Policy Text
Kern County Sheriff’s Office
Policies and Procedures
TITLE:
DUTIES OF PERSONNEL – DETENTIONS
DEPUTIES
NO: B-250
APPROVED: Donny Youngblood, Sheriff-Coroner
EFFECTIVE:
March 1, 2005
REVIEWED:
5/24/2023
REVISED:
6/28/2007
UPDATED:
9/04/2020
B-250-1
POLICY
The Kern County Sheriff’s Office recognizes that Detentions Deputies have responsibilities and
limitations imposed by law that do not apply to other employees. It is therefore necessary to list
duties for Detentions Deputies in addition to those that apply to all members as detailed in
Section B-100 of this manual.
Sheriff’s Detentions Deputy are peace officers, as defined in Penal Code § 830.1(c), whose
authority extends to any place in the state only while engaged in the performance of assigned
duties in order to carry out the primary function of employment relating to his or her custodial
assignment, or while performing other law enforcement duties directed by the Sheriff-Coroner
during a local sta