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Image from NYPD Crime Scene Unit. In this case a person’s body had become fatally impaled on a wrought iron fence, no further info, maybe a woman, I think I see a boob? On scenes like this the first officer should direct his attention to isolating the body and the immediate surroundings. At this stage of the investigation this case could be a homicide, suicide, or accident. The first officer must establish a crime scene for the responding detectives and isolate the body from the onlookers. Note the man in the window. No further info.

Fig.1 Body impaled on a wrought iron fence

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