Arkansas Coroners’ Association

09/02/2026

Good morning,
The Arkansas County Coroners Association invites you to attend Sudden Unexpected Infant Death Investigation (SUIDI) Training on Tuesday, October 6, 2026, at the Union County Training Center in El Dorado. This professional development opportunity will provide coroners with the knowledge and practical skills needed to conduct thorough and comprehensive infant death investigations.
During this training, participants will learn how to:

*Differentiate types of sudden unexpected infant death from deaths involving abuse or neglect
*Apply knowledge of normal infant development to investigative findings
*Conduct comprehensive scene investigations using CDC reporting methods
*Use appropriate and effective interviewing techniques
*Perform doll reenactments to document sleep environments accurately
*Recognize how consumer products may contribute to infant deaths
*Apply the principles of the CDC’s SUIDI investigative model

Training Details
Date: Tuesday, October 6, 2026
Time: 8 a.m.–5 p.m.
Location: Union County Training Center
460 W. Oak
El Dorado, Arkansas 71730
The course is POST-approved through ADLEST for eight hours of training credit.
Instructor
Kevin Cleghorn
D-ABMDI, ARMDI, NREMT-P (Ret.)
President, Arkansas County Coroners Association
Valor Technical Cleaning will provide meals and snacks for participants.
The online registration deadline is September 30, 2026. Online Registration Link. https://associationofarkansascounties.regfox.com/arkansas-county-coroners-association-suidi-course-october-6-2026-el-dorado-arkansas
Please note that travel or other reimbursements will not be available for this training.
For registration questions or additional information, please contact Kevin Cleghorn at 501-317-2544 or [email protected].

I hope you will take advantage of this valuable training opportunity.

08/12/2026

Arkansas Coroners Association 2026

08/12/2026

08/11/2026

Congratulations Dr. Brown! Thank you for all you do for our state! We know you will honor and represent well!

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Theodore Brown, Director of the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory and Chief Medical Examiner, on his nomination to serve as 2027 Vice President of the National Association of Medical Examiners (NAME)!
The nomination is recognition of Dr. Brown’s leadership, expertise, and commitment to advancing forensic pathology and is an indicator that he is a respected leader among medical examiners, forensic pathologists, and medicolegal professionals.

08/11/2026

Let it begin!

08/06/2026

Good morning,
PLEASE SHARE WITH THE INVESTIGATIVE AGENCIES IN YOUR AREAS! ALL ARE WELCOME!

I wanted to send a reminder and personally encourage you to register for the Arkansas Coroners’ Association 2026 Medicolegal Death Investigation Conference, September 21–23, 2026.
This year’s symposium theme is “Back to the Basics,” and the agenda is built around the core responsibilities, practical skills and real-world challenges coroners, deputy coroners and medicolegal death investigators face in their work.
The symposium will include sessions on:
• Medicolegal death investigation and crime-scene investigation collaboration
• Investigative ethics
• Investigating natural deaths
• Postmortem scene and body assessment
• Postmortem changes
• Su***de investigations
• Courtroom testimony
• Documentation
• Child death investigations
• Arkansas mass fatality response
• Environmental death investigations
• Crime-scene photography
• Certification of death
• Cases from the field and a question-and-answer panel
This will be a valuable opportunity to learn from experienced professionals, strengthen your investigative practices, ask questions and connect with coroners and death-investigation professionals from across Arkansas.
The online registration deadline is Tuesday, September 1, 2026. Please register by the deadline so we can finalize conference materials, meals and seating. This conference will take place at the Benton Events Center.
I have attached a list of attendees as of this morning. Please click on the link below if you do not see your name on the list.
Online registration link:
https://associationofarkansascounties.regfox.com/arkansas-county-coroners-association-september-21-23-2026-symposium

Thank you for the important work you do for your counties, your communities, and the families you serve. I hope you will make plans to join us in September for this meaningful and informative symposium.

Get tickets online for Arkansas County Coroners Association-September 21-23, 2026 Symposium here.

08/06/2026

Upcoming events in Arkansas

08/06/2026

From the ACA Exec Board: Annual meeting is next Wednesday in Hot Springs at 3:00PM

Annual Conference in Benton Sept 21-23

06/16/2026

I had the privilege of attending and lecturing at the Wyoming Coroner’s Association Summer Conference last week. It was an honor to represent my county, state and the IACME and to be able to share with a wonderful group of Medicolegal Death Investigators! Thank you for making me feel welcome and for allowing me the time to network and share with your Coroners!