From: finfer@optonline.net   
      
   On 11/25/2014 10:29 AM, hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:   
   > On Monday, November 24, 2014 9:11:04 PM UTC-5, Michael Finfer wrote:   
   >   
   >> That's not the entire reason.  If there is a fatality, the scene is the   
   >> jurisdiction of the Medical Examiner, and nothing can be moved, and   
   >> nobody can leave, until the team arrives and completes its   
   >> investigation.  They might not be immediately available if, for example,   
   >> everyone is tied up at other scenes.  The delays, while they can be   
   >> substantial, are necessary.   
   >   
   > My point is that, years ago, the scene was _not_ under the jurisdiction of   
   the Medical Examiner.  The body was removed from the tracks, the crew   
   interviewed, and the train, if not damaged, would move on.  A typical fatality   
   delay would last about 20-30    
   minutes depending on the circumstances.  perhaps investigators would check the   
   area after the train had left and service resumed, but the key part is that   
   service would resume, and investigators had to work around an operating   
   railroad.   
   >   
   > I don't know when this policy changed, maybe 1980s?, but it made a   
   substantial difference for the worse.   
      
   It is the rule now.  If you skip the investigation, someone may get away   
   with murder.   
      
   The ME's office in the city was a mess in the early and mid-80's.  A new   
   ME was brought in to fix things in the late 80's.   
      
   Michael Finfer   
   Bridgewater, NJ   
      
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