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Faulkner County panel forwards coroner staffing reorganization after rise in death-scene responses
Summary
The Faulkner County Quorum Court personnel committee voted to send Personnel Committee Resolution 25-03 to the county budget process after reviewing data showing a sharp increase in death-scene responses since 2016 and a proposal to convert part-time funding into an additional full-time coroner position.
The Faulkner County Quorum Court personnel committee voted to forward Personnel Committee Resolution 25-03 to the county budget process after hearing that death-scene responses have risen substantially since 2016.
Administrator Higgins, speaking to the committee, presented statistics prepared for the committee showing 694 death-scene responses in 2016, 1,151 responses in the most recent full year, and 722 responses in the first six months of the current year. Higgins told the committee that the combination of more calls and increased administrative work per case has created a manpower shortfall in the…
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