Historical Highlights of the Jefferson Parish Coroner’s Office

Under the direction of Dr. Robert Treuting

1988                            DR ROBERT TREUTING ELECTED

TODAY, DR TREUTING IS THE SECOND LONGEST SERVING CORONER IN JEFFERSON PARISH HISTORY

1990                            JEFFERSON PARISH VOTERS APPROVE A ONE MIL TAX FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF THE JEFFERSON PARISH

FORENSIC FACILITY

1996                            AFTER CAREFUL PLANNING AND RENOVATION OF AN EXISTING BUILDING, THE JEFFERSON PARISH FORENSIC FACILITY OPENS

AT 2018 EIGHTH STREET, HARVEY, LOUISIANA.  THIS PROJECT WAS FINISHED ON TIME AND ON BUDGET

2000                            WITH AN ENDORSEMENT BY THE JEFFERSON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, JEFFERSON PARISH VOTERS RENEW THE ONE MIL AD VALOREM TAX FOR THE CONTINUED GROWTH AND MAINTENANCE OF THE FORENSIC FACILITY  

2003                            INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS SUCH AS THE MENTAL HEALTH TASK FORCE ARE CREATED TO BETTER ASSIST THE MEDICAL AND LEGAL COMMUNITY IN ADDRESSING  MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS

2004                            THE CREATION AND SUPERVISION OF THE JEFFERSON REGIONAL DNA LAB IS ALREADY ONGOING, SAID LAB OBTAINING STATE AND FEDERAL ACCREDITATION.  THIS LAB IS A COOPERATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN THE CORONER, SHERIFF AND DISTRICT ATTORNEY.

2005                            IN THE WAKE OF HURRICANE KATRINA, THE JEFFERSON PARISH CORONER’S OFFICE REMAINS FUNCTIONAL FOR THE METRO REGION AND PERFORMS HUMANITARIAN RELIEF ACTS ACROSS THE REGION

2009                            THE JEFFERSON PARISH CORONER’S OFFICE EARNS ACCREDITATION FROM THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS FOR FORENSIC EXCELLENCE IN DEATH INVESTIGATION.  THIS MAKES THAT OFFICE ONE OF EIGHT CORONER OFFICES TO ACHIEVE THIS HIGH DISTINCTION THROUGHOUT THE NATION.