Gov. Gavin Newsom sent CHP officers to fight crime in Oakland. Now he's sending them to Bakersfield
by Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times
Apr 24, 2024
2 minutes
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday that he's sending California Highway Patrol officers to Bakersfield, an expansion of a law enforcement campaign launched earlier this year with an effort to tamp down crime in hard-hit California cities.
Kern County, home to Bakersfield, has higher rates of violent and property crime and more arrests compared to the statewide average, crime statistics show. The
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