Policy Text
Kern County Sheriff’s Office
Policies and Procedures
TITLE:
FIELD TRAINING PROGRAM – PARK RANGERS
NO: M-0510
APPROVED: Donny Youngblood, Sheriff-Coroner
EFFECTIVE:
11/13/2025
REVIEWED:
08/19/2025
REVISED:
08/19/2025
UPDATED:
11/17/2025
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POLICY
It is the policy of the Kern County Sheriff’s Office to hire and retain only the most competent park
rangers. The park patrol function is complex and demanding and requires special training beyond
what is acquired in the academy. The Sheriff’s Office will operate a Park Ranger Training Program
under the direction of the Special Enforcement Division Commander or designee to ensure all
personnel engaged in park patrol operations are properly prepared and qualified to do so. Personnel
receiving an initial assignment to park patrol operations will first complete the Park Ranger Field
Training Program. Park patrol operations shall mean patrol within any park in the jurisdiction of
the