Policy Text
KERN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
Detentions Bureau
Policies and Procedures
TITLE: ARREST AUTHORITY – DETENTIONS PERSONNEL C-1300
EFFECTIVE: REVIEWED: REVISED: UPDATED:
July 23, 1997 07-11-24 01-27-12 07-11-24
APPROVED BY: Detentions Bureau Chief Deputy Cindy Cisneros
REFERENCE: P.C. 830, 830.1, 836
POLICY
Deputy Sheriffs and Detention Deputies are peace officers that are granted authority to
effect arrests in obedience to a warrant or, pursuant to the authority granted to them by
the Penal Code, without a warrant.
Detention Deputies are granted authority to effect arrests only in circumstances related
to their custodial duties.
DIRECTIVE #1
Deputy Sheriffs and Detention Deputies assigned to the Detentions Bureau may arrest
a person whenever any of the following circumstances occur:
• In obedience to a warrant;
• When the Deputy has probable cause to believe that the person to be arrested
has committed a public offense in the Deputy’s presence;
• When the person arrested has committed a fel