School Safety in Jeopardy Issue The School Resource Officer (sro) is a program in middle and high schools serving

City of Sacramento

December 12, 2003 • 14 pages • 1 response • Score: +1 (+1, 0, 0) View Details ▾

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City of Sacramento

December 12, 2003 • 14 pages • 1 response • Score: +1 (+1, 0, 0) View Details ▾

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County of Sacramento

September 30, 2012 • 23 pages • 5 responses • Score: +4 (+4, 1, 0) View Details ▾

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5 responses to findings and recommendations

F1

The School Resource Officer is essential to the safety of students at school.

Response: Disagree Partially Score: 0

Disagree With Finding - Death investigation is a team effort that is jointly conducted by the forensic pathologists and the Deputy Coroners to determine the circumstances, manner and cause of death. The forensic pathologists are qualified to determine the cause of The Deputy Coroners are trained in law enforcement techniques to ascertain the death. circumstances surrounding the death and medically educated to determine the manner of death, which can be a homicide, a suicide, an accident, a natural death, or undetermined. Grand Jury Finding #2. In the United States there has been a trend in lar...

R1

That all comprehensive high schools which serve Sacramento County students have on campus a school resource officer.

Response: Will Implement

Scheduled: Fiscal Year 2003-2004 Score: +1

Implementation of Recommendation Not Warranted - The Grand Jury does not present a factual basis for its recommendation to establish a Medical Examiner's Office. There are no references to mismanagement in the Coroner's Office or situations where cases were inappropriately handled. Rather, a theoretical construct and/or preference for a Medical Examiner's Office is presented that is based on research. The Coroner's Office is autonomous, independently funded as a separate department, and reports to the Board of Supervisors through the Public Protection Agency Administrator and County Executive....

R2

That intermediate schools have a school resource officer.

Response: Will Implement

Scheduled: Fiscal Year 2003-2004 Score: +1

Implementation of Recommendation Not Warranted - No factual basis is presented by the Grand Jury to support this recommendation. Appointment of a board certified forensic pathologist to manage the Coroner's Office and/or a Medical Examiner's Office would increase County general fund costs without improving the County's mandate to determine the circumstances, manner, and cause of coroner cases in Sacramento County. Grand Jury Recommendation #3. The Chief Medical Examiner should be selected by a search committee of medical experts utilizing non-political and strictly professional criteria, inclu...

R4

That the safety of students be recognized by including the school resource officers program in the budgets of the Sheriff’s Department and the school districts serving the unincorporated areas of the county for 2003-2004.

Response: Will Implement

Scheduled: Fiscal Year 2003-2004 Score: +1

Implementation Under Way, With Qualification - A Medical Examiner's Office is not needed to achieve this recommendation. The Coroner's Office agrees with the intent of this recommendation and has developed a strong relationship UCDMC since moving into the present building in July of 1996. Since 1996, UCDMC and the Coroner's Office have had a contractual agreement where UCDMC utilizes the Coroner's Office for morgue facilities and morgue attendant personnel. Pathology residents from the University rotate through the Coroner's Office for autopsy experience and in-service education provided by th...

R5

That the safety of students be recognized by including the school resource officers program in the budgets of the Sacramento Police Department and the Sacramento Unified School District for 2003-2004.

Response: Will Implement

Scheduled: Fiscal Year 2003-2004 Score: +1

Implementation of Recommendation Not Warranted (In Part) The investigation of inmate deaths is performed by an independent Sacramento County Coroner's Office. A Medical Examiner's Office is not needed to conduct this function. All in-custody deaths include a two-part investigation that includes the Sheriff's Department and the Coroner's Office. In addition, these deaths are reported to the State Attorney General's Office for review. Cynthia Besemer, Chief Deputy District Attorney, does not concur the District Attorney's Office should be involved in the investigation of inmate deaths. The Corre...

County of Sacramento

August 26, 2003 • 23 pages • 5 responses • Score: +4 (+4, 1, 0) View Details ▾

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5 responses to findings and recommendations

F1

The School Resource Officer is essential to the safety of students at school.

Response: Disagree Partially Score: 0

Disagree With Finding - Death investigation is a team effort that is jointly conducted by the forensic pathologists and the Deputy Coroners to determine the circumstances, manner and cause of death. The forensic pathologists are qualified to determine the cause of The Deputy Coroners are trained in law enforcement techniques to ascertain the death. circumstances surrounding the death and medically educated to determine the manner of death, which can be a homicide, a suicide, an accident, a natural death, or undetermined. Grand Jury Finding #2. In the United States there has been a trend in lar...

R1

That all comprehensive high schools which serve Sacramento County students have on campus a school resource officer.

Response: Will Implement

Scheduled: Fiscal Year 2003-2004 Score: +1

Implementation of Recommendation Not Warranted - The Grand Jury does not present a factual basis for its recommendation to establish a Medical Examiner's Office. There are no references to mismanagement in the Coroner's Office or situations where cases were inappropriately handled. Rather, a theoretical construct and/or preference for a Medical Examiner's Office is presented that is based on research. The Coroner's Office is autonomous, independently funded as a separate department, and reports to the Board of Supervisors through the Public Protection Agency Administrator and County Executive....

R2

That intermediate schools have a school resource officer.

Response: Will Implement

Scheduled: Fiscal Year 2003-2004 Score: +1

Implementation of Recommendation Not Warranted - No factual basis is presented by the Grand Jury to support this recommendation. Appointment of a board certified forensic pathologist to manage the Coroner's Office and/or a Medical Examiner's Office would increase County general fund costs without improving the County's mandate to determine the circumstances, manner, and cause of coroner cases in Sacramento County. Grand Jury Recommendation #3. The Chief Medical Examiner should be selected by a search committee of medical experts utilizing non-political and strictly professional criteria, inclu...

R4

That the safety of students be recognized by including the school resource officers program in the budgets of the Sheriff’s Department and the school districts serving the unincorporated areas of the county for 2003-2004.

Response: Will Implement

Scheduled: Fiscal Year 2003-2004 Score: +1

Implementation Under Way, With Qualification - A Medical Examiner's Office is not needed to achieve this recommendation. The Coroner's Office agrees with the intent of this recommendation and has developed a strong relationship UCDMC since moving into the present building in July of 1996. Since 1996, UCDMC and the Coroner's Office have had a contractual agreement where UCDMC utilizes the Coroner's Office for morgue facilities and morgue attendant personnel. Pathology residents from the University rotate through the Coroner's Office for autopsy experience and in-service education provided by th...

R5

That the safety of students be recognized by including the school resource officers program in the budgets of the Sacramento Police Department and the Sacramento Unified School District for 2003-2004.

Response: Will Implement

Scheduled: Fiscal Year 2003-2004 Score: +1

Implementation of Recommendation Not Warranted (In Part) The investigation of inmate deaths is performed by an independent Sacramento County Coroner's Office. A Medical Examiner's Office is not needed to conduct this function. All in-custody deaths include a two-part investigation that includes the Sheriff's Department and the Coroner's Office. In addition, these deaths are reported to the State Attorney General's Office for review. Cynthia Besemer, Chief Deputy District Attorney, does not concur the District Attorney's Office should be involved in the investigation of inmate deaths. The Corre...

Sacramento City Unified School District

September 24, 2003 • 2 pages View Details ▾

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Sacramento City Unified School District

September 24, 2003 • 2 pages View Details ▾

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School Safety in Jeopardy Issue The School Resource Officer (sro) is a program in middle and high schools serving

Findings and Recommendations 1 findings

Additional Recommendations 5

Commendations 6

Agency Responses 6

No Responses Found 3