When there’s an emergency, you need help fast. However, that help will be delayed if the emergency scene is crowded or if there is rubbernecking preventing emergency vehicles from accessing the scene. The best, and really the only way to prevent this crowding and rubbernecking is by covering the scene.…

Although gory scenes can be horrific for anyone, children can be especially sensitive to graphic situations. While parents and adults can certainly do their best to shield children’s eyes as they walk by, there is only one foolproof way to entirely shield children from a horrific scene – the SRN…

When you work in first-aid or law enforcement, the unfortunate truth of the job is that you will encounter dead bodies. Whether from murder, suicide or foul-play, exposed bodies can be traumatic for anyone.  Although law enforcement is professionally trained to handle these experiences, laypeople and passersbys are not, and…

Roadside officials risk their lives every day when they step out of their vehicles into oncoming traffic. Cars are often zooming by, motorists are distracted, and in most cases, the weather isn’t cooperative. It’s our job as motorists to make their working conditions better by slowing down or moving over…

You arrive at a crime scene. What is the first thing you do? After locating the victims involved and providing emergency care, you need to properly secure the perimeter of the crime scene. Traditionally, first responders would use caution tape. Although this method may be effective at keeping people out…

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family, friends, and brothers & sisters in blue of Officer Anthony Christie, of the Savannah Police Department, especially his wife, Nicole.  Officer Christie, 37, a member of the Savannah Police Department for only 2 1/2 years, was responding to a traffic accident,…