Use of force by police officers in the City of Bakersfield went down in 2024 compared to the previous year, according to the ...

A 34-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of federal drug charges in south Bakersfield on Wednesday. Officers with the ...

The Bakersfield Police Department announced a community meeting in September to present its revised Use of Force Policy to ...

The number of complaints and use of force incidents by the Bakersfield Police Department changed little from 2023 to 2024, according to the annual report released last week. The number of complaints ...

Bakersfield police are asking for help to identify two people suspected in a robbery last month where one of the suspects ...

In the first meeting of its kind, the Bakersfield Police Department on Thursday night held a community forum on its use-of-force policies. Roughly 50 people gathered at the Larry E. Reider Education ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — On Thursday July 3rd, BPD was called to Walmart off of Gosford Rd. for an assault call. On arrival they tried to detained the suspect, but the suspect allegedly charged at ...

Sep. 10—Keeping law enforcement agencies fully staffed remains a challenge in Bakersfield and Kern County. But there are signs of progress, too. Recruitment and retention have been a big issue for the ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — A newly released monitoring report is raising alarms about misconduct trends inside the Bakersfield Police Department, showing that a small group of officers is ...