A-0300 Definitions.pdf

Kern County Sheriff’s Office Policies and Procedures TITLE: INTRODUCTION – DEFINITIONS NO: A-0300 APPROVED: Donny Youngblood, Sheriff-Coroner EFFECTIVE: REVIEWED: REVISED: UPDATED: August 1, 1990 05/24/2023 03/11/2020 05/24/2023 POLICY The following definitions will govern terminology to be used in all Sheriff’s Office communications. They are presented here to provide uniformity and clarification of terminology commonly used when discussing the operations and organization of the Kern County Sheriff’s Office. DEFINITIONS Absence of the Sheriff-Coroner: In the absence of the Sheriff-Coroner, the responsibility for the operations of the Sheriff’s Office shall succeed to the Undersheriff. In the absence of the Undersheriff, the responsibility for the operations of the Sheriff’s Office shall succeed to a Chief Deputy designated by the Sheriff- Coroner. In the absence of a Chief Deputy, the responsibility for the operations of the Sheriff’s Office shall succeed to a Sheriff’s Commander designated by the Sheriff-Coroner.