Policy Text
Kern County Sheriff’s Office
Policies and Procedures
TITLE: VEHICLE POLICIES – USE OF SEATBELTS NO: E-500
APPROVED: Donny Youngblood, Sheriff-Coroner
EFFECTIVE: REVIEWED: REVISED: UPDATED:
August 1, 1990 9/22/2017 4/16/2007 11/12/2007
POLICY
It shall be the policy of the Sheriff’s Office to require the use of safety belts by drivers and
passengers in all vehicles so equipped, except where the use of safety belts would pose a risk of
injury to the passengers or the person attempting to secure the passenger.
When an officer believes it necessary to protect their identity in an undercover operation, they
will not be required to abide by this seat belt policy. They will begin abiding by the seat belt
policy just as soon as they possibly can without compromising their identity.
In all vehicles controlled by the Sheriff’s Office, all occupants under six (6) years of age or
weighing less than 60 pounds will be properly secured in a child seat restraint system in the rear
seat of the vehicle o