Why the SUIDI Form
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Midweek training episodes are short-focused training to help you become a better investigator and human. These short tips are a production of the Coroner Talk podcast and the Death Investigation Training Academy. Training tips are given each week by an Academy instructor or industry peer.
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Scene Assessments are Critical
Coroner Talk Death Investigation Training
Midweek training episodes are short-focused training to help you become a better investigator and human. These short tips are a production of the Coroner Talk podcast and the Death Investigation Training Academy. Training tips are given each week by an Academy instructor or industry peer.
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Should Coroner and MDI's Carry Guns?
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Using Approved Evidence Containers
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Implications of Time of Death Rulings
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Implications in Manner of Death Ruling
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Obtaining Positive Identification
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Avoid These Scene Mistakes
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Due to the very nature of sudden and/or violent deaths, many things can and do go wrong in the first few hours after discovery. Death scenes have a way of bringing together many individuals with various responsibilities and experiences. This unique group can consist of uniformed officers, detectives, crime scene investigators, forensic experts, coroner investigators, medical examiner investigators, as well as prosecutors and police administrative staff. These scenes may also have fire and EMS staff or other agencies trying to do their jobs, not to mention families...
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Training Focus: Autoerotic v. Suicide Scene Features
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Training Focus: Evidence
Coroner Talk Death Investigation Training
Midweek training episodes are short-focused training to help you become a better investigator and human. These short tips are a production of the Coroner Talk podcast and the Death Investigation Training Academy. Training tips are given each week by an Academy instructor or industry peer.
info_outlineSuicides account for over 40,000 deaths in the United States annually, ranked the 10th leading cause of deaths in America. This number has been on a steady increase since the turn of the 21st century. By far the most significant manner of death a patrol or investigating officer will be involved in
The definition of suicide is; the act or an instance of taking one's own life voluntarily and intentionally especially by a person of years of discretion and a sound mind.
Accidents are not suicides regardless of the level of danger or risk involved in the act.
The need for continued advanced training in the area of suicide is the risk of becoming complacent in these investigations. Suicide deaths must be worked as a sudden, suspicious death until the facts and evidence available tell the investigator differently.
Your investigation and case report must support a ruling of suicide. You should NEVER rule a death suicide unless your investigation proves it.
Suicide is a ruling of exclusion of all other manners of death, and the ruling should be a joint conclusion of all investigators, coroner, and medical examiner.
Implications in suicide rulings
- Family Denial
- Stigma of Suicide
- Insurance Issues
As an investigator, you will need to understand these implications and why they exist. Your investigation will be scrutinized based on these implications. It is your responsibility to have completed a thorough investigation with the collaboration of all investigation parties.
Implications may exist, but your report should identify how your ruling was determined. If others do not agree with the ruling, they must understand how you arrived at it.
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