Policy Text
Kern County Sheriff’s Office
Investigations Division
TITLE:
On-Call Criteria – Homicide
NO: B-300
APPROVED: Commander Raul Murillo
EFFECTIVE:
05/15/2008
REVIEWED:
03/24/2023
REVISED:
12/18/2019
UPDATED:
03/24/2023
B-300-1
POLICY
The Kern County Sheriff’s Office Homicide Unit consists of one Sergeant and eight Detectives.
The eight Detectives are broken down into four two-man teams. They are on-call for one week
at a time, which begins on Thursday at 0700 and runs until the next Thursday at 0700. This
schedule allows them to be on-call once every four weeks. Additionally, there are two
Detectives assigned to other Investigations Units that are “on call.” These Detectives generally
assist Homicide Detectives by working with the Crime Scene Investigations Unit in the
identification, documentation and collection of evidence. This allows the Homicide Detective
“team” to concentrate on the rest of the investigation, including interviewing witnesses, suspects,