Policy Text
C-300-1
Kern County Sheriff’s Office – Communications Section
Policies and Procedures
TITLE:
DESTRUCTION OF PUBLIC RECORDS
NO: C-300
APPROVED:
Commander John Carpenter
EFFECTIVE:
August 18, 1992
REVIEWED:
August 21, 2025
REVISED:
August 21, 2025
UPDATED:
August 21, 2025
POLICY
Public records generated in the Communications Center will be destroyed after receiving proper
authorization from the Board of Supervisors.
All public records, including radio and telephone recordings, will be retained for a period of
at least 60 months. Records will only be destroyed when they are no longer necessary or
required for county purposes and are not expressly required by law to be preserved.
It will be the responsibility of the Section Manager to designate one person as the records keeper
for the Communications Center. That person shall have the responsibility for the proper
retention and destruction of public records.
DEFINITION
PUBLIC RECORD: Government