Push on to separate coroners from law enforcement in California
The Golden State is currently one of only three states that allow counties to combine the offices of coroner and sheriff
6 January 2022
The Golden State is currently one of only three states that allow counties to combine the offices of coroner and sheriff
6 January 2022
A new bill introduced in the California Assembly this week would separate coroner offices from sheriff's departments. State law places, by default, a county's coroner or medical examiner's office inside its sheriff's department, though the law also allows a county board of supervisors to separate the two entities. Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco counties all have coroners that are independent from law enforcement. But in the vast majority of the state, including three of its five biggest counties — Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino — the office is part the sheriff's department. Activists call this a potential conflict ...