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Bannock County allows coroner vehicle lights with conditions; state police letter and written policy required
Summary
After debate, commissioners approved the coroner’s use of emergency-style lights on county coroner vehicles provided the office supplies Idaho State Police authorization, a written usage policy (including insurance and prosecutor sign-off), and limitations that the lights not be used to run code.
The Bannock County Board of Commissioners voted to permit the coroner’s office to equip county coroner vehicles with emergency-style lights, subject to conditions intended to limit use and liability.
Coroner Tory Danner told commissioners the lights are intended to improve scene safety on highways and to make motorists move over when the coroner is responding to interstate fatalities; he said the office is not seeking privileges to run lights-and-siren code or to exceed speed limits. Danner said the county applied to…
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