{"id":120673,"date":"2021-05-18T08:16:21","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T15:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.46.6.243\/?p=120673"},"modified":"2021-05-18T08:16:21","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T15:16:21","slug":"combining-departments-may-double-or-triple-costs-increase-liability-says-coroner-raggio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=120673","title":{"rendered":"Combining Departments May Double or Triple Costs &#038; Increase Liability Says Coroner Raggio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Angels Camp, CA&#8230;We sat down for a few minutes Monday morning with Calaveras County Coroner Kevin Raggio.  The county is discussing combining the Sheriff and Coroner Departments.  Roughly half of California counties have done so.  Conventional wisdom dictates that combining departments may drive cost savings.  In Calaveras County however the Coroner says it may double or triple yearly costs and necessitate significant capital improvement costs if the county has to construct facilities to house the department.<\/p>\n<div id=\"kgvid_kgvid_0_wrapper\" class=\"kgvid_wrapper\">\n<div id=\"video_kgvid_0_div\" class=\"fitvidsignore kgvid_videodiv\" data-id=\"kgvid_0\" data-kgvid_video_vars=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;kgvid_0&quot;,&quot;attachment_id&quot;:120672,&quot;player_type&quot;:&quot;Video.js v8&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:&quot;640&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:&quot;360&quot;,&quot;fullwidth&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;countable&quot;:true,&quot;count_views&quot;:&quot;quarters&quot;,&quot;start&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;pauseothervideos&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;set_volume&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;muted&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;meta&quot;:true,&quot;endofvideooverlay&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;resize&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;auto_res&quot;:&quot;automatic&quot;,&quot;pixel_ratio&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;right_click&quot;:&quot;on&quot;,&quot;playback_rate&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;KevinRaggio&quot;,&quot;nativecontrolsfortouch&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;locale&quot;:&quot;en&quot;,&quot;enable_resolutions_plugin&quot;:false}\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/KevinRaggio_thumb1.jpg\"><meta itemprop=\"embedUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?attachment_id=120672&#038;kgvid_video_embed%5Benable%5D=true\"><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/KevinRaggio.mp4\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"KevinRaggio\"><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Video\"><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-05-17T23:55:59-07:00\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<video id=\"video_kgvid_0\" playsinline controls preload=\"metadata\" poster=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/KevinRaggio_thumb1.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"fitvidsignore video-js kg-video-js-skin\"><source src=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/KevinRaggio.mp4?id=0\" type=\"video\/mp4\" data-res=\"720p\"><\/video>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div style=\"display:none\" id=\"video_kgvid_0_meta\" class=\"kgvid_video_meta kgvid_video_meta_hover kgvid_no_title_meta\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class='kgvid_meta_icons'>\t\t\t\t<span id='kgvid_kgvid_0_shareicon' class='vjs-icon-share' onclick='kgvid_share_icon_click(\"kgvid_0\");'><\/span><\/p>\n<div id='click_trap_kgvid_0' class='kgvid_click_trap'><\/div>\n<div id='video_kgvid_0_embed' class='kgvid_share_container kgvid_no_title_meta'>\n<div class='kgvid_share_icons'><span class='kgvid_embedcode_container'><span class='kgvid-icons kgvid-icon-embed'><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Embed: <\/span><span><input class='kgvid_embedcode' type='text'>https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?attachment_id=120672&#038;videopack%5Benable%5D=true<\/a>&#8216; onClick=&#8217;this.select();&#8217;&gt;<\/span> <span class='kgvid_start_time'><input type='checkbox' class='kgvid_start_at_enable' onclick='kgvid_set_start_at(\"kgvid_0\")'> Start at: <input type='text' class='kgvid_start_at' onkeyup='kgvid_change_start_at(\"kgvid_0\")'><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class='kgvid_social_icons'><a title='Share on Twitter' href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=false&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fnew.thepinetree.net%2F%3Fattachment_id%3D120672' onclick='window.open(this.href, \"\", \"menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=260,width=600\");return false;'><span class='vjs-icon-twitter'><\/span><\/a>&nbsp;<a title='Share on Facebook' href='https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fnew.thepinetree.net%2F%3Fattachment_id%3D120672' onclick='window.open(this.href, \"\", \"menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=260,width=600\");return false;'><span class='vjs-icon-facebook'><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"kgvid-download-link\" href=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/KevinRaggio.mp4\" title=\"Click to download\" download data-alt_link=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?attachment_id=120672&amp;videopack&#091;download&#093;=true\"><span class=\"kgvid-icons kgvid-icon-download\"><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Another reason not to combine the departments in this era of increased scrutiny of law enforcement is potential increased liability in cases of officer involved shootings or deaths in law enforcement custody.<\/p>\n<p>If merged Law Enforcement would structurally be in charge of investigating and reporting on themselves.  In the current departmental structure it is not only a completely separate department in charge of autopsies and causes of death it is a different elected official.<\/p>\n<p>Our conversation is above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Angels Camp, CA&#8230;We sat down for a few minutes Monday morning with Calaveras County Coroner Kevin Raggio. The county is discussing combining the Sheriff and Coroner Departments. Roughly half of California counties have done so. Conventional wisdom dictates that combining departments may drive cost savings. 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