Policy Text
Kern County Sheriff’s Office
Policies and Procedures
MEDIA RELATIONS-PUBLIC INFORMATION
TITLE: NO: I-200
OFFICER
APPROVED: Donny Youngblood, Sheriff-Coroner
EFFECTIVE: REVIEWED: REVISED: UPDATED:
August 1, 1990 1/19/2018 04/01/1996 1/31/2008
POLICY
The Sheriff-Coroner at his discretion may appoint a permanent or temporary Public Information
Officer. When so appointed, the Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer (P.I.O.) has specific
responsibilities for dissemination of information and provides an agency-wide, limited resource
for various commands. However, each division is responsible for establishing appropriate news
media relations within that command and it is permissible for the news media to deal directly
with division personnel.
Sheriff’s Office personnel shall advise the P.I.O. of media requests for assistance in preparing
feature stories, “in-depth” articles, or series which require significant Sheriff’s Office time and
effort or extensive interviews.