E-400.pdf

Kern County Sheriff’s Office – Communications Section Policies and Procedures DISPATCHER RESPONSE TO ABUSE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, RESTRAINING ORDERS, FELONY TITLE: NO: E-400 CRIMES, THREATS MADE TO A SCHOOL, MISSING AND FOUND PERSONS CALLS APPROVED: Commander John Carpenter EFFECTIVE: REVIEWED: REVISED: UPDATED: June 3, 1994 August 21, 2025 July 23, 2024 July 23, 2024 POLICY It is the policy of the Kern County Sheriff’s Office Communications Section to protect the public safety by following the mandates of law, policy, and the standards of professional performance within the field of public safety dispatching. The legislature has established certain requirements in the area of domestic violence and sexual abuse. This procedure has been developed to ensure all of state laws are met. PROCEDURE A - ABUSE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, RESTRAINING ORDERS, FELONY CRIMES, MISSING AND FOUND PERSONS CALLS When a call is received pertaining to sexual abuse, neglect, endangerment or domestic violence, against