Requires responding law enforcement officer to stay with dead body until medical examiner takes charge of body.

S 1105 requires law enforcement officers who respond to a death scene to stay at the location until a medical examiner or their designated representative takes charge of the body. This applies to all deaths that require a medical examiner's investigation, such as suspicious deaths, accidents, deaths in custody, or deaths of children. The bill adds a specific procedural requirement for officers to remain on scene until the handoff occurs, without changing which deaths trigger a medical examiner review. The bill was introduced in the New Jersey Senate on January 9, 2024, and referred to the Law and Public Safety Committee.