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Increased median time for scene arrivals by medical legal investigators
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Council Member Lynn Schulman inquires about the factors contributing to the increased median time for scene arrivals by medical legal investigators. Dr. Jason Graham explains the reasons for the longer response times.
- A sustained 30% increase in case volume has impacted response times
- Internal staffing adjustments, with five death investigators moved to higher-level supervisory roles
- Anticipation of improved response times due to the addition of 83 new positions
Lynn Schulman
4:15:21
Okay.
4:15:21
Great.
4:15:24
Let's see.
4:15:24
What about this?
4:15:25
The median the median time for scene arrivals by medical legal investigators was two hours and twenty five minutes in the first four months of fiscal twenty twenty five while it took one hour and forty eight minutes during the same time period in fiscal twenty twenty four.
4:15:44
In addition, the median time for fiscal twenty twenty four as a whole was two hours and thirteen minutes, which in fiscal twenty twenty three, it was one hour and thirty seven minutes.
4:15:53
So I know you talked a little bit about this.
4:15:55
What factors resulted in OCME's longest seen arrival time?
Jason Graham
4:16:00
This aside from the factors I I mentioned before, I think a couple of other reasons will factor in.
4:16:08
One, the sustained increased case volume, the 30% increase in our volume.
4:16:14
And internally, over the course of the past year, we've also had staffing adjustments within our investigations, forensic investigations division.
4:16:24
Five of our death investigators were moved into higher level supervisory managerial roles, which affected the number of individuals immediately responsive.
4:16:37
We are now with the infusion of this 83 new head count, these new resources, we are fully anticipating that with investigations being one of the areas that will benefit, we're anticipating that this response time will improve considerably over the course of the next year.