Opinion

Dear Ms. Sigler:

Your request for an opinion has been forwarded to me for research and reply.1 In your request you have expressed concern about the burdening of Calcasieu Parish's local hospital emergency rooms by coroners of neighboring parishes. You have indicated that coroners in neighboring parishes are rather routinely issuing Orders of Protective Custody ("OPC") directing sheriffs' deputies of their respective parishes to transport potential mental health patients to the emergency rooms of Lake Charles' hospitals for evaluation and possible treatment instead of utilizing treatment…