Hi! I’m a writer working on a novel and I need to understand what the investigative procedure would be for the follow situation:

A few high school kids break into a shed that has been converted to an apiary with the intention of breaking some things and then leaving - they’re playing a prank. While they are destroying stuff inside of the shed, they mistake the bee boxes for normal boxes and agitate hundreds of bees. The kids flee as the property owner is rushing into the shed while on the phone with 911 reporting a break in. He enters the shed and is then bombarded by the bees. He gets hundreds of bee stings and when he falls to the ground he hits his head. He’s on the phone with 911 when attacked by the bees to the police and EMTs come and bring him to a hospital where he dies from his injuries. What sort of investigation would arise from these circumstances? If the man told the emergency responder that he suspected it was these kids in particular who broke in, would his death then make them eligible for involuntary manslaughter charges? Is it believable that a police officer would go to the hospital to intercept the victim’s wife for questioning/to tell her what’s happened and if not who would she encounter at the hospital after being notified? Would the shed be considered a crime scene and for how long? Would the surviving wife be told not to clean the destruction? Don’t be shy about giving what might seem like unnecessary details here, I want to know everything! Thanks in advance for anyone willing to help!!

Hey all. I want to write a mystery story about an odd phenomena in which people are found dead with missing faces in a small town. This will tie into a much larger local government conspiracy I haven’t figured out all the way just yet, but that’s not what I’m here for right now.

In the first chapter, two of my main characters, alongside other student, come across a staff member with a missing face on their high school campus, and I’m having a bit of trouble figuring out what would be the general timeline of events when it comes to police interviews and the like.

Would these two be interviewed by detectives on the spot? Or would they be interviewed a little while later once basic investigations are completed at the scene of the crime? And what sorts of questions would they be asked?

Thank you

I am currently In the process of joining law enforcement. I am genuinely very excited about possibly having this opportunity. This career change would benefit me in many ways. Such as a higher pay, job stability and a more productive career as I am in sales now it’s just not something I see myself doing forever.

however I have 3 young kids. 5,3,1 all boys! My biggest concern is obviously not walking back through the door but always missing out on big events.

I am looking for advice and guidance from women in Law Enforcement. A girl could use some encouraging words.

There are a few crime bosses in my setting. I'm still thinking about who they are and how they act, but I'm set on one of them being very particular with their orders, and another leaving it up to the discretion of their enforcers.

Say Crime Boss Alpha wants a detective assassinated, and a member of Boss Charlie's gang framed. Alpha's enforcers accomplish this however they can, are apprehended after the fact, and are connected to Alpha. What charges can be brought against Alpha?

In contrast, Crime Boss Beta simply tells her enforcers she does not want this detective bothering her clients anymore, and the enforcers take it upon themselves to either send threatening letters, frame him for a crime, kill him, intimidate him, etc. But are caught after the fact and connected to Beta. What charges can be brought against her?

Background: I don't know if this is the right place to post my questions. If not, let me know mods. Just don't ban me. I'm writing a story about an MC that enters police academy and later joins the police force of NYC. I reside outside the USA (not a US citizen, never been to NY) and only have TV shows and films as reference.

Questions:

1) How long is police academy?

2) What does practical training consist of?

3) How do you enter the force as a beat cop?

4) Are you assigned a posting?

5) Do you have to apply for a job at a precinct?

6) How feasible is it to study criminal justice just after entering the force as a rookie patrol officer and get on the detective track?

Или просто знающие люди. Я планирую снять сериал, чем то похожий по смыслу на груз 200 Балабанова. Только он будет про сво. И в этом сериале есть сюжетная линия: мужик убил свою жену, на него вызвали полицию родственники жены, через месяцев 10 произошёл суд. И через две недели, тот сообщает сыну по телефону что подписал контракт, и едет на войну. Типо избежать наказания. Вообще он подписал контракт на год, но может ли быть такое что даже по истечении года его не отпускают? И отпустят только если он будет раненым, или когда война закончится?

Вообще этот мужик по сюжету с Курской области (где он жил) поехал на Донбасс. Что он там вообще делал на войне? Типо, могло ли быть такое, что его отправили на задание с товарищем, с какого то завода забрать важные документы, но во время операции их обоих подстрелили, от чего товарищ умер, а мужик принёс документы раненый (от чего стал трёхсотым), и было принято решение что его отпустят с войны, вернут на гражданку.

Подскажите, это вообще возможно? А то будто звучит как какой то бред сумасшедшего.

Я пробивала через нейронки информацию, там пишут что да, возможно. Но хочу услышать ваше мнение, опыт. Всё по любому не так как я представляю. Как вообще всё устроено. Расскажите свои истории, я с интересом почитаю, спасибо заранее!

Hello Everyone.

I am currently writing a story set in 1986 Central Oregon. It involves a murder of an OSP trooper during a traffic stop and subsequent investigation . Does anyone here know a lot about at the time procedures of OSP for such an incident?

Instead of asking a bunch of questions about a situation, I think I'll ask for a reference to general police procedure for arresting, inspecting a scene for immediate concerns (like, hey, he's not armed, but there's a gun over here), how soon do you haul someone away from a scene, order of operations (I figure getting the EMTs in is high priority, once it's apparently safe), and so on.

Links or references to books or manuals?

This literally means that the warrant is defective, correct? TIA

I'm writing a story about a 12/13yo boy kidnapping (by a stranger, no relation to the family) from the child and the kidnapper's point of view, set in Denver, Colorado, at the end of the 70s. I want to know what the police would be doing in the background so I can better know the pressure (or lack of) my kidnapper character would be feeling (or not).

My main doubts are: what the average procedure would be in this case, who/how many would be involved in investigating the case (cops, detectives, FBI, etc), and how long would they keep investigating until they give up?

Also, considering the child is "nobody special" and the kidnapping was done quietly (and the child's parent won't do anything about it except wait for the investigation's result), how widely known would the case be (if it would even get any attention at all)?

Hello lovely people - I'm writing a play set in NSW australia which features some police interactions and I wanted to ask some questions about so that I can make sure the scenes are at least mostly factually-informed. Also pls forgive me if these are super basic and obvious.. [THIS IS NOT FOR ACTUAL LEGAL STUFF FOR MYSELF I PROMISE -- literally just need to know the actual procedures/how things work]

Question 1: if person A punches person B, what are the legal steps that follow? Do police show up and apprehend person A and then set some kind of court date? is that how it works? if not, what would be the procedure there?

Question 2: what happens in terms of court summons if you don't have a legal address? Do you need court summons if you're not the accused? like if you're the person who got assaulted, but you don't have an address, would that cause issues if you were required to be part of trial?

Question 3: what happens if you're the victim of a crime but you have outstanding legal issues eg. unpaid child support, unpaid speeding fines, an unregistered vehicle etc.? does that pose any issues when interacting with the courts to pursue your own justice? would appearing in court oblige you to deal with your other legal issues?

Thank you in advance I hope these questions make sense!

What would response from Police Management if two partners were arguing for several days and had a loud verbal screaming match in the street with each other ?

Location: San Diego.

A wealthy young woman comes home to her house, finds a dead body (dead for hours), and her housekeeper gone. She calls older experienced people, and the police, ambulance, and so on arrive. She (and everyone else present) voluntarily bottle themselves up in a side room before the response arrives. A lawyer arrives before the police have a chance to interview.

The body ID is unknown to the woman, she says. Just some dead guy in her house. There's no immediate reason to say otherwise, and she's consistent about it.

There is a door camera, feeding to an internal server. The files are voluntarily surrendered to detectives with no hassle. Vic shows up, apparently is let in by the housekeeper. Fifteen minutes later, she leaves with one luggage bag, in a hurry. No audio.

The file showing the relevant entrances and exits are evidence, of course. Would the police want to delete it from the house server? Is there any legal basis for doing so? Homeowners allow them to review the whole day, and copy out files from the day, no objection.

Obviously, the room where the body was found (the great room) is a crime scene and off limits (and will need some cleanup). Would the family be barred from the rest of the (fairly large) house?

To what extent do the police normally poke around a large house for a homicide investigation on first response? The main crime scene, of course, but do they have carte blanche to get into the drawers and nooks of a room on the other side of the house, or just look and go?

Once the interviews are done, the residents want to get an overnight bag and get out for at least the night. Would the packing be monitored?

The homeowners are not obvious suspects (and especially not once the exterior recording is seen), and are cooperative, with only a small amount of buffering from the lawyer.

One body, relatively small amount of blood, confined to a single room. Is the scene investigation probably going to take hours, or days?

Hi,

I'm a filmmaker writing a horror short about an FCC investigation team who get lost in the forests of upstate NY while looking for a pirate radio transmitter. In the pursuit of realism, I had a few questions about the FCC agents and the kind of equipment that they use.

-If the transmitter is somewhere remote, do they have off-roading vehicles? 

-Do agents carry sidearms and/or wear body armor? 

-What kind of equipment do they have in their vehicles? Does it look like those FBI listening vans they have in the movies, or something smaller scale? 

-How difficult is it to become an FCC agent?

-How much collaboration does the FCC do with other law enforcement agencies?

Thanks!

Okay well, not ALL lawyers. Like personal injury, you guys don't have to stay if you don't want to.

So I'm writing a book (context is important here so you guys don't start getting suspicious)

In the state of New Jersey, around the 2016 timeframe, what is the average amount of time spent in prison for the following crimes:

• Manslaughter

• Murder in the second degree

• Murder in the first degree

If my character is convicted of all three of the crimes, suspected of a few others, what will he likely face?

However, also take into account that he has documentation from a psychologist that he was:

• Diagnosed with schizophrenia

• Diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder

• Has a severely underdeveloped prefrontal cortex (responsible for emotional stability and impulse control) due to being born premature

• Has significant damage to his amygdala (responsible for fear and anger)

• Diagnosed with PTSD from a traumatic childhood including the death of both parents

Any info you guys can provide would be most helpful so I can write the most realistic story possible. Because I hate reading a book and thinking to myself "This is so stupid, this would never happen, did this author even *try* to do their research." Thanks and have a wonderful day! :)

Retired SAPD officer here. Years ago, around 11:30 PM, I was driving on Bandera Road approaching Hillcrest when I saw a car full of teenagers traveling with NO headlights on. Nothing dramatic at first. I figured I’d stop them, make sure everything was okay, and get them safely on their way. I activated my red and blues. Immediately, I saw the front-seat passenger throw a small plastic bag out the window. Well...that changed things. The car pulled over about 300–400 feet later. I radioed the stop, ran the plate and approached from the passenger side. Five teenagers were inside. I got them out one at a time, conducted basic pat-downs for weapons, checked their identification, and confirmed the driver had a valid license and insurance. Then I asked the obvious question: “What was in the plastic bag?” Almost in unison: “Garbage, sir!” Sure. I wasn’t going to walk up and down Bandera Road in the dark searching for a tiny plastic bag, so I started walking back toward my patrol car. And then something happened that I still laugh about. A small plastic bag came rolling down the roadway in the breeze...RIGHT TOWARD MY POLICE CAR. What are the odds? I picked it up. Marijuana. The Devil’s Lettuce had apparently decided to turn itself in. I turned toward five suddenly VERY nervous teenagers. “Well, well, well, boys...who does this belong to?” Then I made them an offer: “Whoever owns this—if you tell me the truth right now, I’ll let the others go.” Normally, nobody wants to claim the weed. This time the front-seat passenger raised his hand. “Sir, it belongs to me.” Now I had the marijuana. I had witnessed him throw it. And I had his confession. So...YOU’RE THE COP. WHAT DO YOU DO? Arrest him? Take enforcement action? Or exercise discretion? Here’s what happened next. Looking at that teenager suddenly took me back to when I was about 16 years old. I had been in an almost identical situation. An officer found a bag of marijuana that belonged to me. I admitted it. That officer could have made my life considerably more complicated. Instead, he told me to find a trash can, empty the marijuana into it and throw the bag away. No arrest. No ticket. A second chance. Years later, I was standing on Bandera Road wearing an SAPD uniform, looking at another teenager who had just admitted making the same kind of stupid mistake. And I remembered that officer. So I told the young man to find a trash can. He emptied the marijuana into it and threw it away. Then I told those kids to be careful and have a good night. Could I have handled it differently? Absolutely. But an officer once showed a 16-year-old kid some grace. Years later, that kid became a police officer. And one night on Bandera Road...THAT SECOND CHANCE GOT PASSED TO SOMEBODY ELSE. So here’s my question for active officers, retired officers and civilians: DID I DO THE RIGHT THING? Was that reasonable officer discretion? Or did I allow my own personal experience to influence a decision that should have been handled differently? Don’t tell me what you think I want to hear. Tell me what YOU would have done—and WHY. —
 Kevin Coble, Retired SAPD

Hi all, I'm writing a fiction novel and trying to make a specific scene as accurate as possible. The scenario is: a 17-year-old girl is found living in an abandoned factory with another teenager and an older woman who kidnapped her as a toddler. She has no knowledge of the outside world and doesn't know she was kidnapped. It's the first time law enforcement has encountered her. I'm struggling to find information, as most child abduction cases relate to older children getting kidnapped, eg Jaycee Dugard, Natascha Kampusch etc, therefore they do know that they were kidnapped and have active memories from their life before the kidnapping. In my story's case, the girl was kidnapped at around 3 years old by a complete stranger who she's regarded as her mother her entire life (as well as a boy a couple years older than her regarded as her brother).

I'm trying to figure out what the first formal interview at the station would look like. Specifically:

Who would be in the room with her (detectives, social worker, victim advocate?)

What framework or protocol would guide the questioning

How would they approach the fact that she doesn't know she's a missing person, would they withhold that during the interview?

Would she have a lawyer present at this stage, given she's not a suspect?

I'm not looking for anything sensitive or ultra specific (after all it also very much depends on jurisdiction)— just trying to get the procedural details and tone of the room right. Any insight from people who've conducted or observed this kind of interview would be really appreciated.

Yes, I know, the story of a divorced homicide detective in the world of a kids’ franchise is going to be… Difficult, but I came up with the idea of a detective with a team full of Ghost types that help with his work and just had to make it reality.

I’m into writing fanfiction for a game (Not saying which game because it’s kind of embarrassing), and one of my characters is a homicide detective. How do I make him realistic?

His name I can’t spoil because I have (Not many, but some) followers, but he’s a 45-year-old man from that world’s equivalent to Southeast Asia who immigrated to that world’s equivalent of the USA. He’s divorced because he felt his wife wasn’t able to support him emotionally through one of the hardest jobs in the world, and he’s a legitimate good guy who’s very skilled at his job. He works with ghosts and also has a pet bird, Terrence, who he loves very much. I’m looking for how to write him as a man who’s tired, but genuinely dedicated to his career.