(1200) Coroner Division

The Coroner Division is an investigative unit responsible for carrying out the statutory duties of the Coroner. Those duties include investigation into the circumstances surrounding all deaths falling within the Coroner’s jurisdiction for the purpose of determining the identity of the deceased, the medical cause of death, the manner of death, and the date and time of death. Investigations are conducted countywide on all homicides, suicides, accidents, suspicious and unexplained deaths. Other duties include notifying the next of kin, safeguarding personal property, collection of evidence, and completion of mandatory records and documents.

• Provided coroner training to operations staff
• Retrofitted morgue to meet expansion needs

• Cost of indigent burials
• Increased cost of toxicology

• Continue relationship with Serenity Transport and Santa Clara County Medical Examiner