C-600.pdf

Kern County Sheriff’s Office – Communications Section Policies and Procedures TITLE: EVENT PRIORITY CODES NO: C-600 APPROVED: Commander John Carpenter EFFECTIVE: REVIEWED: REVISED: UPDATED: January 1, 1994 August 21, 2025 January 27, 2015 January 27, 2015 POLICY It is the policy of the Kern County Sheriff’s Office Communications Section to assign priority codes to calls. This enables the dispatcher to dispatch according to the urgency of the call. The priorities that have been established are as follows: Priority 1 – High Priority In-Progress Priority 2 – Moderate Priority In-Progress and High Priority Report Priority 3 – Low Priority In-Progress Priority 4 – Low Priority Report Priority 5 – NCA or CO Violations Priority 9 – Administrative C-600-1