Kern County Sheriff's Department
| Kern County Sheriff's Office | |
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| Abbreviation | KCSO |
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| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1866 |
| Employees | 1,239 |
| Annual budget | $16.9 million (2011) |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction* | County of Kern in the state of California, USA |
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| Map of Kern County Sheriff's Office's jurisdiction. | |
| Size | 8,161 miles (13,134 km) |
| Population | 839,631 (2010) |
| Legal jurisdiction | As per operations jurisdiction. |
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| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | 1350 Norris Road Bakersfield, California |
| Deputies | 572 (Deputy Sheriff) 336 (Detention Deputy) |
| Support Staffs | 331 |
| Agency executive | Sheriff, Donny Youngblood |
| Units |
6
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| Regions |
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| Facilities | |
| Substations |
15
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| Airbases | |
| Detentions |
4
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| Website | |
| kernsheriff.com | |
| Footnotes | |
| * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
The Kern County Sheriff's Office is the agency responsible for law enforcement within the County of Kern, California, in the United States. The agency provides: law enforcement within the county, maintain the jails used by both the county and municipal cities, and provides search and rescue. The sheriff's office contains over 1,200 sworn officers and civilian employees. Its jurisdiction contains all of the unincorporated areas of Kern County, approximately 8,000 square miles. The agency headquarters is located at 1350 Norris Road in Bakersfield. There are 15 additional substations located throughout the county. The metro patrol area is divided into four regions: north, south, east, and west.[1]
Contents
Organization
The Sheriff's Office is divided into the following units and subunits:[1]
Office of the Undersheriff
- Financial Services
- Planning & Research
- Air Support
Administrative Services
- Civil Section
- Communications
- Coroner
- Crime Prevention
- Human Resources
- Public Administration
- Records Section
- Technology Services
- Training Section
Detention
- Central Receiving Facility
- Court Services/Transportation
- Inmate Services
- Lerdo Jail Facilities (Max/Med Security, Minimum Security, Pre-Trail Facility)
- Work Release
Field Operation
- Metro Patrol
- Substations
Investigations
- Detective Section
- Special Enforcement
- Special Operations
Volunteer Services
- Citizen Volunteers
- Explorers
- Reserves
- Search & Rescue
Station and substations
The Sheriff's Office is headquartered at 1350 Norris Road in Bakersfield. There are 15 additional substations located throughout the county. They are:[2]
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Fallen officers
Since the establishment of the Kern County Sheriff's Office, 27 officers and citizen volunteer have given their lives in service to the County of Kern.[3]
| Officer | Date of Death | Details |
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| Constable William Mettler | November 6, 1873 | Gunfire |
| Deputized Civilian Oliver McCoy | July 3, 1891 | Gunfire |
| Constable John Powers | July 3, 1891 | Gunfire |
| Deputy Sheriff William Tibbet | April 19, 1903 | Gunfire |
| Special Officer William Wiles | December 19, 1924 | Gunfire |
| Chief Deputy Sheriff Howard Knott | October 6, 1945 | Weather/Natural disaster |
| Sergeant Clayton Yearick | November 15, 1949 | Aircraft accident |
| Captain Roland Barbeau | February 26, 1953 | Automobile accident |
| Deputy Sheriff Wayne Trudell | June 4, 1962 | Heart attack |
| Reserve Deputy Sheriff Robert Garbner | July 11, 1962 | Automobile accident |
| Deputy Sheriff Samuel Moore | July 11, 1962 | Automobile accident |
| Deputy Sheriff Fredric Scheberies | January 11, 1964 | Fall |
| Deputy Sheriff Richard Slates | December 21, 1966 | Fall |
| Sergeant Donald Hodges | April 14, 1969 | Gunfire |
| Deputy Sheriff Terry Greet | August 7, 1973 | Drowned |
| Reserve Deputy Sheriff Charles Banning | October 23, 1974 | Drowned |
| Deputy Sheriff Michael Wilson | October 11, 1981 | Vehicular assault |
| Pilot Lansing Warren | August 16, 1983 | Aircraft accident |
| Reserve Deputy Sheriff Ray Mallory | August 16, 1983 | Aircraft accident |
| Deputy Sheriff Michael Bentley | October 19, 1983 | Vehicular assault |
| Deputy Sheriff Ray Bockman | August 16, 1986 | Aircraft accident |
| Sergeant Marvin Kline | August 16, 1986 | Aircraft accident |
| Pilot Douglas Moonen | August 16, 1986 | Aircraft accident |
| Deputy Sheriff Richard McHale | March 3, 1989 | Gunfire and Beaten |
| Deputy Sheriff James Willams | October 19, 1994 | Automobile accident |
| Deputy Sheriff Daniel Archuleta | September 12, 2004 | Automobile accident |
| Deputy Sheriff William “Joe” Hudnall, Jr. | November 14, 2006 | Vehicular assault |
| Deputy Sheriff James Throne | May 23, 2008 | Automobile accident |
Misconduct
In December 2010, Jose Lucero, a recovering drug addict with mental health issues, died after a confrontation with Kern County Sheriff's deputies. The family contended that the deputies beat Lucero to death. In November 2012, Lucero's family was awarded a $4.5 million judgment in a wrongful death lawsuit against the deputies, the sheriff's office, and Kern County. [4]
On May 9, 2013, it was reported that Bakersfield resident David Sal Silva died after having been beaten by members of the agency. The assault on Silva was video recorded by multiple witnesses, although the resultant video was seized by law enforcement on the scene. [5][6]
In May 2015, it was reported that the Kern Country Sheriff's Department settled two civil lawsuits in five days in misconduct cases. One settlement, reported to be in the amount of $1 million, was paid out to a survivor of a sexual assault committed by Kern County Sheriff's Deputy Gabriel Lopez. The Kern County Sheriff's office has been found to have a longstanding program of attempting cash payoffs to women who have accused deputies of sexual assault. [7]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Home page. Kern County Sheriff's Office. Accessed: 04-04-2012.
- ↑ Substations. Kern County Sheriff's Office. Accessed: 04-04-2012.
- ↑ Kern County. Officer Down Memorial Page. Accessed: 04-04-2012.
- ↑ http://www.bakersfieldcalifornian.com/local/x794088567/Family-wins-4-5-million-in-wrongful-death-suit-against-county
- ↑ http://www.bakersfieldcalifornian.com/local/x568091070/Dad-who-died-during-arrest-begged-for-his-life-cops-take-witness-video
- ↑ http://www.bakersfieldcalifornian.com/local/x1891153784/The-question-on-everyones-mind-Why-hasnt-video-footage-of-Silva-been-released
- ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/09/kern-county-california-deputy-sexual-assault-settlement
