Policy Text
KERN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE
SUBSTATION HOLDING FACILITY
POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
TITLE: DETOXIFICATION CELL/TREATMENT NO: D-104
EFFECTIVE DATE: 03/22/2004 REVISED: 08/06/2020
APPROVED BY: Commander Timothy Posey REVIEWED: 01/15/2021
REFERENCE: Title 15, Article 5, Section 1056 & Article 11, Section 1213
POLICY:
The Kern County Sheriff’s Office Substation Holding Facility does not have a
detoxification cell. Arrested persons and inmates will not be held at this facility for
detoxification. All arrested persons shall be transported to a facility that is
equipped with a detoxification cell.
DIRECTIVE:
Any time an arrestee or inmate is brought into a Kern County Sheriff’s Office
Substation Holding Facility who is in need of detoxification, which requires either
medical supervision or special physical accommodations, that subject will be
transported immediately to the appropriate facility such as Kern Medical or the
Central Receiving Facility.
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