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Kimberly Griggs announces election bid for Newton County coroner

As of May 17, 2025, Kimberly L. Griggs did not have a website or any information online.

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Kimberly L. Griggs

Said, "I will lead this community in comforting those who have lost a loved one while providing professional, courteous service to the law enforcement community and all of Newton County's citizens."

- Said, "I will lead this community in comforting those who have lost a loved one while providing professional, courteous service to the law enforcement community and all of Newton County's citizens."

As of May 17, 2025, Gabriel Maurice White’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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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. 