Policy Text
Kern County Sheriff’s Office
Policies and Procedures
TITLE:
ELECTRONIC MONITORING PROGRAM
NO: J-3500
APPROVED: Donny Youngblood, Sheriff-Coroner
EFFECTIVE:
April 12, 2012
REVIEWED:
08/20/2024
REVISED:
08/20/2024
UPDATED:
08/20/2024
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EFFECTIVE:
April 12, 2012
REVIEWED:
08/20/2024
REVISED:
08/20/2024
UPDATED:
08/20/2024
MISSION STATEMENT
The Kern County Sheriff’s Office is committed to operating an Electronic Monitoring Program
that maintains the highest public confidence, credibility, and public safety.
POLICY
The Electronic Monitoring Program (EMP) is an alternative program to incarceration. Not all
applicants are acceptable for the Electronic Monitoring Program. A thorough background
investigation is completed on each applicant to assess any apparent threat to the community or
likelihood of re-offending. Qualified applicants will be assigned to home detention, with
monitoring and compliance accomplished by electronic monitoring technology an