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Extracted from Consolidated Report
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Lake County Grand Jury
• 2021-2022
Lake County Sheriff-Coroner / Autopsy
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Findings 3 findings
F1
Page 181
The Lake County Sheriff–Coroner’s office does not have a formal chain-of-custody procedure for release of a body to the mortuary.
F2
Page 181
The Agreement for Mortuary Services line item 6 states, “The mortuary shall respond, when dispatched, within 30 to 45 minutes but in no event shall mortuaries’ response time exceed 60 minutes.”
F3
Page 181
The Forensic Pathologist has been performing Lake County autopsies since December 2017. In the past, the contract has been automatically renewed. RECOMMENDATIONS
Recommendations 4
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R1Page 181That the Lake County Sheriff-Coroner’s office implement a chain- of-custody process for the movement of remains that includes a signature, printed name, date, and time. (F-1)
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R2Page 181That the response-time requirement in the mortuary contract be enforced. (F-2)
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R3Page 181That the Sheriff-Coroner review the contract and RFP (request for proposal) every five years. (F-3) 2021-2022 Lake County Civil Grand Jury Final Report Page | 181 RESPONSES Pursuant to Penal Code § 933(c), the following responses are required: Lake County Sheriff–Coroner (R-1, R-2, R-3) 60 days Lake County Board of Supervisors (R-1, R-2, R-3) 90 days
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R30-45Page 179minutes, but at no time shall the mortuary response time exceed 60 minutes.