Finding F3.2
The examination/autopsy facilities of the LACO Medical Examiner are inadequate compared to those of other counties and located in an outdated 1974 building. The inadequacy issues lead to an inability to increase forensic staff, resulting in increasing delays in processing, which will only become more extensive as workloads increase. The lack of adequate numbers of pathologists leads to existing staff being overworked and stressed
Jury report: Our Medical Examiner’s Challenge: Providing State-of-the-Art Services in a Confined, Aging Facility · PDF page 170
Permanent linkOfficial response
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors (consolidated County departmental response)
County partially disagrees, citing added forensic technicians and a pathologist assistant expected to start that summer. It does not resolve the finding's aged-facility, processing-delay, or staff-stress propositions.
Read official response · PDF page 39Position is explicit, but disputed scope is materially incomplete across the compound finding. Specific support-staff duties explain proposed caseload relief; staffing assertions have no identified underlying record. Report physical PDF page(s) 170; County response physical PDF page(s) 39. Claims remain attributed; adoption date is not a filing or receipt date.
This review evaluates the response document. Implementation claims have not been independently verified.