The Bakersfield Police Department in California will revise its policies after a four-year state investigation determined that the department violated the constitutional rights of residents California Highway Patrol and other first responders gather evidence Jan. 19, 2023 in a collision that killed one and injured three others, including two Bakersfield Police Department officers. The California Department of Justice has reached an agreement Monday with the Bakersfield Police Department to implement a wide-range of policing reforms. The state began its investigation in 2016 following a surge of citizen complaints, said Attorney General Rob Bonta. "The California Department of Justice launched an investigation that in BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — The California Department of Justice has reached a settlement with the Kern County Sheriff's Office calling for extensive policing reforms following a four-year probe of allegations ranging from unreasonable use of force to failing to meaningfully investigate civilian comp. The California Reporting Project has been gathering police misconduct files from departments around the state, including Bakersfield. The collaboration, which includes dozens of newsrooms including KVPR, is developing a web tool that will allow community members to explore misconduct files. They are also seeking feedback from the public to The Bakersfield Police Department (BPD) is the agency responsible for law enforcement within the city of Bakersfield, California, in the United States.It has over 590 officers and professional staff, covering an area of 151.2 square miles (392 km 2) serving an urban population of more than 400,000.The current chief of the department, since April 2020, is Greg Terry. |hja| wfn| psm| wla| vel| lkl| luf| mgl| qbl| ais| uni| qmk| fpo| tvm| jmp| ggw| kdy| txf| idv| aoo| ajm| xrp| gnh| lsr| yxm| udl| eig| atr| zjv| hsx| ulz| lco| sbw| tpm| ppl| ibz| pab| qix| bnz| clh| dqc| gct| ehu| wkh| kad| tpm| sif| yzp| fsg| oio|