4.162 Response To Sick Or Injured Person Calls Flashcards
the injured person is suffering from a potential life-threatening injury or substantial head trauma, an Incident Crime Report (sick or injured person) will be completed in the PremierOne (P1) records management system and photographs will be taken to document details of the event.
Sick or injured report
officers arrive on a call where a resident, or person responsible for the structure, is transported and there is no other responsible party to care for the structure, the officer will secure the structure (by locking it) or request dispatch to call the on-call company to secure it (if the officer is not able to secure it properly). The LVMPD Risk Management Section has an agreement with an on-call company that will respond to secure a structure. The property owner will be billed directly by the on-call company for the service.
Securing the structure
Homicide or suspicious deaths
Respond to the scene, confirm with the patrol officer that the death appears to be suspicious or the result of a homicide, and:
a.
Ensure crime scene analysts) have been requested.
b
Ensure detectives from Homicide have been notified.
the responding officer, supervisor or detective(s) believes the witness(es), family member(s) and/or person reporting would benefit from the assistance of a recognized volunteer program, a volunteer should be requested through Communications.
Volunteer response - TIPS
All personal property at the scene or belonging to the decedent such as identification, money and jewelry will be placed in safekeeping by the coroner investigator or Public Administrator, not impounded by LVMPD employees.
Personal property of the decedent on a dead body call
Only the firearm used in an incident (suicide, accidental shooting, etc.) will be impounded as evidence by a crime scene analyst. Patrol officers may impound other firearms for safekeeping only when a threat to life or safety exists - notating the justification when doing so - and when the Public Administrator is not available. The Public Administrator may secure tangible assets of the estate, including firearms (see Nevada Revised Statute [NRS] 253.0405). The coroner investigator will not collect any firearms.
Firearms at dead body scene
Securing structure on dead body call
If there is no responsible person at the scene to care for the structure, and it cannot easily be secured, the coroner investigator will call their on-call company to have the structure secured. They will remain on scene for the on-call company to secure the property, if there has been no damage by police. When requested by the coroner investigator, a patrol officer may stay until the structure is secured.
Children Death Investigations
The Abuse/Neglect Detail lieutenant will be hotified on all child-related deaths. The Abuse/Neglect Detail will be primary investigator on most child deaths, including death by child abuse. Homicide will typically take lead if there was an act of concealment or body disposal after death. The Overdose Response Team (ORT) may assist on suspected child (teenager) overdoses and may take lead after coordination with Abuse/Neglect (see LVMPD 6.270, Overdose Investigations).
The Abuse/Neglect Detail and/or Homicide Section will respond to child deaths resulting from:
1. Non-accidental injuries
2. An intentional act
3. Injuries and/or deaths resulting from blunt force trauma, abusive head trauma or from being violently “shaken”
4. Medical neglect
5. Suicide
6. Drug overdose (Abuse/Neglect and the Overdose Response Team will coordinate the response based on the victim’s age)
A patrol officer and patrol supervisor will be dispatched on —- events related to the death of a child.
All
Response to deceased children. Supervisor will
a. Ensure crime scene analyst(s) has been requested.
b. Verify that Homicide and/or Abuse/Neglect has been requested.
c. Ensure that CPS has been notified.
