Policy Text
Kern County Sheriff’s Office
Policies and Procedures
TITLE: CRITICAL INCIDENTS-BOMBS AND EXPLOSIVES NO: H-600
APPROVED: Donny Youngblood, Sheriff-Coroner
EFFECTIVE: REVIEWED: REVISED: UPDATED:
August 1, 1990 07/07/2022 07/07/2022 07/07/2022
POLICY
No officer, unless designated by the Sheriff-Coroner, shall at any time, attempt or cause to be
moved, any bomb, suspected bomb or explosive. When a suspected bomb or explosive is
located, the Kern County Sheriff’s Bomb Squad shall be called and officers shall follow their
instructions, lending whatever assistance the Bomb Squad may require.
When a Bomb Squad member is not immediately available, officers shall not attempt to disarm
or move the explosive but shall keep the area clear until arrival of the Bomb Squad.
A member of the Bomb Squad, or in their absence, the Watch Commander or his designee, shall
notify the Fire Department, as well as an ambulance, to stand by the area when they are needed.