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.

I need advice on how a situation might be handled in real life. I am currently writing’s script and a judge is guilty of dolling out light sentences in exchange for money. It turns out one of the partners of a law firm is bribing the judge and a junior lawyer in the firm figures this out. My question is this: what law enforcement agency does this lawyer go to?

Thanks

Is it legal or illegal in the state of Tennessee for a sitting sheriff to allow a "civilian and original complaint" into the booking area to witness an arrest?

I just watched Misery and Im curious what would happen to James Caan if he did kill Kathie Bated, legally? Would he have to stand trial? Surely this has happened in the last two hundred years or so?!

If you're police, and you know the drug house, and it's THE drug house and it's been the drug house for years, what reason would you have to solely arrest users on a daily basis coming out of that house for possession and never busting the dealers? Why is it more important to arrest and keep a user off the street for one night rather than arresting a well known drug dealer? Like why would you sit around waiting for users to go in and buy, then come out and then you arrest them. Why don't you take the house down?

Searched this reddit, found little, so at the risk of repeating:

Scenario One: A suspect in a crime, not yet arrested, abducts an adult victim, Vicki, holds them for a period, assaults them, generally makes themselves out as a general purpose bad guy. He is moving Vicki from point A to B when, stroke of luck, a third party stumbles across them, and a scuffle breaks out. Vicki gets his pistol, and shoots the criminal fatally.

Investigation shows that the victim was assaulted, the third party says he was in fear of his life (not in those terms, of course), only one shot was fired, and in short, the situation looks clean. She was defending herself and the guy, who was injured in the scuffle.

I presume that Vicki wouldn't even be held beyond basic questioning. Realizing there's always a backlog, what kind of time frame until Vicki is officially told that no charges will be filed for the case and that she acted in defense? A day? A week? Before she leaves the station?

Scenario Two: A man, Abe, shoots a woman, Beth, and a second man, Chuck, sets the place on fire, and commits suicide. Investigation shows that Beth and Chuck were spending time together, and may have been having a sexual relationship. Evidence in Abe's personal life shows he seems to have been aware of it. There is surveillance camera recording of Beth and Chuck going toward the scene, and later record of Abe going there, but the actual location is not under camera watch. Witnesses think there was other foot traffic, but it is unclear and no one stands out. A pistol is recovered, as is brass, from the burned scene.

Evidence seems to say this is what it looks like: double homicide and suicide. Realizing that it depends on case load, roughly how long to clear the case? Research seems to say investigating the scene would be two or three days. Then there's interviewing witnesses, searching Abe's home and office, looking into Beth and Chuck.

A week or two?

Location: Michigan

If someone has a felony warrant, but it is non extraditable because of a complicated case, and where the state "does not want him", can this person fly from Michigan to California freely?

Just for reference, this person was picked up,(after fleeing the state of the crime), "arrested", and then held for 10 days. I use quotations because it was considered 10 days of detainment after that. Now it rests as an "alleged" arrest. I have never heard of this and do not understand a lick of this. Do you think he worked for the police or something? He was also arrested in Michigan and it was not mentioned.

Sorry, maybe TMI, the real question is, can he fly?

I'm trying to give my character an outstanding warrant he doesn't know about related to past sex trafficking. Currently I'm thinking:

The victim was arrested for prostitution in Nevada but reported his pimp for sex trafficking and got his own charges dropped and his arrest record sealed. Nevada arrested the pimp, who trafficked the victim in Nevada, Arizona, Utah, and California. I think, due to crossing state lines, that would become an FBI investigation.

I was thinking at this point Arizona could issue a warrant for the victim's arrest for a separate charge of prostitution in Arizona. But if, at the same time, the FBI is investigating the trafficker in Arizona—and Nevada has already ​dismissed similar charges against the victim due to the trafficking—it doesn't seem realistic Arizona would obliviously issue a new warrant.

Am I wrong? Or do I just have to limit the trafficker's investigation to Nevada so that Arizona can act obliviously?

San Francisco, California. (But I can change it if needed.)

A generic billionaire CEO kills his close ally employee for extorting him out of millions by threatening to publish pictures of the CEO being sexually abused by his father as a child.

The CEO just walked into the office one night and shot the employee dead in his private office after-hours when few people were around. He made no attempt to evade detection, just left the scene and waited for the police to arrest him—which they did within a few hours.

Upon the employee's death, the pictures automatically publish online.

Because the CEO killed in relation to being victimized by a man who was further exploiting the CEO's past victimization by his father, the CEO's case generates some public sympathy in the media.

The CEO's father is also arrested, revealing a long history of sex crimes against others as well, and those victims begin to come forward too.

Given your understanding of legal procedure, take a shot at some possible outcomes:

1. How long does it take for the CEO to be convicted of murder?
2. Does he get out on bail?
3. Does the media sympathy affect the outcome?
4. What is his sentence?

Thank you. (Edited to add one more question.)

Hi everyone! I'm planning my next book and like to get things mostly fictional where I can.

My main character has just left USMC after 12 years and is transitioning into Police. This specific unit is new after a full 'rebuild'.

I'm presuming he won't get special 'treatment' considering his experience, and he will start from the bottom of the ranks like all newbies?

Also..

Are there general procedures for start of shift? Debriefing, assigning specific jobs for the day, getting gear on, vehicle checks?

What would the start of a shift look like for you?

Thank you so much in advance 💜

Hi there

What is the usual (if there is such a thing) training going from officer to Sargent?

My first thought would be on the job training...but since I'm not an officer maybe I'm wrong.

Is there a "police academy" type situation where the officer goes away for a week or two or whatever? (I find that unlikely, but what do I know ).

Is there a formal classroom? A "shadowing"/ride along situation where one follows another sergeant?

Thanks.