The main office of the Kern County 地方检察官's Office is located in Bakersfield, 县城. Regional (branch) offices are maintained in other Kern County communities where the Superior Court hears criminal cases. These communities are Delano, Lake Isabella, Lamont, Mojave, Ridgecrest, Shafter and Taft.

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Branch office attorneys prosecute all misdemeanor cases originating in their respective offices from filing to conclusion. 除了垂直起诉程序案件, they also prosecute all felony cases originating in their respective offices through preliminary hearing, 通过对某些罪行的审判和判决.

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Since 1999 Kern County has been a participant in the 中央山谷农村犯罪预防计划. This program is a multi-jurisdictional collaboration of the Agricultural Commissioners, Sheriff's 部门 and 地方检察官 Offices in the eight 圣华金 Valley counties, 弗雷斯诺, Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced, 圣华金, 斯坦尼斯劳斯和图拉雷县.

The Rural Crime Prevention Program is a state-funded program that is administered by the Governor's Office of 紧急 Services. 它专门针对从事石油和农业犯罪的罪犯.

Cases within the Rural Crime program are filed in the judicial district where the crime was committed; for that reason supervision of the program is part of 分支机构操作.

Requests for criminal prosecutions are submitted to the Kern County 地方检察官's Office by law enforcement agencies. 每个重罪案件的调查报告, 在大多数Misdemeanors案件中, 提交存档必须由有经验的律师阅读, and evaluated for sufficiency of the admissible evidence to prove the suspect's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

If you have filed a report with law enforcement and the agency has completed their investigation and does NOT submit a request to our office for filing, 你可以提交一份临时Complaints供审查.

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In the branch offices the assigned attorney is responsible for reviewing all cases submitted for complaint. 贝克斯菲尔德办公室的所有Complaints请求, 除了那些属于垂直起诉项目的案件, 由分配到Complaints台和日历部门的律师审查.

我们会发出符合检控准则的个案, and cases needing further investigation or lacking sufficient evidence are returned to the requesting agency. Felony complaints and misdemeanor complaints are filed in the Superior Court of Kern County.

An attorney from the Complaint Desk and Calendars section appears every court business day at the Criminal Calendar, 在哪里对新案件的被告进行传讯, 就各种动议举行听证会, and most defendants who have entered a plea of guilty at the preliminary hearing stage are sentenced. 该部门的律师也每天出现在撤销日历上, where defendants on felony probation appear for hearing and sentencing on violations of probation.

Every community in Kern County is affected by crime committed by members of street gangs. 这个县有30多个这样的帮派. The Gangs section is responsible for prosecuting all defendants who commit crimes in furtherance of criminal gangs. 在许多案件中，这些被告被控一级谋杀罪.

The 一般的重罪 Section prosecutes all felony offenses that are not handled by one of the vertical prosecution sections, 每年发生的大多数犯罪是什么. 典型的案例包括车辆杀人, 住宅盗窃, 大盗窃, 以及涉及严重身体伤害或使用危险武器的袭击.

Deputy 地方检察官s whose offices are located in the Juvenile Justice Center are assigned to prosecute all juvenile court cases from the issuing stage to conclusion.

The Misdemeanor Section handles all misdemeanor pre-trials and jury trials in the Kern County Superior Court, 城市部门, 它位于贝克斯菲尔德. Misdemeanor cases filed in courts other than Bakersfield are handled by the attorneys assigned to the branch office serving that court.

尽管大多数Misdemeanors没有重罪那么严重, the Misdemeanor Section is responsible for the prosecution of all driving under the influence cases filed in Bakersfield. 酒后驾车的Misdemeanors案件由高等法院的大都会分院立案.

The DA's Office has a special team of prosecutors dedicated to the prosecution of the worst impaired drivers with more than three priors and those that kill or injure. 这些检察官在损害方面受过专门训练, 碰撞重建与车辆安全. 他们为该县所有执法机构提供培训. Additionally, they are available on-call to assist in the investigation of vehicular homicides. The DA's office receives funding through a grant by the California 交通安全办公室, 通过国家公路交通安全管理局来支持这个项目.

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A preliminary hearing is a contested hearing before a judge at which the prosecution must prove facts to establish probable cause to believe that the defendant has committed the felony offense(s) charged in the complaint. 如果法官发现可能的理由已经被证明, 本案的被告将因被指控的罪行而接受审判. 如果可能的原因不成立, 此案将被驳回, 被告因撤销指控被释放.

地方检察官s present the evidence in all preliminary hearings in 城市部门 court cases that are not assigned to one of the other sections, 例如帮派或特别检控. Preliminary hearings in branch courts are handled by the attorneys assigned to those offices.

Four major state prison facilities are located within Kern County: California Correctional Institute, 北克恩州立监狱, 克恩谷州立监狱, 和沃斯科州立监狱. 有关这些监狱和其他州立监狱设施的更多信息，请访问 加州惩教署 webpage.

Crimes committed in state prisons located within Kern County are prosecuted by attorneys assigned to the Prison Crime section. 这些起诉的费用由加利福尼亚州全额报销.

顾名思义, the Special Prosecution section is responsible for those cases and/or defendants that are particularly violent, 或者比典型的重罪犯罪需要更多的准备时间. The crimes include sexual assaults, child abuse, and most murder cases, including some gang cases. 法定强奸垂直起诉程序律师包括在本节中. The Special Prosecution section also handles the filing and prosecution of felony spousal abuse cases in all branches of the Kern County Superior Court.

对经营违规行为的调查和诉讼, 还有白领犯罪, 需要专门的培训和经验. 民事执法 & 白领犯罪 Section handles a wide variety of civil and criminal cases, including:

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