FBI Launches Trauma Notification Training The FBI’s Trauma Notification Training is a free online course that demonstrates a four-step, evidence-informed approach to providing trauma or death notifications to the next of kin
Tips from Survivors - National Organization of Parents of Murdered Children For survivors, the beginning of their reactions to the death of loved ones is the death notification process It is important that death notification be handled as well as possible because it is the critical point of trauma for most survivors Properly done, it can begin a healing process
Proper Death Notification Procedures - Coroner Talk™ Determine the deceased person’s next of kin and gather critical information — obtain as much detail as possible about the circumstances of the death, about health considerations concerning the survivors to be notified, and whether other people are likely to be present at the notification
327 Death Investigation - California Whenever possible, a witness, preferably a relative to the deceased or a member of the household, should be requested to remain at the scene with the officer pending the arrival of the Coroner or a designee The name and address of this person shall be included in the narrative of the death report
NOTIFICATION GUIDELINES FOR ANY CASE WHERE AN ADULT DIES During criminal investigations in which victims are transported to the hospital and death appears imminent, officers should accompany the victim and ensure the Coroner is notified immediately following pronouncement of death
Death Notification for Families of Homicide Victims: Healing Dimensions . . . A practical system for death notification and body identification is presented that can be adapted and modified to the needs of law enforcement, military mental health, and notifiers from related disciplines; it can also be adapted to death notification in sudden, accidental deaths