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Geographical and time-related factors affecting scene arrival times
4:16:56
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Council Member Lynn Schulman inquires about specific neighborhoods or factors that might lead to longer arrival times for investigators. Dr. Jason Graham explains the various factors affecting response times.
- Time of day significantly impacts response times due to traffic flow
- OCME vehicles lack emergency responder status, affecting their ability to navigate traffic
- Various citywide variables contribute to response times, including travel distances to different boroughs
Lynn Schulman
4:16:56
Are there specific neighborhoods that take longer for an investigator to arrive?
4:17:01
Or is that just I mean, you sort of alluded to it a little bit.
Jason Graham
4:17:05
Yeah.
4:17:05
There are many factors aside from just geography and the city.
4:17:09
I think the time of day also has, clear implications with respect to traffic flow and our ability to, again without emergency responders status, be able to respond in a timely way from Northern Bronx to Staten Island to Far Rockaways.
4:17:27
And so it's a it's a citywide set of variables.