Policy Text
Kern County Sheriff’s Office
Policies and Procedures
TITLE:
USE OF FORCE-BATON
NO: F-600
APPROVED: Donny Youngblood, Sheriff-Coroner
EFFECTIVE:
August 1, 1990
REVIEWED:
January 1, 2021
REVISED:
January 1, 2021
UPDATED:
January 1, 2021
F-600-1
APPLICABLITY
When used in this policy the terms, “officer”, “peace officer”, or “deputies” shall include both
sheriff’s deputies and detentions deputies.
POLICY
Peace officer members of the Sheriff’s Office are permitted to use a baton to subdue a person
when the officer is acting within the guidelines of P.C. 835a and DPPM F-100; and the use of the
baton reasonably appears necessary to effect an arrest, prevent escape, or overcome resistance.
Detention officers are permitted to use a baton under limited circumstances, as directed and
authorized by their facility manager or shift supervisor, to prevent injury to any person by a
prisoner, prevent prisoner escape, or to quell a riot in or about any jail facility.