Experience, expertise, and passion: Bakersfield Police Department offers a chance to a second career
0Samah Barakat celebrated her 40th birthday in the most unforgettable way – fulfilling her dream of becoming a police officer as a recruit in the Bakersfield Police Academy. On that day there weren’t any banners or black helium balloons that read “Over the Hill.” If anything, having a milestone birthday while in the middle of accomplishing a dream made her feel anything was possible, no matter how many candles were on her birthday cake. “I’ve wanted to be a police officer all of my life. I used to watch American television shows when I was a kid and I thought…
Before Officer Stella Chavez joined the Bakersfield Police Department, she was a trained firefighter in the small town of Farmersville,…
As a marine, Paul Madriz believed in the motto” leave the place better than you found it.” As a Recruit…
When Nicholas Haynes graduated from high school, he asked his parents for a present not every 17-year-old would want. Bag…
For the last few years, Bakersfield Police Department had to pivot when it came to their annual Halloween event held…