Policy Text
Kern County Sheriff’s Office
Investigations Division
TITLE: Guidelines for Special Victims Unit Detective Call-Out NO: C-100
APPROVED: Commander Raul Murillo
EFFECTIVE: REVIEWED: REVISED: UPDATED:
10/19/2010 03/24/2023 12/18/2019 03/24/2023
POLICY
As needed, Detectives assigned to the Special Victims Unit (SVU) will be available to assist
Field Operation Bureau personnel.
DIRECTIVE A
Requests for the Special Victims Unit (SVU) should be made by the on-duty supervisor to the
SVU Sergeant or on-call Investigations Sergeant. The SVU Sergeant will evaluate and determine
what resources are needed along with the appropriate Detective response if warranted. Homicide
and critical incident call outs will have primary consideration in the ultimate determination to
utilize Homicide Detectives.
The general guidelines for response / call-out of Detectives are:
1. Child abuse / endangerment investigations with serious injuries to a child.