Policy Text
Kern County Sheriff’s Office
Policies and Procedures
TITLE:
FIREARMS-GENERAL PROVISIONS-BACKUP
WEAPONS
NO: G-702
APPROVED: Donny Youngblood, Sheriff-Coroner
EFFECTIVE:
August 23, 1996
REVIEWED:
08/07/2020
REVISED:
06/10/1997
UPDATED:
11/12/2007
G-702-1
POLICY
A backup weapon is a secondary handgun carried concealed on the officer’s person, to be used
during an emergency when the officer’s standard duty pistol is lost, out of ammunition, broken,
or otherwise unavailable. The Sheriff’s Office authorizes qualified officers to carry a backup
weapon under the following conditions:
• All backup weapons must be inspected and approved by the Rangemaster or
Assistant Rangemaster;
o Acceptable calibers include .22, .25, .32, .380, .38, .357, 9mm, 10mm, .40,
.44, and .45.
• Ammunition carried in backup weapons must be approved by the Rangemaster or
Assistant Rangemaster:
o Only factory ammunition will be approved. (No reloads).
o .41 Magnum and .44 Magnum loads