Policy Text
Kern County Sheriff’s Office
Policies and Procedures
TITLE: DUTIES OF PERSONNEL - TESTIFYING NO: B-700
APPROVED: Donny Youngblood, Sheriff-Coroner
EFFECTIVE: REVIEWED: REVISED: UPDATED:
August 1, 1990 7/25/2023 4/20/2005 11/17/2020
POLICY
All members called to testify before the courts are to be punctual in their attendance. They shall
testify with the greatest accuracy and truthfulness, confining themselves to the case before the
court or inquest and neither suppress nor overstate the slightest circumstances with a view of
favoring or discrediting any person. When cross-examined, they shall answer with the same
readiness and civility as when testifying in support of the charge, remembering that the ends of
justice will be better served by showing a desire simply to tell the whole truth, whether it be in
favor of or against the defendant.
All sworn members of the Sheriff’s Office are required, if called upon or subpoenaed as a
witness in a criminal proceeding, to testify concerning the