Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood, shown in his Bakersfield office, told local media that deputies had been “appropriately disciplined” for killing a cat. Now, they’re back on the job, Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood said Sunday. Youngblood also told KGET that he had “met with animal rights groups; they’re content with what we’re doing.” “That’s very interesting,” said Barbara Hays, …
Gen. Xavier Becerra’s office has overseen a probe opened by his predecessor, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, into law enforcement agencies in Kern County. The Kern County Sheriff’s Office and the California Department of Justice have resolved a four-year investigation of potential civil rights abuses with a settlement that implements modest reforms and places the sheriff’s office under oversight from an …
