But the amount of services this office can produce on that budget is amazing. That served a population of about 1 million. Here we are over 10 million, so if you do the math, the budget should be 10 times the amount. It's barely five times that amount.
We are the premiere coroner's office in the United States, especially in light of — I won't mind reiterating — the budget we have. I think we serve the people of Los Angeles County very well. I found out about it because the consulting group called me — it was very flattering. I was sitting at my desk in Riverside County and they'd given me a call and said, "We have this opening and we'd like you to consider applying for it.
One at a time! I think they were looking for, can we work with this individual? Is this someone we can rely on, converse with, set policy with.
The reality is most of it is going to be administrative, and less actually performing autopsies; I will have to keep my skill set up. I was born and raised in East L. It's changed dramatically [but] a lot of things look vaguely familiar.
I can find the medical center! Throughout school I was going to be a marine biologist. I loved the ocean; my dad took me fishing on a boat out of San Pedro. I went to UC Davis undergrad and discovered that trying to make a profession out of it was going to be very difficult. That required a change in the road.
The group of people I played basketball with, all hard science majors, were influencing me to go into health sciences. I became an EMT while I was going to school. I was getting recruited to be a biochemist but I decided to try medical school like my compadres. I got in with the intent of becoming an emergency room physician because I liked ER. I got into UC Davis and loved it. Again, people I was playing basketball with at UC Davis were pathologists. So, pathology!
We got to rotate through the coroner's office and that finally led me into forensic pathology. This has to be a difficult job emotionally. Are there cases that stay with you? Of course. Ricky and Conrad Morales — two brothers who were killed by their aunt and uncle several years ago. One was encased in concrete. Cases like that will absolutely leave an indelible mark on your soul, but alternatively, it's what I do — I speak for those two kids.
I sought justice for them. Their aunt and uncle are now on death row because of the role that I played. It takes a certain type of individual to work in the profession, it truly does. You have to be able to divorce the horrors that we see here from what we do when we go home.
However we deal with those emotions, we have to be very, very good at it. For me, it's the ability to put things in boxes.
When I leave the office, I can maintain that box and keep it there. I see [mysteries] every day. Every day is a puzzle for me. Every day I have to figure out something. So I don't enjoy that type of literature. I do enjoy fantasy and science fiction — Tolkien, Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury. Shows like "CSI," while sometimes entertaining, can annoy me. I did! I met Jack Klugman on two occasions. Is this your profile? If you are experiencing any of the following conditions, please call the office at Schedule an appointment.
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