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  Professional Ethics Professional Ethics encompass the personal, organizational and corporate standards of behavior expected of professionals. Professionals, and those working in acknowledged professions, exercise specialist knowledge and skill. Most professions have internally enforced codes of practice that members of the profession must follow to prevent exploitation of the client and to preserve the integrity of […]

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“The FingerSCAN DecedentID application has enabled us to identify decedents within hours of the death, rather than the following day, as was the case with inked prints. As the application has been moved to its...

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If you want to be seen and respected as a professional, might I say you need to act like a professional first.  In this episode I  talk about  what I believe are the ten most important areas you should guard and improve if you want to build a professional image.   These are not in […]

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All firearm injuries resulting in death will fall into the manner of homicide, suicide, or accident, all will come under the jurisdiction of a medical examiner or coroner, and the local Law Enforcement. Injuries not resulting in death will  remain the jurisdiction of the local Law Enforcement.  However, you may still wish to consult a […]

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Your investigation is only as good as the report that supports it. The coroner’s report focuses on a medical examination or autopsy of the body at a morgue and on the scene, to determine the cause of death. But investigators with the coroner’s office also frequently gather other information, such as interviewing family members, acquaintances of the […]

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