Policy Text
Kern County Sheriff’s Office
Policies and Procedures
TITLE:
TRAINING COMMITTEE
NO: M-0800
APPROVED:
Donny Youngblood, Sheriff-Coroner
EFFECTIVE:
January 1, 2026
REVIEWED:
October 6, 2025
REVISED:
October 6, 2025
UPDATED:
December 23, 2025
M-0800-1
POLICY
The Training Section Lieutenant shall establish a Training Committee, which will serve to assist
in identifying training needs for the Sheriff’s Office. This committee shall comprise, but not be
limited to, Training Section personnel, Internal Affairs Unit personnel, Professional Standards
Unit personnel, and use of force experts. The Training Committee will be responsible for assessing
the effectiveness of the curricula against current policies and the integration of use of force
scenario-based training and adult learning theory.
TRAINING COMMITTEE - SELECTION
The members of the Training Committee shall be selected based on their abilities related to post-
incident evaluation and assessing related training ne