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

S 2679 requires law enforcement officers responding to a scene with a deceased person to remain at the location until a medical examiner or designated investigator takes charge of the body. This directly affects responding police officers in New Jersey by mandating their continued presence at death scenes. The bill amends existing death investigation procedures (P.L.2018, c.62) to specify that officers must not leave the body until medical examiners arrive, ensuring the scene remains undisturbed for proper investigation. It does not change which deaths require investigation but adds a specific procedural step for officers during those investigations.