This is part of the writing crime/policing series for UK based police facts and this post was prompted by another question I was asked by a friend who writes crime. When someone is brought in for questioning with no evidence (as in you are still gathering and you ask them to help […]
Writing Crime – Do Detectives Carry Handcuffs?
I know, I know, I’m hopeless. I say I’m going to do these policing posts in a more regular format and what happens? They disappear from the face of the earth. Not particularly helpful is it? I apologise. I’ve been busy and ill, but it’s what I said I’d do so it doesn’t reflect well […]
Post Mortems in Crime Novels
So, we’ve looked at how police talk to each other, deal with crime scenes and places you can research policing for your novel. Today we are going to look at the post mortem. In the UK, a Home Office Pathologist is appointed by the Coroner to perform a post mortem. The purpose is to find […]
Researching Policing For Crime Novels
It’s been a few weeks since I wrote a policing post on the blog. I’ve been busy trying to get Hannah 2 completed and these posts take a bit of time to pull together and it’s time I have been directing on the manuscript. But, this topic was something that came up as I was […]
Who To Call To Your Murder Crime Scene
So, we’re still at the crime scene. It’s a long and complicated job. A lot of it depends on the murder itself. If you have a domestic murder where a spouse has been hit over the head with a frying pan in the kitchen, and the offending spouse is stood there with said frying pan […]
What To Do When Attending The Crime Scene Of A Murder (Part 2)
At the end of last month, I wrote a post outlining what a uniform response officer would do when initially attending a crime scene where a murder has taken place. (You can find that first post Here.) Today I’m going to talk about what the investigating detectives are going to look at when they turn […]