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New hires at OCME and allocation of positions
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Council Member Lynn Schulman inquires about the allocation of newly funded positions at the Office of Chief Medical Examiner (OCME). Dr. Jason Graham explains how these new hires will be distributed across the agency.
- The preliminary plan added funding for 83 new positions at OCME
- New hires will be distributed across various departments, focusing on forensic operations
- Areas of focus include investigations, mortuary services, and outreach
- While positions for forensic pathologists are available, the challenge is finding qualified candidates to fill them
- The primary focus of the 83 new positions will be on forensic operational areas
Lynn Schulman
3:55:20
The the preliminary plan added $3,900,000 in fiscal twenty twenty five and 11,300,000.0 in fiscal twenty twenty six for the hiring of 83 people at OCME.
3:55:31
How many of these people are forensic pathologists?
Jason Graham
3:55:35
The 83 headcount that will be added to our office is across a range of departments focusing on forensic operations, frontline areas of our operation ranging from investigations to mortuary to outreach.
3:55:53
And we have positions for forensic pathologists.
3:55:57
And the issue is less for us the ability to hire than the number of forensic pathologists available to hire.
3:56:08
So we're in the process of recruiting and hopefully retaining our trainees.
3:56:13
But the the focus of the 83 headcount that's coming to the agency will be directed primarily at forensic operational areas.