Policy Text
Kern County Sheriff’s Office
Policies and Procedures
TITLE:
EMPLOYEE DISCIPLINE – ADMINISTRATIVE APPEAL
NO: D-400
APPROVED: Donny Youngblood, Sheriff-Coroner
EFFECTIVE:
August 1, 1990
REVIEWED:
8/31/2017
REVISED:
3/10/2006
UPDATED:
8/31/2017
D-400-1
POLICY
A pre-disciplinary administrative appeal is afforded to all members of the Sheriff’s Office during
the disciplinary or termination process to provide a meaningful opportunity for the members to
respond and present their side of the story. The procedures set forth here give appeal rights in
addition to any which are afforded by Civil Service provisions. This policy is also intended to
implement and to satisfy any such right of appeal provided for in a Memorandum of
Understanding with a recognized employee organization.
DIRECTIVE A
Commissioned reserve deputies, probationary, and extra-help employees are not entitled to the
procedural protection set forth in the rules of the Civil Service Commission. H