Policy Text
Kern County Sheriff’s Office
Policies and Procedures
TITLE:
OFF ROAD VEHICLE TEAM (O.R.V.T.)
NO: H-1300
APPROVED:
Donny Youngblood, Sheriff-Coroner
EFFECTIVE:
March 11, 2002
REVIEWED:
10/20/2020
REVISED:
00/00/00
UPDATED:
11/28/2007
H-1300-1
POLICY
The Kern County Sheriff’s Office Off Road Vehicle Team (O.R.V.T.) is a specialized unit
deployed to remote areas of Kern County to provide law enforcement services for those who
pursue off road vehicle recreation. The unit will perform general law enforcement duties and its
equipment will be made available to other specialized units of the Sheriff’s Office who comply
with the provision of this policy.
The O.R.V.T. is to provide law enforcement services to the remote areas of Kern
County that are used for off road vehicle recreation. The O.R.V.T. will focus their
effort on off highway vehicle (O.H.V.) safety related enforcement into areas not
normally accessible by patrol vehicles.
The O.R.V.T. is deployed under the