How Cops Conduct Death Investigations

[@edyflak]

If police enter a home for a welfare check under “exigent circumstances” and find a few plants of weed growing where weed is illegal, could the inhabitants face charges on the weed? What happens to the weed?

[@andre2679]

edguiterrez Whoaaa. Pump the breaks. This seems suspiciously detailed.

[@edyflak]

Andre Asking this for a hypothetical friend. I mean...asking this hypothetical for a friend.

[@andre2679]

edguiterrez Hahahaha

[@ljec1991]

In Utah it would fall under the plain view doctrine. Officers can seize any contriband (illegal items) they come across as long as they were legally in the area. Contriband would be seized and residents may be charged with distribution or possession depending on the evidence.

[@edyflak]

Landon Crotts Say there is someone unconscious on the living room floor and the police enter. There is an illegal weapon inside a locked closet. The police find the illegal weapon inside the closet. Would the occupants be charged for an illegal weapon, or would the legality of the seizure be dependent on the DA's decision? I guess I'm trying to figure out when evidence would fall under the plainview doctrine, or be "fruit of the poisonous tree".

[@smalls96]

When I was 20 I lost my dad to cancer. I was 30 min away. So as you can Image I hopped into my car and drove as fast as I could. I was on the high way when a state trooper pulled me over. As he can see I’m crying in the phone and speeding. He askes me if everything was ok. And I told him my father just died I need to see him. The trooper asked me where I was going. And he said ok do me a favor, stay off the phone stay behind me and follow. I then followed this state trooper lights and siren on for 20 min on I95. I am always grateful for what he did.

[@LawEnforcementExplains]

I had to do a death notification a few weeks ago involving a 18 year old kid. It was pretty hard seeing the family especially the mother cry the way they did. Stay safe.

[@rrmoviemaker]

Law Enforcement Explains What happened? Or is that classified?

[@LawEnforcementExplains]

rrmoviemaker for this incident it was a fatal TC ( traffic collision). It was a hit and run. Kid was crossing the street and was thrown about 50 ft in the air before hitting a tree.

[@outdoorguy8227]

That is sad to hear indeed!!! My condolences to the family of this child!!! So very sad!!! 18 years old is barely having a chance to live your life.

[@officer401]

Law Enforcement Explains unfortunately it's never easy brother but I think it's important for us to do that in person. I would consider it an insult if somebody did that to me over the telephone.

[@jamespurks1694]

So tragic.

[@Logger2008]

Thanks for doing this one. I live in Ohio, and my dad lived in Washington. I hadn’t heard from him after a few days of calling / texting. So I called in a welfare check to his local PD. They went out and met my sister (who is local). It turned out that he had passed away in his living room of natural causes about three days prior to being found. The officer that responded was so so wonderful. My sister was hysterical, so I was trying to deal with it over the phone with him from 1500 miles away. He was so good at explaining everything in plain speech with neutral / factual language while keeping my sister as comfortable as possible. My dad must have been in pretty bad shape as he had been deceased for about three days in a warm home. Thanks for all of the great officers who deal with this every day.

[@miguelmartinez8637]

This is a really good video idea 401

[@raymolegacyhunting9954]

Miguel Martinez hope it stays at 69 likes

[@SigTheSauceMan]

This made me remember something from a long time ago... I am now 21, but when I was 12 years old, an officer came to my house. I answered the door (usually, there were a lot of solicitors or bill collectors that come knocking so my grandma ducks down and tells me not to answer it, but I knew that officers are good guys so I saw the badge and uniform so I opened the door). The officer asked me if my parents were home (I only had my grandparents at the time). They asked my grandma to talk, and she sent me to my neighbor's house. As I left my house to walk next door, I saw a police car and a police van (which I thought was unusual). I remember the day very clearly... It was mid-September 2009 and it was around sunset and it was very cool outside and the many trees on my street were bald of full of red and orange dry leaves. I was scared, and my neighbor (my best friend at the time) comforted me as I anxiously awaited an answer to what was going on. What seemed like several hours went by before I could come home... As soon as I came back in my house, my mom and grandma told me to sit down on the inside entryway step with them and they asked me one single question that in that single, eternally long moment, revealed to me everything. The question: Do you believe in God? In that moment, I knew that my uncle (the only other person who lived in my house other than my grandparents and my mom) had died. They confirmed this to me and my heart sank. That officer at my door was on a death notification call. I would never be told what had happened and only knew that my uncle, who had practically raised me in my parents' absence, was dead. Many years later, I had moved into his room years prior and had all his drawers and furniture, and was cleaning up when I came across a yellow envelope with some kind of official looking certificate like my birth certificate, but this one said Certification of Death... Unable to look away, I examine whose it was. It was for my uncle that died long ago. He had hung himself in a park in a town 15 minutes away from our home and his university, where he should have been on that day. Watching this made me gain another perspective on this memory of mine and I felt I should share it.

[@derektorres6260]

Thank you for showing that poor woman dignity and respect and for sharing her story.

[@NicoleS16]

That poor woman. Hope she’s at peace with her babies now ❤️

[@michaelfabian2401]

Anyone missing the car vlogs.... Don't get me wrong, I LOVE everything you've done and are doing here, I guess I'm just an old school kinda 401 guy

[@dominiclowrey6567]

Michael Fabian not me I like this better

[@treycollins9222]

Same

[@Vorgo13]

I miss the car vids.

[@dominiclowrey6567]

Vorgo13 I don't he has a nice face

[@UnauthorizedComedy]

Not me. This is awesome.

[@jamesherndon5820]

As a 24 year LEO (Patrol Div. over 16yrs) I have literally worked 100's of death scenes. There is no dignity in death so you nailed it on the head. Compassion and Empathy are job number 1 in dealing with family and friends of the deceased. There is no room for joking around on a scene. Great video.

[@McFlingleson]

I used to want to be a cop, and when I see videos like this, I think about how I really dodged a bullet by realizing I didn't have what it takes to do the job. Keep up the good work. I couldn't handle this kind of work, and I'm glad there are people in the world who can, because we all need this job to be done.

[@brentong588]

I know what you mean. I'm thinking about being a police officer, and the high chances that I would be investigating a death scene at least once is very scary. If it's just natural causes, then I can deal with that. But if it's fool play, especially it's gruesome, I don't know how I'll deal with that.

[@michellesuzzane8233]

You're awesome 401, my friend Ray, who lived across from me was a disabled vet, he lived alone and had nobody so I would always go out and make sure he had food or anything else you needed. I never saw it coming, out of the blue, as I walk out for a pizza run I look forward and see him being shot down at the front door, I had never seen anybody get shot up like that before, the police tried to talk him down, thank him for his service, they tried everything, but to no avail, they had no choice they had to shoot,Ray was pointing a gun at them, it happened so fast, I told the police everything I could to help them, I'll never forget the look on their faces they were just so upset, these were young officers, the whole thing was horrific, the police where there for 8 hours. I don't know how you guys do it, but God bless you for doing it. This video gave me inside on what was going on. Love your Channel, keep up the great work 401.👍

[@officer401]

Thank you for sharing that Michelle and thank you so much for your support!

[@JB-qg9vu]

My very first call while i was an OJT was to a suicide, I know for a fact I'll never forget it and it was a big eye opener to what to expect in my career in law enforcement.

[@austing7166]

I did a ride-along last Friday, and 20 minutes in we responded to a dead subject in a Walmart parking lot. This was the first dead person I’ve ever seen. I was to my surprise fine in this situation. The officers also showed me through the process of reporting the scene. For a event that could end someone’s desire to be a officer. I’m glad that I was able to witness a call like that and not be drawn away from a future in law enforcement . The guy passed at an old age by natural causes, for anyone who wondered.

[@chriswray9578]

This video came at a perfect time lol had my first dead body call this week. Youre correct when you say it's learn as you go. Still finishing up the report, you gave me a few pointers thanks!

[@raven55six]

I love listening your stories and things you go through. I just put my headphones, listen to you and imagine myself like I'm working with you or working as you on a situation. Its awesome to listen you. Thanks for the best KZbin channel and the most informative one as well.

[@davidgudzinas1797]

Thank you for posting this video. I've been a funeral director for twenty years and as you may imagine, I've responded to hundreds of death calls. Though in that time, I've absorbed a bit of information regarding police procedures, I've never had a complete understanding of the process from the police side of a death event. Your video has helped to fill in some of the voids in my knowledge. Thank you.

[@GRBoi1993]

Wish EMTs had as high quality channels like this one :P

[@ember_shep8181]

There is a channel called Ambuchannel that has important subtitles that teach the public how to respect ambulances on the road and other road laws. 3 problems though. They are based in the Netherlands They speak that language (German?) And only talk traffic respect. Like how to pull over, and other types of stuff. No medical training or anything. But it is a great channel.

[@ZergleJerk]

Become an EMT. Make a channel. Boom. Done. You'd corner the market.

[@BruceMagnus]

Look up SkinnyMedic

[@CVPI03]

skinny medic

[@solopine9624]

What would they talk about? Not as interesting as a cop I think, but I could be wrong

[@jesspanda5544]

This video made me feel better that not all cops act rude when dealing with death.My dad died in oct 8, he had a heart attack we got to my house before the cops and ambulance and when we got there my mom did cpr and the cop basically told her she was wrong for trying to help my dad and the hospital charged a nice 2,000.But the cops on the scene were very rude and didn’t communicate anything with us until they took him to the hospital.I also warned them that we have dogs in our backyard and they are very protective of their home and their people(we have one in-particular that hates men except my dad) and they got right up on the fence gate even though I told them that he doesn’t like men and is very protective of me. And they proceeded to get pissed when the dogs started barking,growling and lunging at them even though I told them that they are protective.I proceeded to tell the officer as he was about to reach for the gun that if he even took his gun out of the holster that I would jump in front of my dog.I filmed the whole thing and he ask why I was filming I said if you go near my dog even after I warned you not to then shoot him and me then you’ll have a nice set of charges and a lawsuit.So thanks for making me feel better about cops and how they aren’t all assholes

[@heightsofsagarmatha]

That's the kind of story to share with ppl that say "respect all police officers" and "there are bad seeds in every field." Some departments have almost no officers like those, others are full of them.

[@ScreamingEmoZombies]

I was my dad's Next of Kin. I saw my dad dead in my apartment room, he died from alcoholism (his liver went). It happened 6 months ago, I can still see the image in my mind of what I saw...still haunts me.

[@ayyo5971]

My condolences 😞

[@NoChance-zl3nb]

Here at my local state police, the coroner would not come out to process the dead body. Rather the whole scene gets processed by the “van”( the patrol unit) unless the death was unexpected and suspicious where the CIU will be requested by the van to come out and make further judgements. Suicide is not considered suspicious although it is unexpected so usually with suicide deaths once the coroner receives the death notification report, he/she will send the informant(van members who attended the scene) a request for either a limited inquest brief or a full inquest brief. The only times we don’t do an inquest brief is when the death was caused by known medical issue or died of natural causes(age, natural disasters etc).

[@tearstoneactual9773]

A lot of this I knew, as I watch way too many things like 48 Hours and so on. But this was also really informative, and educational. Thank you for that. You know, I found your channel sometime last year. Initially, I was expanding my research on police and law enforcement. I'm a writer, and I am always looking to get things as accurate as I can. I'm also a fan of good law enforcement. Since finding your channel, I've become an instant fan, and watch pretty much everything as soon as it comes out. Keep up the awesome work, Officer401.

[@josephhood7309]

What's the difference between a coroner and a medical examiner?

[@officer401]

That is a great question! The corner is an elected person that comes in to pronounce time of death and gets things situated with the lab or funeral homes. The medical examiner is actually a doctor that does autopsies and determines the exact cause of death.

[@angiepayne9790]

My father drown in 3 feet of water after his heart apparently stopped. What you described is exactly how the process went.....i appreciated your video....as always!

[@bigguyglock7774]

I’ve heard Mike the Cop talk about you and your show. I’m a retired cop from Arizona. I’m about 1:30 north o your Dad. I watched his show with you and enjoyed it a lot. I almost took a job with them at one time but family conditions prevented me from going over at that time. Good show my man great job.

[@robertkay9871]

Over 1/2 a million subscribers!!! Wow..! I remember when you first started. Good job.

[@Adeian]

I used to love watching autopsy's every now and then when we had some downtime in the right places back when I was an EMT. Super interesting.

[@1974heathinn]

Before I started working IT, I worked in Security at a private community in FL. Most of the Residents were elderly, and only lived there about half of the year. We had keys to 90% of the homes, and part of our job was doing home checks and welfare checks. Those were the calls that I hated the most. There were a number of times when we found the resident had passed. When we found that, we had to stop everything, call PD, and not touch anything as it was now considered a crime scene until the PD stated that it was natural causes. We never had a time where it wasn't natural causes. The worst part of it was that we had family waiting for a call back to provide an update on the status of their loved one. As a supervisor, it was part of my job to make those calls. I feel bad for any Law Enforcement Officer who has to conduct these investigations.

[@heightsofsagarmatha]

On the bright side if you're a respectful professional officer, you're providing a real service to the family by being there in their time of loss. It may be unpleasant but you've played an important role in a total stranger's life

[@mdunkin83md]

I live in a high-rise. Sometimes people have been found after they've been deceased for a few days. One time a body was found after they've been deceased for 6 weeks.

[@surmatise]

I live in a small apartment that used to be a motel. It is so small everybody knows everybody else. In 2014 On Christmas day the first thing I saw when I walked outside was two men wheeling a stretcher covered with a blanket out of the apartment 2 doors down from me into a van with one of those curved bar symbols that hearses have. I had only lived here a couple months at the time so had only met the man a couple times. The landlady said he had lived there for 8 years and never had any family visit him. Someone called for a welfare check because he hadn't been seen in a few days. Apparently he had been deceased for 3 days when they found him and he was bloated. He had died of a heart attack after starting a new medication.

[@Solomerc17]

Thanks for the video man! Unfortunately found my mom in December 2017. Didn’t really understand why I was asked the same questions multiple times for what seemed like several hours. It was definitely a rough, I was pretty over whelmed in the circumstances but it’s nice to see why these things are done the way they are. Appreciate the videos!

[@coldandaloof7166]

The fact your Coroner actually shows up on non suspicious deaths cracked me up. Our coroners rarely come out on suspected suicides let alone natural cause death investigations.

[@NoahAllison1998]

Man I’m so glad I found your channel, your content is awesome.

[@outdoorguy8227]

Thank you for this video. I appreciate the time that you put into making these videos for us. You are a good person and I will definitely be a long-time subscriber. I was watching you in your early days and like to see how your channel has progressed and continues to do so. Good luck to you and your family. I have always been interested in cops and to see that you are real people helps people to understand that cops are not what a lot of people think. You are a real person with a job to do. I would be honored to have a police officer like you working in my hometown. Good luck to you with everything that you pursue and thanks again for the awesome videos. Take care brother.

[@officer401]

Thank you for the amazing words my friend and certainly thank you for your ongoing support! I'm glad I can be of some help :-)

[@brianwaterbury7350]

I woke up with some rigor. LOL Thank you for what you do, and all your awesome videos.

[@Hawk821x]

Crazy how in depth a scenario can be and how much information is needed. Must be tough to get answers if it’s a loved one calling it in

[@haydendesserich7616]

Please bring the coroner on that would be really cool!

[@haydendesserich7616]

Real Police Talk ya man go for it!!

[@alan5555]

We had a murder in my 3 blocks away from my home. A great couple will loved in the community. I will never forget that day, as I drove pass their home I could see a tour bus parking near there home. I thought it was strange come to find out it was a tour bus going to one of the casinos. The passengers convinced the bus driver to go to this couple's home because it was strange for them not to be there on time to meet the bus so one of the group members walked up to the door and saw the screen door was a jar and the front door was open. She didn't touch anything she called 911. It made the news the couple was killed by their nephew the detectives knew it had to be a family member because their faces were covered.

[@alan5555]

Real Police Talk. When the sheriff's deputy contacted one of their daughters they told her parents been murdered she said my cousin did it, he had borrowing money from them to support his drug habit.They (her parents) told him no more don't come around here. He came back shot & killed them. The detective told her we knew it was a family member due to their faces were covered because he couldn't look at them after killing his aunt & uncle.

[@viningperformancemotorspor1457]

Great video man! Glad you covered it because I am a Coroner's Investigator and a Detective with our Sheriffs Office. Also a great tip for those who are new... a simple medical mask and vicks vaper rub works wonders!

[@Tacobat]

Forensics was my favorite class in college and it was taught by a sergeant from a department within the county. Looking at crime scene photos and figuring out timelines is so fascinating!

[@brandonpalmer6601]

Slowly but surely graduating as a law enforcement officer from 401 University! 👮‍♂️🚓

[@Annette1965]

Great educational video officer401. I love your videos, so helpful. Love 💕 and hugs 🤗 to you and your family from Illinois 🙋🏼 WOW, just a few typos 😂 Had to fix them 😬

[@mightsnow3654]

I remember the first person I found dead was while off duty walking by a creek. The person had shot himself.

[@Mustang6971]

MightSnow wow that’s horrible blood and guts doesn’t bother me hence why I’m going to get in to emergency services police or fire but that kind of stuff is going to get to me.

[@donaldrobbins252]

Very good, I actually learned something in 17 minutes.

[@alaric49]

It's always very interesting and valuable to understand things from first responders' perspective. Many things to you, sir!

[@240pixel]

401 uploads... whoo needs sleep anyway? Greets from Lithuania! 🇱🇹

[@Glenn036]

Great video 401.. Much love from Belfast, Northern Ireland ;-)

[@Rocky-be7gy]

Thank you for your service 💯

[@sadtbh2]

There was a welfare check call this one time and the officers knocked on the door saying "welfare check!". The people inside responded with, "nobody here is on welfare!!"

[@thedragking2524]

I left the morgue to watch officer401

[@dougwillis5069]

The Dragking252 I guess you crashed your car.

[@lillyg4938]

I've been wanting to start a Police themed comic series for a while this is very helpful.

[@someoneyoudontknow50]

My go-to guy for advice and wisdom in this field, as he has many years of experience!

[@elliot_star2938]

In Sweden a police officer can declear a person dead if the head is removed or the body is heavily decomposed

[@Chriscross1049]

How cops conduct death investigations: "Yup. He's dead" "Want lunch?" Lol (I am clearly joking)

[@guyshepard9658]

Chris LEON that’s actually how my first day was. . . we had burritos.

[@anonymousfarm4703]

Chris LEON that’s basically how the sandy hook investigation was done... *”How Cops Complete Death Investigations”* - they do it just like how they did it at the Sandy Hook Shooting. They Just claim & pronounce all of them dead without a Coroner or Doctor even looking at any individuals... & then not letting any of the parents see their deceased young child. ...smells a bit fishy to me. Especially the autopsy guys name, Dr. Carver!!? Wtf. Lol

[@Motowad]

ANONYMOUS FARM ; I mean with a name like Carver you gotta go into that field. At that point you have no choice.

[@mshappyapple8663]

How would you like to have a doctor who's last name is 'Swindle'? Really gets you thinking, doesn't it?

[@Coffeeisnecessarynowpepper]

That is not funny

[@anamolyanomaly1815]

I am glad I found your channel. I love this and I learn a lot.

[@JCourts2k23]

Around here in my part of Texas, if its a hospice call, or aciddent, or any death call, they call a JP-Justice of the Peace to the call, and then they’ll call funeral home

[@dirtyhavoc]

Thank you Officer 401 , that was very informative.

[@mandrid0097]

I am glad the area I work in we have Chaplains. They make the death notification for us. And yes I work at a small agency so we do have to work the scene from start to finish. Good video.

[@SavageClasher]

Yes! I love the longer videos. Keep up the amazing work man.

[@mshappyapple8663]

This is one of your best! Thanks so much for taking the time to share this information with us. I found it very interesting. I've learned so much from you already and looking forward to more.

[@Hank..]

Family member: so theyre dead? *person is on the ground, head is blown off by shotgun* Cop: i dont know i need the coroner to pronounce him dead

[@haydenvaughn00]

I was taught this in my high school criminal justice course. I'm about to go into forensics, blood splatter analysis and all that.

[@dangerousfreedom2105]

I am definitely not becoming a cop, but I do enjoy your transparency. Some crazy stories you have. Stay safe out there.

[@Deadly_fox512]

Imagine having to deal with a serial killer death scene your first day. That would be some shit. Lol

[@designated1489]

"Lawyers are tricky, not going to say any names. Blair *cough*" I spit out my sprite I laughed so hard

[@nekuriesantos6283]

That lady, And her children deserve a lot of respect. Rest In Peace.

[@emelibelford6603]

I think you should make a video on tips for females wanting to join the police department or your experiences working with the women in your department by the way amazing content I’ve shouted you out on my Snapchat

[@officer401]

I've done something similar to that but maybe it's time to do another! If you have a list of questions as a female, shoot them over to my email and I'll see if I can do a video. [e-mail]

[@emelibelford6603]

officer401 I definitely will thank you for replying!

[@angieolguin4620]

I know right. I want to be a 👮‍♀️

[@jonathonlayton6795]

Man I've been really wanting to join Law Enforcement and you have helped tremendously! Me and my spouse both love watching your videos ESPECIALLY the ugly truth and how to be a good spouse!

[@ShelbylunaMorgan]

Hi Officer 401. Such an interesting video. I am a paramedic. In the early 90s we used to transport bodies to the Mortuary in South Africa. They only had to Mortuary vans.

[@davids.852]

Nice video 401, can you do a video on car accidents and car accident investigations.

[@valeriemaurer5987]

Motor vehicle collisions* Lol that would be a pretty cool video.

[@davids.852]

Valerie Maurer Yeap, I forgot the term he uses, but i like it way more than traffic accidents, so thanks for the reminder.

[@codycroasmun5]

I would love to see more videos on crime scene investigation and how detectives actually operate and solve cases.

[@johnmarston2616]

Nothing like startin’ my day with a new Officer401 video 😎

[@andrescorrea125]

love your videos , wish you could see the situation in Puerto Rico is reallg bad , almost all murders dont get solved

[@cindypyke7446]

Thankyou officer401

[@mitchelltate3726]

These videos are so good, I could listen to your stories for hours, hope to see more videos pooping up on my feed soon. Awesome work dude!

[@dmh-177]

Wow, this is probably one of your best videos yet!

[@aprilrichards762]

I have to give love to the Austin, TX police department. I hadn't heard from a friend in a week and we talked everyday on the Phone (I'm in Pennsylvania) when I called, they treated my call with respect and the officer called from my friend's house and tracked her down to a hospital. It gave me a last month with my dear friend.

[@nocommentary9928]

I hope you do more videos like this. The one thing that i want to learn the most about police work is generally how different types of investigations work in the real world. Murder, Traffic accidents, drugs, etc. Just what it is like for an officer and what exactly their duties and responsibilities are in those types of investigations.

[@markymarks7317]

A really good video to make would be, reacting to police yelling at people video. Also thank you for everything you do to keep your community safe.

[@tyburda2077]

This didn't change my mind about joining law enforcement

[@ChuckKeough]

My dad was murdered August 25 2015.... stabbed 38 times in his bed, woken up by a meth head on parole for beating a peace officer....he fled the scene and was pitted by the sheriff but the county didn't add fleeing to the charges because that would have made him eligible for the death penalty. He missed three court appearance because the county couldn't afford to pick him up for court.... needless to say, the prosecutor wouldn't even consider taking it to trial and kept insisting on the plea... plea agreement, 2nd degree murder and 25 years, 85% mandatory. They didn't even charge the person who drove him to my dad's house to rob and murder him. If you want to see the face of evil, Google my name "Chuck Keough murdered"

[@xXJMcDowellXx]

Chuck Keough What the fuck.

[@samanthajohnson9238]

Chuck Keough omg I’m so sorry!

[@jdr214]

Im so sorry to hear that man

[@thecomrade1196]

Dude... That's just messed up. Not even life?

[@ChuckKeough]

Nope, and he was a violent repeat offender. He was only 28 and had been in and out of prison his entire adult life... was on parole when he killed my dad for beating a police officer, served eight years of a twenty then let out just to go get high and kill. He will be released again someday and will prolly kill again.

[@9milsOn2wheels]

You are right! What a trip, that you work a death, that was related to someone on the plane that hit one of the towers, more power to you! Brother!

[@brennafranklin1765]

This is very interesting... I’m a new EMT and also a 911 dispatcher for EMS/Fire, but not PD. I can usually tell over the phone by the way a caller describes a body what the outcome is... I understand the medical side of how it works, but not the PD side. I’m Texas, any death and literally ANY death is investigated by PD no matter what. I have always wondered how this process works. Thank you for informing me!

[@dahfighter9914]

What do you do if it’s a missing person case but you suspect foul play?

[@derekhall2521]

HAHAHA ! Did you find the well fare check ? That is funny.

[@sovietbear8010]

Keep doing what you are doing 401

[@JohnDoe-wt9ek]

Being military, the hard part isn't the dead body (unless its a young child or a very disturbing manner of death, like suck starting a shotgun or mangled by a train, or if it is someone you know personally, in which I lost several in the last few years, both in the service, out of the service, and in the family). You are, rather, hardened to the concept of death itself and the fact that now its just a humanoid shaped meat suit that no longer has dreams, aspirations, desires, beliefs, values, loves, hopes, fears, regrets, etc and so on... The hard part would be to advise the family the death of a loved one. Trying to remain calm and professional while family members (especially the mother) losing their minds because their child, sibling, or parent just got a meat suit eviction notice? That alone would make any man break down emotionally and mentally seeing a family distressed by the loss. More so if the family member was young and death was a long way off for them with a long life of those hopes, dreams and aspirations to still be achieved, expired by suicide, accident, or malicious individuals with murderous intent. However. If being a Peace Officer and being the one to tell them makes the positive difference and allows me to consul and help them through the hardship of losing that someone in their life, it makes it worth it. Nothing makes it easier for people to be more readily accepting of the loss than the person notifying them having experienced the same kind of loss as them, and being placed on a level playing field thanks to that experience... And that's what counts.

[@SamMurphyHSV]

Great video 401! Very informative. I always wondered how the CID work these kinds of cases.

[@liljok3r140]

Love your video man. Keep it going

[@Deadly_fox512]

You know how Bill used to say how his life couldn't get any lower? Well it's about to get 6 feel lower.. lol

[@Pizza-md5oj]

Awesome video 401. And damn it Blare! Why dose she have to be so difficult when it comes to the court room.

[@gladiatesolid5043]

I've worked jobs where Tyvex is basic PPE. We called them anything from shoot-suits, to skin savers to get an idea of the work type...

[@jeffwhiting4237]

Wanted to share my experiences with this, perhaps as an example. I'm sure every locality has slightly different procedures. i woke up one morning to find my sister sitting on the couch, slumped over, dead. She had talked to my brother on line several hours earlier. She had been dead, I thought, for several hours. She had a history of drug abuse and I figured that was the cause, although i had tried to be diligent in keeping an eye on her. So i called 911. The police arrived in minutes...there is a substation about half a mile away. First two officers showed up, then shortly after a sergeant and two more. When the squad showed up, two officers left, but not before all of them managed to quickly search my tiny apartment. I had nothing to hide, and I understand why, but still... I had told the officers what I knew, talked to the paramedics, answered some questions about the prescriptions she was taking...she had several... and then everyone ended up leaving except one officer I hadn't seen before, but I can't recall if she was one of the originals or if she came later. I suppose everyone left at that point, except her, because the decision had been made that this was probably an accidental overdose. The last officer stayed there until the transportation came for the body...about an hour and a half. I got the impression that she had been trained for this situation. She basically left me alone until I started talking to her, and she did her best to keep me talking about light things. Eventually the transport came ,and she left when they did, gave me a paper with some numbers for grief hot lines, and that was it. Everyone was professional, but most of them avoided talking to me, except for a couple explicit questions. The sergeant offered condolences, as did the specialist who had stayed with the body.

[@redstrat1234]

Fascinating stuff sir

[@korvincarry3268]

"Well, he sure looks dead!" "Whelp, i guess thats a darn good investigationing done there. Good job partner."

[@jeromewilliams2399]

This video was very interesting and resourceful. 👍 thanks officer 401.

[@widgeo]

My first homicide was when I was fairly new. A old crazy lady was hitting her crazy ass husband with a 2x4. He picked up his .22 and shot her. She died later in the ER. After we put the old guy in jail I went to the hospital for an update. I couldn't believe all the blood that had spilled onto the floor. The table she was on was covered as well as the floor. I think every drop of blood she had was on the floor. The doctor said that the .22 bullet had bounced around inside her chest cavity. Quite the eye opener!

[@willmoore3537]

Another excellent video 401 thank you so much for the knowledge

[@madvillainp3757]

Great video. Thank you!!

[@TheORBOTRON]

I've been watching for a long time and this is your best video yet.

[@casualsasquatch7417]

As a civilian, these videos are incredibly inciteful and give me a pretty fair look into what goes on in the life of a cop.