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Body in the canal

  • 06-03-2009 3:18pm
    #1
    macinerm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭


    i was cycling home from college today down dorset street when i noticed a fire truck, an ambulance and a few gardaí at the bottom of the canal. i was in no hurry so i stopped to see what was going on.
    at this point the gardaí didn't seem to see if fit to close off the canal and a crowd was gathering including a mother and her children. anyway, i walked up the canal a small bit but not quite to where all the police where. i stood there for a minute or 2 without anyone taking any notice of me and then suddenly i was shocked to see a corpse pulled out of the canal. i don't really remember what i said at this point but i was shocked and said something like "holy crap is that a body?"
    it was only then the beangarda a few feet ahead of me scolds me for looking at it and being so close as if i'm supposed to be able to see a corpse in the canal from 20 feet. that annoyed me a good bit but that's not really very important, she just seemed like a b**ch.

    i suppose the point of me writing this is to ask if there is not some sort of protocol that's supposed to be followed when dealing with bodies? and if not then there should be a bit of common sense used not to mention a bit of respect for the deceased.

    mick


Comments

  • #2
    macinerm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭macinerm


    i wouldn't be one to stop in these cases usually but this is very close to my house and it's where i walk my dog everyday.
    my first thought when i saw the fire truck and what they were doing was that there was something wrong with gate (this was obviously just a guess). they were all gathered around the gate so thinking that that's all it was i moved closer. (looking at my previous post it makes it sound like there was loads of gardai there, but there was actually considerably more firemen)
    in this situation people could very easily have been kept away from the scene. they did actually move everyone back off the canal to the road just after the body was removed. i suppose i'm just annoyed that they didn't move everyone back before removing the body. or perhaps they could have just said there was a body in the canal so that people could have had a bit of warning.


  • #3
    Eru
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,357 ✭✭✭Eru


    Yes there is protocol when dealing with dead bodies however until such time as a body is found its a search based on probable nothing more than a vague report.

    Also, until such time as theres a crime commited theres no power to move people from the area. Yes common sense should play a role but as you yourself saw, thats in short supply as people saw fit to wander in and stare.


  • #4
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 17,378 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Eru wrote: »
    Yes common sense should play a role but as you yourself saw, thats in short supply as people saw fit to wander in and stare.

    i wouldn't say OP lacked common sense by watching what was going on..


  • #5
    Micky Dolenz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,080 ✭✭✭✭Micky Dolenz


    The OP's story really brings home what our ES have to see and deal with on a daily basis. Its a job I do not envy but have great respect for.


  • #6
    Bruce11
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88 ✭✭Bruce11


    Ah well the fire lads and Gardai were most likely trying to find the body and suddenly found it. This didn't help them trying to set up a cordon for when they usualyy remove the body. They will usually set up a cordon whereby the public are far back and not able to be up close and witness the sometimes gruesome sight of the removed body.


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  • #7
    TheNog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,160 ✭✭✭TheNog


    macinerm wrote: »
    i wouldn't be one to stop in these cases usually but this is very close to my house and it's where i walk my dog everyday.
    my first thought when i saw the fire truck and what they were doing was that there was something wrong with gate (this was obviously just a guess). they were all gathered around the gate so thinking that that's all it was i moved closer. (looking at my previous post it makes it sound like there was loads of gardai there, but there was actually considerably more firemen)
    in this situation people could very easily have been kept away from the scene. they did actually move everyone back off the canal to the road just after the body was removed. i suppose i'm just annoyed that they didn't move everyone back before removing the body. or perhaps they could have just said there was a body in the canal so that people could have had a bit of warning.

    OP
    We all know how difficult it is when you see your first body. Tbh we have we have seen many in our job and it doesnt get any easier.

    I am basing this on guesswork as are we all but the only reason I can see for a lack of a cordoned off area is that the body had just been found. If the body appeared to be only in the water a short time there could have been a possibilty the person could have been still alive. The action to be taken without delay is to get that person out of the water and check for vital signs. It is unfortunate that civilians were around to witness it but what can you do.


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