The action will impose an independent monitor and end a nearly five-year investigation into accusations of excessive force, stops of minorities and practices involving the use of police canines.
in December 2016 whether Bakersfield police had violated state or federal laws in the use of excessive force.
The attorney general concluded that the department failed to uniformly and adequately enforce the law, “leading to a pattern or practice of conduct that deprives residents of constitutional protections.” The Kern County Sheriff’s Office and state attorney general have agreed to policing reforms to resolve an investigation of potential civil rights abuses.
There will be retraining when it comes to police stops, an analysis of race-stop data and new crisis-intervention training for dispatchers, as well as a revised complaint procedure, Bonta said.Bakersfield Police Chief Greg Terry said neither the department nor the city conceded that police procedures were fallible in agreeing to the deal. The city could have fought the state, he said, but instead opted for changes and progress it already was making.
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