162 - Death and/or Serious Injury of Foreign Nationals (Including illegal aliens and aliens with green cards)

General Order #162 Death and/or Serious Injury of Foreign Nationals (Including illegal aliens and aliens with green cards) Effective Date: March 18, 2015 PURPOSE: To provide guidelines for dealing with a foreign national's death or serious injury. 162.1 GENERAL ORDER If someone in our department learns of the death or serious injury of a foreign national in our jurisdiction, we must ensure that the nearest consulate of that national's country is notified. This will permit the foreign government to make an official record of the death for its own legal purposes or provide services for the individual. Steps to Follow When a Foreign National Dies or is Seriously Injured  When possible, determine the foreign national's country. In the absence of other information, assume this is the country on whose passport or other travel documents the foreign national has in his possession or where the next of kin tells you he is from.  Keep a written record of the notification, by articulating the action taken on your Incident Report. Forward the Consular Notification Form, along with the fax confirmation receipt, to the Police Records and Telecommunications Unit. Notification forms will be stored in the bins in the roll call room.  Additional information on this topic, along with answers to frequently asked questions, can be found at http://travel.state.gov/content/travel/english/consularnotification.html, under the topic Consular Notification and Access.