King County Executive Dow Constantine has issued an executive order to revise the process for judicial inquiries into law enforcement-involved deaths. The executive order was announced on Wednesday and goes into effect immediately.

King County Executive Dow Constantine issued an executive order Wednesday that will streamline inquests into law enforcement-involved deaths.

According to a press release from the King County Executive, under the County Charter, an inquest is held whenever an interaction with law enforcement or corrections officers plays a significant part in a person’s death and is an administrative, fact-finding inquiry into the causes and circumstances of the death.