By Patric Hedlund, TME

California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris has opened separate civil investigations into the Kern County Sheriff’s Office and the Bakersfield Police Department’s patterns of practice regarding use of force.

On December 22 the California Department of Justice (DOJ) announced its intention to “focus on allegations involving police practices and accountability, among other…(please see below to view full stories and photographs)

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This is part of an ad that was formerly run by the Covelli family (until this year), seeking help from Frazier Mountain Community residents. Nick Covelli’s father wrote several letters to California’s Attorney General, seeking an investigation into use of force by Kern County Sheriff’s deputies.

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This is part of the December 30, 2016 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.

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