What is the role of a coroners officer?
Coroners’ officers come from a variety of professional backgrounds. They work under the direction of the coroner and liaise with bereaved families, pathologists, the police, doctors, witnesses, funeral directors and many others. They receive reports of deaths and make inquiries at the direction, and on behalf, of a coroner. In Greater London they are civilian staff (not serving police officers) employed by the Metropolitan Police Service. Treasure Treasure is now governed by the Treasure Act 1996. All finders of gold and silver objects, and groups of coins from the same finds, over 300 years old, have a legal obligation to report such items. Now prehistoric base-metal assemblages found after 1st January 2003 also qualify as Treasure. Advice on reporting a find may be found on:http://www.finds.org.uk/treasure and a form downloaded from http://www.finds.org.uk/documents/treasurefinders.pdf The coroner then has a duty to inquire and to determine whether or not the find is indeed treasure.
