize quality over quantity call patents
• citation given at fault

Foreign Diplo

• only arrest imminent danger, and consulate

UAV Us

• Reasonable suspicion to prevent harm destruction of evidence

GPS Exclusion Zone

• dispatch two code
• arrest if exclude GPS exclusion zone
• doc send dv d

gps tampering

dispatch dv

battery

dead cell, notify, arest if no sigal individual events is

###Immediate (stratified) citizen calls, crimes disorders occur resolved quick

SARA-

Scouting Analyzing Responding Assessing. individuals, law sheriffs, requires a more media response, includes home side, robbery more work for

Significant (immediate)

over weeks not rapid

term- short

similar incidents at place in time(gangs/parties) within months hours some weeks

Pattern

1.common location, behavior 2.set 3.week-month

series:

• crimes in concert

Spree

• activity is almost the consistence

micro the hot spree

• locations within one another

hot areas:

one location

hot product

• theft over month

• hot setting

where type over occurred

hot prey

same with characteristics

Strata:

• Patrol deputy/supervion
• aware of area problems/engage

cooperating

• accountable

String - Baiti

measure of basic % goal to actively reduce

officer work to arrest

koper curve:

• within patrols, if not random they should be regular

risk order: 7026

Ex- parte:

• force CIT serve

Right: firearms cannot do in the possession by RPO

• if no third request they held safely otherwise the 3 gets it

Transient Occupancy

• not the residence, you not need the court eviction
• kill them or cause a problem
• 2nd felony

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Establish: can the person prove the residence, no license property low pay, you have no home else

Landlord to presumed it if

• knowingly absent 30 days and late on 10 day time

compliance

heat lights and water good smoke detectors

tenants cause no harm and peace, repairs

The access/enter or enter the property for inspection or repair with notice

With consent or emergency can enter always

If denied then one half payment periods. and deceased in 60 day period.

Landlord can't abuse tenant they also no discriminate no service also can't damage flags

Cannot steal property by 5 days of owner can claim.

natural mother and father no different but if one die the other custody if dissolved than it must court

. If no court the same custody but papers LEO can take child unless abused

If legal custody not correct call will to court

Interfere issue takes detains is the goal here where child stays must be safe.

Violation

If legal, not correct court must help

warrants need clear person for entrance a bad backyard

need also must get a search also

Hot:

Hot, plane etc is search exemption ###Phone ring

• Super authorize, but need active nexus violent ###Violent need family involved Spouce blood marrie parents single unit injuries

Crash

• injures damages

P poison in street animal cruelty no feed

Specified assiment officer fire fighter e.m.t

domestic and the weapons

• child and criminal mischief concealed disorderly

Domestic is if against order . pre trial act bad is a crime

Drugs over 20 is bad

Littering and prowling 300 feet schools

Trespass the air, fire

Vessel or sea safety with 911

Need Crime:

• putnam property open vehicle

• age, 18 you may pull a report, must make sure its the the area where you're in it also

Mere Reason:

is all or hunch for you there is that

reasonable suspicion:

normal is believing you're doing a crime

• Probable: is what that means that arrest can made one

Enhance:

• battery
• age, injuries, strangulation, a conviction
• 750 if you take it need mutual aid CEO

If a crime, notify if minors not for your to act one there and then

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citizen:

• -complantant:
• for that's sent it of it of stands

The supervisor, the first one to be contact and get from Member:

a typed what sent that is on how the member needs fix something

RIDE

pass background get help also no crimes allowed to be present.

Crimes from cid:

Homeside sexual armed burglary

Call the c.i.d as needed, call then, see it in the area otherwise can get help! if this is M. N. I and no show up, ask. report all must okay by the time

You may be able to the arrest some one if:

Was wrong and you be there Was again not the in the deputy.

A4: deputy not authorize not force, no warrant also can pull you into another's area to go it but need to be believe

You need believe so it is, no search that area where person in what sweep

search also one

Miranda where you don't have to do this

During a car stop you don't have read because you're investigation also know

Always:

• must be a action

Always be activate when the working don't do private you do you in those ways..

This quiz covers procedures related to death investigations, including supervisor responsibilities, Medical Examiner notifications, criteria for natural deaths, homicide scene priorities, and actions for unattended deaths. It includes guidelines on classifying deaths and seeking assistance during investigations.