Policy Text
Kern County Sheriff’s Office
Policies and Procedures
TITLE:
FIELD TRAINING PROGRAM (FTP)
NO: M-500
APPROVED: Donny Youngblood, Sheriff-Coroner
EFFECTIVE:
June 11, 2004
REVIEWED:
08/19/2025
REVISED:
08/19/2025
UPDATED:
11/17/2025
M- 500-1
POLICY
It is the policy of the Kern County Sheriff’s Office to hire and retain only the most competent
officers. The patrol function is complex and demanding and requires special training beyond what
is acquired in the basic academy. The Sheriff’s Office will operate a California POST-certified
Field Training Program under the direction of the FTP Supervisor/Administrator/Coordinator
(SAC) to ensure all personnel engaged in field operations are properly prepared and qualified to
do so. Personnel receiving an initial assignment to field operations will first complete the FTP.
Field operations shall mean patrol, detectives, special enforcement, civil, or any other assignment
outside the detention facilities or court security