True or false Patrol units will not be dispatched on 421 calls.
False (sick or injured person) calls, unless the responding medical service so requests. Routine calls include, but are not limited to: injuries from falls or accidents, general illness, heart attacks, and accidental overdoses.
True or false Homicide does not need to be notified on all suspicious death calls?
False Notify the Homicide Section on all suspicious deaths or homicides
Who does the Patrol Officer need to notify in case a person is transported to the hospital and their property cannot be secured?
request dispatch to call the on-call company to secure the structure (if the officer is not able to secure it properly).
True or False LVMPD is responsible for payment on a private company to come and secure property on a person who is deceased or transported to the hospital?
False ). LVMPD Risk Management 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.
A definition of a Homicide according to the Clark County Coroner is?
The taking of one life by another or an interaction by two humans in which a death occurs.
How many manners of death are there according to the Clark County Coroner?
- Natural -
- Accidental
- Homicide
- Suicide
- Undetermined
True or False Patrol Supervisors need to respond to all Deaths?
False Supervisors respond to the scene (only if the death appears to be suspicious or a homicide), confirm with the patrol officer the death is not suspicious or the result of a homicide: Natural deaths supervisors dont need to respond.
True or False Patrol Officers must complete the Incident Crime Report on all homicides?
False Patrol officers will NOT begin the Crime Report or MFR Case Report on Homicides or Suspicious Deaths unless instructed to by the detective.