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Attendants now have digital cameras to use.

The Warehouse is now divided into two distinct areas: one for Public Guardian and the other for Public Administrator.

The Public Administrator and Public Guardian have developed their own case management computer system which allows better tracking of inventories and management of property.

The Public Administrator and Public Guardian intend to implement a bar code system when budgetary constraints allow.

Personal property is securely stored in steel containers the employees called “pods.” Property is stored with portable partitions to separate one client’s property from another’s. Each unit is inventoried and the “pod” is sealed with a tamper-evident seal that has a serial number that must be recorded any time entry is made. The Public Administrator and the Public Guardian use separate containers. Firearms and ammunition from estates are maintained under the care and custody of the Sheriff/Coroner until the estates are liquidated.

Currently the warehouse is managed by two Estate Property Specialists who work for the Public Guardian. The warehouse is equipped with a digital camera security system that is monitored on the Public Guardian computers and visitors are required, upon entry, to sign a log-in sheet.

A few special items such as bibles, photographs, keepsakes or old historical records that will never be destroyed are stored in archival quality boxes. COMMENDATION The Grand Jury commends the Public Administrator and the Public Guardian for implementing the recommendations of the 2004-2005 Grand Jury.