Policy Text
Kern County Sheriff’s Office
Policies and Procedures
TITLE: UNIFORM APPEARANCE REGULATIONS NO: K-100
APPROVED: Donny Youngblood, Sheriff-Coroner
EFFECTIVE: REVIEWED: REVISED: UPDATED:
March 1, 2003 04/03/2025 04/03/2025 04/03/2025
POLICY
The Sheriff-Coroner shall be the final authority on all matters pertaining to official uniforms,
equipment and identification items of the Sheriff’s Office. All items of the uniform shall meet the
requirements set forth in this section. Nothing is to be added to, subtracted from, substituted for,
changed or altered on the uniform or in the uniform specifications except by written order of the
Sheriff-Coroner.
Specialized units such as SWAT, SERT, K-9, and OHV that require a uniform other than specified
in the following sections must have their respective uniforms approved by the Sheriff-Coroner.
The specifications for such uniforms are covered in their own respective policy under the K-
Section.