The Arapahoe County Coroner’s Office is responsible for the investigation and completion of the death certificate for the following types of death:
- Sudden deaths not caused by readily recognizable disease
- Deaths occurring under suspicious circumstances or as a result of violence or trauma
- Operative and peri-operative
- Unidentified or unclaimed bodies
- Contagious diseases and any other disease reportable to the state health department
- Sudden infant death syndrome
- Stillbirths
- Bodies to be cremated, buried at sea or otherwise disposed of so as to be thereafter unavailable for examination. Funeral homes will contact coroner.
- Computerized death records or coroner’s cases from 1858 up to the present time
- Monthly statistics of homicides, suicides and motor vehicle accidents
- Annual statistics of all causes of death within the realm of coroner participation
MAIN ISSUES
Investigate specious and unexplained deaths
- SADS Suden Adult Death Syndrome
- Unexplained Anomalies in the autopsy process
- Investigate comorbidities surrounding virial infections
Notify family members of those deaths
- Develop a process to notify family members of the statis of loved one
- Develop a process to notify family members before any cremation
- Develop a follow-up system to ensure families have received closure
Bring more transparency to the office of coroner
- Create a real time support tickets system for families
- Public post quarterly expenditure reports from the coroner’s office
- Annual performance review of the office
Engage with outside agencies to better support businesses and families
- Open the bidding process up to more businesses
- Form working alliances with existing coroners in the state
- Work with government to ensure families are supported