Following a critical report by a guard, Idaho was to clarify the roles in investigating the death of coroner – Idaho Capital Sun

Thehe Judicial System Committee and Aidaho Senate Rules I introduced a unanimous vote bill on Monday.

The presentation of the bill intensifies him for a complete hearing of the committee, including public testimony and possibly voting to move it to the Senate floor of Idaho.

The account is expected to be available online at A website of the legislature Soon – probably later on Monday.

The Aidaho Sheriffs Association and the Aidaho County Association supports the bill. The joint legislative supervision of the legislature has also finalized a letter in support of the bill, Wintrow told The Sun.

“This report opened everyone’s eyes. And the coroners decided that we were working better to improve things for public safety in our country, “Wintrow told The Sun. “… I applaud this and I hope that the legislature will be a partner with them and the counties until we move on to find out what resources are necessary to make sure that these investigations of death are carried out in a consistent, reliable … way that is Increases public safety. “

In Idaho Coroneri, a position at the county level is selected as stated in the state ConstitutionS

The report from RESULT EXPRESSION SERVICEThe State Observation Agency found that the death in Idaho was half more likely to undergo autopsy than the national percentage -and that Idaho had the largest autopsy of killings in the country.

In December investigation by Propublica discovered decades of model of Failed attempts to reform the Idaho Coronner SystemS

In a letter to the Senate Committee and the Rules of the Senate, the Association of Idaho’s Association of Policy Kelly Brassfield called the bill “the beginning of a more large plan to improve the role of the coronnamental and more consistent.”

“There are currently no laws to talk about the powers and obligations of the Corron,” Brasfield writes. “This legislation will ensure that coroners understand their role in the death of a person.”

Following the death of deaths, Idaho Coroneri must forward the investigation of the local sheriff or chief of police, Andy Crych, Sheriff of the Payet County, wrote in a letter to the Commission on behalf of the Aidaho Sheriffs Association, expressing strong support for the bill.

“This amendment would allow the coroners to investigate the death of medicines, while the criminal investigation will remain the responsibility of the respective law enforcement agency,” Krich wrote.

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