CD-CP Death Notification Protocol

Notifying the next of kin that a family member has died is an extremely difficult task for anyone, including police officers. There is an understandable reluctance to engage in the death notification process, and there is also a risk that, without guidance, some methods, comments or remarks may not be helpful to the survivors. This protocol sets out specific procedures for officers to follow as they provide surviving family members with sufficient useful information and support in a manner consistent with professionally accepted crisis intervention techniques. Central to this policy is the involvement of clinicians who are on-call to assist officers with every aspect of death notification

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