Policy Text
Kern County Sheriff’s Office
Policies and Procedures
TITLE: EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE ORDERS NO: H-510
APPROVED: Donny Youngblood, Sheriff-Coroner
EFFECTIVE: REVIEWED: REVISED: UPDATED:
February 1, 1996 10/20/2020 04/01/1996 11/17/2017
POLICY
When an officer of the Sheriff’s Office has reasonable grounds to believe a person is in
immediate and present danger of domestic violence, or a child is in immediate and present
danger of abuse by a family or household member, the officer shall inform the complainant as to
the availability of Emergency Protective Orders. Regardless of the victim’s preference, the
officer may request an ex parte Emergency Protective Order from the on-call judge.
Officers should make this determination based on the complainant’s allegations of a recent
incident of abuse or threat of abuse. The officer may request an Emergency Protective Order
whether or not the suspect is present or has been arrested.