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Because it is difficult to get people that are so well trained to work in that county, yet the work needs to be done. Many counties require that a coroner be a
by Balgair 7y ago
Because it is difficult to get people that are so well trained to work in that county, yet the work needs to be done. Many counties require that a coroner be a licensed MD with training/experience in the coroner's office. These costs necessitate a high salary to pay off such educational investments and also due to supply and demand. That particular county is very poor and there is little to attract such caliber of people outside of money. Money that largely does not exist. So, one solution is to take anyone that will volunteer for the job. One way to sugarcoat this is to elect the coroner and make it seem like 'the people' have taken this risk upon themselves. Sure, many elected coroners are well trained and very good at their jobs. But those people are not the issue. Having massively undertrained people do this job is glaringly stupid on just so many levels, but what other option exists? The job market has spoken.
- beagle3 7y agoSame things can be said about practically any professional job. If the job is required, it should pay market salary, as it does in essentially every other profession. Why not elect system administrators? Everything you mention is true of them in many places as well.
- Balgair 7y agoI mean, I'm not arguing for this method, it is obviously crazy and has contributed to a lot of issues in other parts of the country [0]. I'm just giving the rationale I have heard from others. [0] https://www.newsweek.com/2016/10/28/teen-suicide-contagious-colorado-springs-511365.html https://www.newsweek.com/2016/10/28/teen-suicide-contagious-...
- beagle3 7y agoThanks, appreciate your response, though I must say it sounds like a post-factum rationalization to an existing practice, and not the real reason it got this way.
- DanBC 7y agoIt's really weird to me to see US reporting on suicide. Journalists understand that suicide is contagious, but take no responsibility to decontaminate their own writing. The report you linked is written in a dangerous way. It will cause death.