Policy Text
Kern County Sheriff’s Office
Policies and Procedures
TITLE: EMPLOYEE DISCIPLINE- MISCONDUCT
NO: D-300
APPROVED: Donny Youngblood, Sheriff-Coroner
EFFECTIVE:
August 1, 1990
REVIEWED:
11/13/2017
REVISED:
11/13/2017
UPDATED:
11/13/2017
D 300-1
POLICY
It is the policy of the Sheriff’s Office that all its members conduct themselves according to
standards set forth in this manual, the law, and accepted standards within the police profession.
The Sheriff’s Office recognizes that in order to maintain public trust, it must diligently
investigate all citizen complaints to establish the facts surrounding the given incident, enabling
the protection of the Sheriff’s Office and employee to the extent possible, as well as the
community we serve.
All investigations involving misconduct will follow accepted investigative standards, the Peace
Officers Procedural Bill of Rights (Government Code 3300 et. seq.) as applicable, and current
statutory and case law.
When a superv