Policy Text
D-100-1
Kern County Sheriff’s Office – Communications Section
Policies and Procedures
TITLE:
RECEIVING TELETYPES
NO: D-100
APPROVED:
Commander John Carpenter
EFFECTIVE:
May 1, 1995
REVIEWED:
August 21, 2025
REVISED:
July 29, 2024
UPDATED:
July 29, 2024
POLICY
It is the policy of the Kern County Sheriff’s Office Communications Section to continuously
monitor and respond appropriately to all teletypes received at a computer via the CLETS system.
These teletype messages, such as warrant abstracts, weather reports, rocket fuel shipments and
check the welfare/attempt to contact requests, arrive at a designated terminal in the
Communications Center. It is the responsibility of the designated employee to acknowledge and
appropriately handle the teletype messages received according to Communications Division
Policy and Procedure for each type of message.
In addition, the teletype messages are also automatically printed on the printer located in the
Communications Center.