Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner

Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner
Department overview
FormedJune 24, 1850
Preceding department
  • Los Angeles County Coroner
JurisdictionLos Angeles County, California
HeadquartersBoyle Heights, Los Angeles, California
Department executive
  • Odey C. Ukpo M.D., Chief Medical Examiner
Websiteme.lacounty.gov

The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner is the medical examiner's office of the government of the County of Los Angeles, California. It is located at the Boyle Heights neighborhood in Los Angeles.

Established in its current form on December 17, 1920, by an ordinance approved by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, the office has a history dating back to the appointment of the first county coroner in 1850. The LACDME was previously known as both the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner and the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner.

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