G-1020 Firearm Transfer.pdf

Kern County Sheriff’s Office Policies and Procedures TITLE: FIREARM TRANSFER NO: G-1020 APPROVED: Donny Youngblood, Sheriff-Coroner Penal Code sections 830.1, P.C. 26615(a), 26300(c)(2), 26305, 30160, REFERENCE: and Board of Supervisor’s letter dated November 30, 2004 EFFECTIVE: REVIEWED: REVISED: UPDATED: December 15, 2004 08/13/2018 01/07/2010 08/13/2018 POLICY This policy authorizes, in strict accordance with the provisions of P.C. 26615(a), the sale and transfer of firearms to Deputies as defined in P.C. 830.1. Detention Deputies empowered pursuant to P.C. 830.1 (c) who are authorized at the time of retirement to carry firearms while in the performance of their duties are eligible to purchase firearms pursuant to the provisions of this policy. This policy is intended to apply only to the Deputy’s issued handgun, or a specially-fitted sniper rifle as a result of an assignment to the Special Weapons and Tactics (S.W.A.T.) team, and that rifle has been deemed to no longer be of useful service.