A-1900 Foreign Consular Notification.pdf

Page 1 of 4 KERN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE Detentions Bureau Policies and Procedures TITLE: FOREIGN CONSULAR NOTIFICATION A-1900 EFFECTIVE: REVIEWED: REVISED: UPDATED: December 12, 2003 07-11-24 03-05-15 07-11-24 APPROVED BY: REFERENCE: Detentions Bureau Chief Deputy Cindy Cisneros 1963 VCCR, P.C. 834(c), DPPM J-110 POLICY Penal Code 834(c) requires California law enforcement agencies to conform to the 1963 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations Treaty (VCCR). The Treaty obligates law enforcement officers to advise “without delay” any foreign national who is arrested or detained that they have the right to speak to an official from their country's consulate. If an individual chooses to exercise that right, the law enforcement official is required to notify the appropriate consulate. In the case of certain countries, such notification is required regardless of the foreign national’s wishes. Compliance with the treaty, through prompt and courteous notifications to