Policy Text
Kern County Sheriff’s Office
Investigations Division
TITLE: Detective Social Media Account Policy NO: A-700
APPROVED: Commander Raul Murillo
EFFECTIVE: REVIEWED: REVISED: UPDATED:
4/21/2020 03/24/2023 03/24/2023
POLICY
The Kern County Sheriff’s Office operates multiple agency social media accounts to effectively
distribute information to the community. One feature that is generally not permitted on agency
accounts is the ability to send messages directly to users. Frequently, individual social media
account users will indicate their knowledge of information in a case or may post potential
evidence in a criminal investigation. For this purpose, having the ability to communicate directly
with members of the public via social media can be beneficial to a criminal investigation. For
this reason, a Detective Facebook Inc. account has been created for the purpose of
communication.
The Detective Facebook Inc.