Policy Text
Kern County Sheriff’s Office
Policies and Procedures
TITLE: FIREARMS-COURTHOUSE AND COURTROOM NO: G-710
APPROVED: Donny Youngblood, Sheriff-Coroner
Superior Court Order #5.7-254 (Fifth Amended Order)
REFERENCE:
Penal Code Section 171(b)
EFFECTIVE: REVIEWED: REVISED: UPDATED:
August 1, 1990 11/10/2017 10/07/2004 11/12/2007
POLICY
Possession of firearms while off duty and on personal business in the courthouse, courtrooms, or
at the Kern County Department of Child Support Services is prohibited. The Sheriff’s Office is
responsible for security in the described facilities and believes it is necessary to avoid the
presence of firearms in those facilities by persons there on personal business. It is also directed
at the improper influence that may result from the wearing of a uniform while on personal, court-
related business. Nothing set forth in this policy shall abridge the authority of a Judge,
Commissioner, or Referee presiding in any courtroom to further restrict or allow the possession
of a weapon in his/her courtroom.