Finding F3.5
The LACO ME’s office has taken several key measures to tighten the safeguards of decedent personal property. A more secure inspection area and the implementation of a digital case management system improved the ability to keep tabs on property. Questions concerning the security of the bin, cage and vaults remain.
Jury report: Our Medical Examiner’s Challenge: Providing State-of-the-Art Services in a Confined, Aging Facility · PDF page 171
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Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors (consolidated County departmental response)
County agrees security measures improved and cites funding acquired for cameras covering bin, cage, and vault areas, with work ongoing. It does not clearly explain which remaining security concern it disputes.
Read official response · PDF page 40Explicit partial disagreement addresses improvements and remaining-area safeguards, but ongoing camera work leaves the disputed portion and reason for rejecting present concerns incomplete. Funding and work assertions lack an identified record. Report physical PDF page(s) 171; County response physical PDF page(s) 40. 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.