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Findings and Recommendations
5 findings
East county currently does not have a deputy coroner to properly investigate questionable deaths.
Related Recommendations (1)
Place a deputy coroner in Blythe to investigate questionable deaths and to supervise body and evidence transfers back to Riverside.
The Sheriff's Department currently does not have an internal toxicological laboratory, and must contract this work outside the county. Further, all county agencies requiring toxicological or phlebotomy services use this outside service.
Related Recommendations (1)
In view of the anticipated doubling of the county's population over the next two decades, the board must plan for the establishment of a county-owned toxicological laboratory at this time. Require all county agencies to use this county laboratory. 4.Expedite the additional morgue in Indio to handle the eastern to mid-county Sheriff- Coroner demands.
The transportation of bodies from the east and mid-counties to Riverside are both time consuming and extremely costly.
No recommendations for this finding
Sheriff-Coroner volunteers are used for administrative work and are not trained for "field assistance" in responding to deaths.
Related Recommendations (1)
Encourage further volunteer involvement. Provide in-depth additional "field" training programs for volunteers in the event of a major catastrophe.
The number of autopsies performed have dropped from 1,200 to about 1,000 (annually) due to budget constraints.
Related Recommendations (1)
Provide additional funding to the Coroner's Bureau to adequately assure that all necessary autopsies are completed.
Additional Recommendations
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These recommendations are not explicitly linked to specific findings.
