Policy Text
DONNY YOUNGBLOOD 1350 Norris Road, Bakersfield, California 93308-2231
Sheriff-Coroner Telephone (661) 391-7500
TRAINING BULLETIN
ISSUE: 22-28 DATE: July 20, 2022
CONFIDENTIALITY AND RESPONSE TO SEXUAL ASSAULTS
There has been a lapse in the documentation required under PC 293. All reports containing
a victim of “sex offenses” must have a sentence indicating that the victim was informed of
their right and the response of the victim.
“Sex offenses” include sections 220, 261, 261.5, 262, 264, 264.1, 265, 266, 266a, 266b, 266c,
266e, 266f, 266j, 267, 269, 273a, 273d, 273.5, 285, 286, 287, 288, 288.2, 288.3, 288.4, 288.5,
288.7, 289, 422.6, 422.7, 422.75, 646.9, or 647.6 of the Penal Code.
Penal Code Section 293 requires the following:
(a) An employee of a law enforcement agency who personally receives a report
from a person, alleging that the person making the report has been the victim of a
sex offense, shall inform that person that his or her name will become a matter of
public record unl