Policy Text
Kern County Sheriff’s Office
Policies and Procedures
TITLE:
FOOT PURSUITS
NO: H-1900
APPROVED:
Donny Youngblood, Sheriff-Coroner
EFFECTIVE:
June 29, 2020
REVIEWED:
06/29/2020
REVISED:
06/29/2020
UPDATED:
06/29/2020
H- -1
PURPOSE
This policy provides guidelines to assist deputies in making the decision to initiate or continue
the pursuit of suspects on foot.
POLICY
It is the policy of the Kern County Sheriff’s Office that deputies, when deciding to initiate or
continue a foot pursuit, continuously balance the objective of apprehending the suspect with the
risk and potential for injury to Sheriff’s Office members, the public or the suspect.
Deputies are expected to act reasonably, based on the totality of the circumstances.
DECISION TO PURSUE
The safety of Sheriff’s Office members and the public should be the primary consideration when
determining whether a foot pursuit should be initiated or continued. Deputies must be mindful
that immedi