Every police officer is issued with a personal hand-held radio. It keeps them in contact with the force control room. They can do vehicle/address and person checks. They can request backup or assistance (one is more urgent than the other) and jobs are passed via the radio from the control room to cop. In a […]
Writing Crime – What To Do If Your Victim Is Still Alive At The Scene?
Previously on the blog we have discussed arriving at a crime scene and finding a dead body. But, what if your victim is still alive? What do you do then? Your first priority is to ascertain if your victim is alive or dead. If in doubt, treat as if they are possibly alive and […]
Writing Crime – Police Canteen Culture
Today’s post is an extremely short post because there isn’t a lot to say about it, but it is an important part of books and one that is very often misrepresented. As you know I offer a consultation service where I can answer questions or do a full manuscript read-through to check everything is correct. This […]
Writing Crime – Police IT
I put a request out on Twitter for people to suggest topics for this series and one of the first responses was from K A Whitfield asking about police I.T, for example, who examines CCTV. This topic isn’t set in stone because it will vary from police force to police force. Each force will have […]
Writing Crime – A Family Liaison Officer Relationship (Video)
Back in October last year I wrote a post about the use of family liaison officers, HERE, and today I thought I would shore it up with a short video from West Midlands Police which gives you more of an emotional point of view from the family liaison officer themselves and a family member who […]
Writing Crime – House to House Enquiries
Very often in crime novels, the SIO (Senior investigating officer) will send staff out to do H2H (house to house) enquiries. This is because it is something that is done in many investigations, from burglaries to murders, but do you know the point of the house to house or what is happening during the process? […]
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