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Last Answer on July 21, 2022

Take LAW AND ORDER SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT. What are things that they promote that are false and what things do they not really show that is real. I know like y’all don’t work on one case at a time I honestly think it would be more entertaining if they did it sorta more realistic where their working on multiple cases

Asked by DANNCY almost 5 years ago

I don't watch the show, so I couldn't comment. But fiction is meant to be entertaining, and it's usually more satisfying to focus on one story at a time.

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Should police departments be defunded?

Asked by Mark almost 5 years ago

Again, I'm not an expert in public safety policy, so I don't know any more about the implications than you do.

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What do you think is the worst case you have ever done. What’s the most gruesome, frustrating, or however you define it.

Asked by Mark over 4 years ago

Probably the most raw was a small plane crash.

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Do you work with cops on the regular?

Asked by Ronna over 4 years ago

I work in a police department, so yes, work with them every day.Though my immediate coworkers and immediate supervisor are all civilians.

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What would happen if someone was eating brains line in IZombie?

Asked by Darla over 4 years ago

They would put themselves at risk of contracting kuru, which is similar to Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease.

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Are your books related off of real cases you have done and of corse maybe a little more realistic then many other books that are out there?

Asked by AJ almost 5 years ago

I try to make them realistic, but they’re not based on real cases. Except for Trail of Blood, which is partly about the unsolved Torso Murders in Cleveland in the 1930s.

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