By Sean Ridgway, TME

The Kern County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO) hosted their third “Coffee with a Cop” meeting with the Mountain Communities at Caveman Cavey’s on Wednesday, February 26. The first meeting was roughly one year ago, with a goal to “bridge the gap” between law enforcement and the community. As Sergeant Salvador Orona put it, “we are trying to build a stronger community,” and to urge people to “make that [9-1-1] call when something comes up… If we don’t know about the issue, we can’t address it.” Public Information Officer (PIO) Lori Meza said, “It is their job to answer the call and it is your job to call. That needs to happen.”

On February 26, community members filled the room at Caveman Cavey’s to hear what KCSO had to say. Participants included the new District 2 Supervisor …(please see below to view full stories and photographs)

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Above: Kern County Sheriff’s Department and new District 2 Supervisor Chris Parlier meet with residents of the mountain communities to “bridge the gap”

Above: New District 2 Supervisor Chris Parlier with his field representative Paul Yanez and the President of the Chamber of Commerce in Frazier Park, BJ Saidi

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