As of July 25, 2024, Richard Wright did not have a website.

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Cordele Dispatch, Rickey Dawson Jr., sworn in as Crisp County Coroner

Ricky is a Cordele native, and attended Crisp County High School.

Prior to his election, Ricky worked as the deputy coroner in Crisp County.

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Ricky Dawson, Jr. is the coroner in Crisp County. He was elected in 2020 and is serving his first term.

As of July 25, 2024, Ricky Dawson Jr did not have a website or any information online.

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- The County Coroner runs the Coroner’s Office, which is responsible for determining the cause, manner, and circumstance of death under the Georgia Death Investigation Act.  
- Deaths that they are responsible for investigating include violent deaths, suicides, sudden deaths, deaths unattended by a physician, suspicious deaths, deaths of children younger than seven years old, executions, deaths of inmates, and deaths of people admitted to a hospital unconscious. 
- The Coroner is responsible for pronouncing someone dead, and for releasing remains to be cremated, transported to another state, or autopsied. 
- All Georgia Coroners are required to attend a 40 hour course at the Georgia State Patrol Training Center and receive 24 hours of in services training on death investigation procedures each year. 
- Coroners are elected to four year terms in nonpartisan elections. 

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