Policy Text
Kern County Sheriff’s Office
Policies and Procedures
TITLE: HATE CRIMES NO: H-2300
APPROVED: Donny Youngblood, Sheriff-Coroner
EFFECTIVE: REVIEWED: REVISED: UPDATED:
December 12, 2024 December 12, 2024 December 12, 2024 December 12, 2024
POLICY1
It is the policy of the Sheriff’s Office to safeguard the rights of all individuals irrespective of
their disability, gender, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, and/or
association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics.
Any acts or threats of violence, property damage, harassment, intimidation, or other crimes
motivated by hate or bias should be viewed very seriously and given high priority.
The Sheriff’s Office will employ reasonably available resources and vigorous law enforcement
action to identify and arrest hate crime perpetrators. Also, recognizing the particular fears and
distress typically suffered by victims, the potential for reprisal and escalation of violence,