A new Kentucky law will allow county coroners, with permission from their local government, to place lights and sirens on their vehicles.
House Bill 34 was signed into law by Governor Beshear on Friday.
“Like police and EMS workers, response time is essential for coroners to assist with criminal investigations or highway fatalities,” said Rep. Marie Rader (R-McKee), the bill sponsor in a news release, “Allowing our coroners to place lights and sirens on their vehicles will allow for quicker response to a crime scene, and also allow greater assistance for law enforcement in their work to gather information during a death investigation.”
The news release said Rep. Rader’s brother, Melvin Lakes, is the county coroner for Jackson County.
House Bill 34 will officially take effect on June 8, 2011.
