AG Daniel Cameron assembles task force to review Kentucky's search warrant process
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Updated: 12:35 PM EDT May 7, 2021
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Updated: 12:35 PM EDT May 7, 2021
WLKY Digital Team
Kentucky's attorney general wants a full review and possible revamp of the state's search warrant process.This comes in the wake of Breonna Taylor's death, whose case sparked many questions about why a certain search warrant was issued for her home.The task force includes several people who are part of the process including judges, police officers and prosecutors to name a few.AG Daniel Cameron, who presented charges for the night Taylor died which led to one indictment unrelated to her death, said he wants to make sure warrants are issued properly and executed safely, and he hopes the results of this study will serve as a model for the country. Here's the group, many from Louisville: Denise Bentley, former Democrat Louisville Metro Councilwoman, legislative assistant to Metro Council District 5, representing citizens at-large Lt. Bryan Bogard, Covington Police Department, representing the Kentucky Fraternal Order of Police Col. Phillip Burnett, Jr., Commissioner, Kentucky State Police Judge Foster Cotthoff, District Court Judge, 3rd Judicial District, Christian County, representing the Kentucky Court of Justice Judge Charles Cunningham, Circuit Court Judge, 30th Judicial Circuit, Jefferson County, representing the Kentucky Court of Justice Jeff Gregory, mayor, City of Elizabethtown, representing the Kentucky League of Cities Nicolai Jilek, commissioner, Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training Rep. Ed Massey, Chair, House Judiciary Committee Ramon McGee, attorney, The Law Office of Ramon McGee, representing the Kentucky Conference of the NAACP Chief Joe Monroe, University of Kentucky Police Department, representing the Kentucky Association of Chiefs of Police David L. Nicholson, circuit court clerk, Jefferson County, representing the Kentucky Association of Counties Damon Preston, public advocate Joseph Ross, county attorney, Logan County, representing the Kentucky County Attorneys Association Rob Sanders, Commonwealth’s Attorney, 16th Judicial Circuit, representing the Kentucky Commonwealth’s Attorneys’ Association Sheriff Walt Sholar, Bullitt County Sheriff’s Office, representing the Kentucky Sheriffs’ Association Det. Elizabeth Thomas, Lexington Police Department, representing the Kentucky Narcotics Officers Association Senator Whitney Westerfield, chair, Senate Judiciary Committee George Wright, professor, Senior Adviser to the President, and Vice President for Institutional Diversity, University of Kentucky, representing citizens at-largeThe group will meet over the next several months and conclude by the end of the year.