The Kern County Sheriff’s Office said a slow-speed pursuit in Oildale ended with 2 pedestrians hit and hospitalized.

Most police agencies primarily use K-9 units only to detain suspects believed to have committed serious crimes, but Bakersfield police and the Kern County Sheriff’s Office both have policies ...

Kern County Sheriff’s Office officials report that on May 27, 2025, at approximately 9:40 p.m., KCSO deputies assigned to ...

An argument inside a marijuana dispensary escalated to a shooting and two men dead. Five people, including two kids, were ...

Two people were struck and trapped under a vehicle following a slow-speed chase Saturday night, the Kern County Sheriff’s Office said.

The California Highway Patrol, Kern County Sheriff’s Office, Bakersfield Police Department, and community members gathered in separate ceremonies in front of the Kern County Peace Officers ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The California Highway Patrol is expanding a crime suppression partnership created with the Bakersfield Police Department to now include the Kern County Sheriff’s ...

The American Civil Liberties Union last year issued a report critical of the force used by the Kern County Sheriff’s Department and Bakersfield Police Department, accusing both agencies of ...

"These investigations will objectively, impartially and thoroughly examine whether the Kern County Sheriff's Office or the Bakersfield Police Department engaged in a pattern or practice of excessive ...

On May 5, Marc Lugo was arrested by the Kern County Sheriff's Office after it was discovered that he was allegedly having explicit conversations with a 15-year-old girl through Instagram.

The investigation was later handed over to the Bakersfield Police Department. Harmonson joined the Kern County Sheriff's Office in July of 2008 and was later promoted to Senior Deputy in November ...

The two non-criminal investigations will look into whether the Kern County Sheriff’s Office and the Bakersfield Police Department have shown a “pattern or practice” of violating state or federal law ...