tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5014794345851547607.post4292559999548118624..comments2024-03-13T15:25:14.628-04:00Comments on ThrillWriting: Police Dive Teams - How to Find People and Evidence Under Water: Information for WritersFiona Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09446624235636372505noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5014794345851547607.post-88596801014097167872014-10-25T03:40:36.478-04:002014-10-25T03:40:36.478-04:00 It is very useful for anybody to workout.. I real... It is very useful for anybody to workout.. I really enjoyed the insight you bring to the topic and easy to find out someone.further detail linkshttp://australian-people-records.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5014794345851547607.post-69103566794189342472014-07-05T08:46:07.462-04:002014-07-05T08:46:07.462-04:00Thank you kindly. I'll be at WPA as well. I ho...Thank you kindly. I'll be at WPA as well. I hope we get to meet. Stacy Allen will be there, too - looks like you have a lot in common with her. Her book Expedition Indigo will be released this month. It's a scuba diving suspense. You can read about her here:<br />http://thrillwriting.blogspot.com/2014/02/scuba-diving-adventurer-stacy-allen-and.html<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />FionaFiona Quinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09446624235636372505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5014794345851547607.post-16605958824890198592014-07-04T15:39:46.284-04:002014-07-04T15:39:46.284-04:00Great post. I'm going to WPA this year and hop...Great post. I'm going to WPA this year and hope to take the scuba section. I am a rabid scuba diver and my new series features a scuba diver. Thanks Fiona.Kaithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07758348842858993203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5014794345851547607.post-26441734721114018542014-06-15T15:00:38.831-04:002014-06-15T15:00:38.831-04:00Hi Sue,
The use of fins and boots are situational...Hi Sue,<br /><br />The use of fins and boots are situational. The boots are weighted and used in water with fast currents like a river. If it is in a pond or still water they would fin. Your divers would fin. Unless the torso of the body is weighted, it will float up and the divers are feeling around about a foot off the bed of the pond. <br /><br />They will bag underwater. As the bodies decay, so the ligaments and tissue that holds them together degrades. If the bodies are not bagged in situ, they can lose some of the body parts and they will float away/may be difficult to recover again, or they could lose a clue that was with the body. <br /><br />The video would be a single piece of evidence that could be brought to court. Why this isn't your beat all end all evidence: Evidence must be handled properly along a certain line of sanctioned steps. If your divers were working outside of the norm then when they are on the stand defense can rip them apart. Anything that strays from normal protocol throws the validity of the evidence into question. They would be asked about motivation and personality - do they often go off on their own and do maverick things? Would they, for example, create this evidence? And remember, a trial is a complex dance with lots of moving parts. So I'm not able to answer your question completely, but I will say - this video evidence is tainted. Hope this helps.<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />Fiona<br /><br />Fiona Quinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09446624235636372505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5014794345851547607.post-16826324861915188672014-06-15T09:58:18.482-04:002014-06-15T09:58:18.482-04:00I noticed in the Frogwoman's video that she wo...I noticed in the Frogwoman's video that she wore boots instead of flippers. Is that the norm? In my new novel (WIP) six bodies are weighted to a pond floor by their feet. The recovery is done on the down low because of something I can't share here. Two divers agree to find and recover the bodies from this murky pond. Would they were flippers or boots? Would they still bag the bodies underwater? And would their video be enough to document for court?Sue Colettahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13506701894460706840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5014794345851547607.post-32867436981226071372014-05-02T15:20:56.382-04:002014-05-02T15:20:56.382-04:00Hi Rebecca,
The answer to your question is it var...Hi Rebecca,<br /><br />The answer to your question is it varies. It really depends on location/need, budget, individual experience prior to signing on, etc. <br /><br />Thanks for stopping by, was there anything you wanted to add from your experience applying the process?<br />Cheers!<br /><br />FionaFiona Quinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09446624235636372505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5014794345851547607.post-27584032128304878552014-05-02T13:40:37.291-04:002014-05-02T13:40:37.291-04:00Very informative! I missed so much of this at last...Very informative! I missed so much of this at last year's WPA, since I was in the water. :) <br /><br />Quick question -- did you learn about the training involved to be on the special team, such as the initial training (e.g. is it all hands-on or is there an initial classroom-type training to begin, and if so, how long would that be) followed by on-going (e.g. weekend/month) training exercises? <br /><br />Thank you!Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10098053101225847936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5014794345851547607.post-21757255764829060402014-02-03T20:38:13.924-05:002014-02-03T20:38:13.924-05:00I love all the pointers, Fiona, and very helpful. ...I love all the pointers, Fiona, and very helpful. It will be tricky, but I think I can make it a plausible scenario. SO appreciate the help on this. xo<br />edenEden Bayleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08043540142363106345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5014794345851547607.post-91516381507129084742014-02-03T19:45:35.633-05:002014-02-03T19:45:35.633-05:00Okay - I'm going to take a stab at this :)
* ...Okay - I'm going to take a stab at this :)<br /><br />* Bodies sink when they are denser than water.<br />* The human body is about the same density as water. When the lungs deflate then a body is denser than water and sinks. <br />* Salt adds to the density of water. That's why it takes less effort to stay afloat in the salt water bodies like oceans.<br />* Anything that you can write to help your corpse be buoyant would help this scenario. Ex. the person died PRIOR to going in the water<br /> (air still in lungs), and the body was face down, thereby trapping the air in the lungs. But you'd have to have the body go in flat. <br />* Another thing that would help the body stay afloat is fat. Muscle is denser than fat, fat is less dense than water. The fatter the person the more<br /> buoyant. <br />* Take off their clothes (as much as is practical) a wool coat for example would become an anchor when saturated.<br />* And finally, the colder the water the denser it is thereby giving the body a slight increase in buoyancy. <br /><br />Hope this helps,<br /><br />Cheers<br />~ Fiona<br />Fiona Quinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09446624235636372505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5014794345851547607.post-34802558987271383372014-02-03T11:41:29.374-05:002014-02-03T11:41:29.374-05:00Great post Fiona!
Your blog is a must-share for an...Great post Fiona!<br />Your blog is a must-share for anyone thinking of writing in the crime/mystery/thriller genres. Such great info. <br /><br />You noted that: A body will float after about seven days as the body fills with gases -- From this, I gather that it sinks immediately to the bottom and slowly makes it way back up after 7 days.<br /><br />My question is: <br /><br />Is it possible that a dead body in the ocean , which is particularly buoyant, will remain floating/visible after 10-12 hours PRIOR to sinking? My book is fiction and I only need the plausibility of this, even if it's improbable this would be the case.<br /><br />Thank you! <br />edenEden Bayleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08043540142363106345noreply@blogger.com