Chaplains aid Shafter Police and community outreach
Three members of the Shafter Police Department chaplain program Dean Long Tom Baker and Mike Kotrla serve as community ministers they ride with officers to aid families in death notices domestic violence and counseling for victims and officers Long notes chaplains assist with grief at crime scenes including accidents and homicides Long recalls a fatal accident involving a congregant as a challenging moment
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Shafter Police Department
Dean Long
Shafter Free Will Baptist Church
Tom Baker
Home Fellowship Church
Mike Kotrla
Shafter Congregational Church
Long
Gary
Baker
Kotrla
Gary Long
Shafter Police
Jeff Bell
Community profiles urged for Shafter Press readers
Shafter Press seeks community profiles. Email ideas or call 746-4942 or visit the office. Health department lists January clinics at 329 Central Valley Highway with several dates and times for immunization, pregnancy screening, and child health services.
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Shafter Press
Shafterpress
Earthlink.net
Shafter Public Health Department
Central Valley Highway
City earns favorable grand jury report for Shafter
Kern County Grand Jury finds Shafter strong with a stable city manager, solid intergovernmental council, robust budgeting and investment practices, disaster planning, and ongoing housing and job growth. Highlights include AB 1234 ethics training compliance, a rail logistics partnership with Northwest Container and Port of Oakland, and a joint wastewater project with North of the River Sanitary District.
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Cities and Joint Powers Committee
Kern County Grand Jury
Shafter
California
Bakersfield
Kern County
Grand Jury
Kern County Fire Department
Sharter Community Development Agency
SCDA
Charter City
City
Northwest Container Services Inc
Port of
Oakland
Oildale Mutual Water Company
North of the River
Bakersfield Man Killed In Santa Fe Way Crash
A Dec 29 accident on Santa Fe Way left 36-year-old Stephan Fabbri dead after his Silverado was broadside by Victor M. Rivera who failed to stop at a Kratzmeyer Road sign. Rivera, unbelted, suffered minor injuries. Fabbri died at Kern Medical Center.
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Santa Fe Way
Bakersfield
California Highway Patrol
Greg Williams
Williams
Victor M. Rivera
Kratzmeyer Road
Rivera
Stephan Fabbri
Fabbri
Kern Medical Center
DUI Checkpoints Target Drunk Unlicensed Drivers New Year
County law enforcement units coordinated at Kern County Sheriff’s Headquarters to operate three DUI checkpoints across Bakersfield and Wasco on New Year weekend. Officers emphasized drunk driving as top priority with unlicensed driving as a secondary focus. Checkpoints ran from 9 p.m. to 2:30 a.m., reducing traffic to single lanes and deploying multiple teams from Shafter, Kern County, and Arvin.
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Norris Road
California Highway Patrol
Travis Mitchell
Shafter
Charlie Firecoat
Mitchell
Bakersfield
Union Avenue
Wasco
Poso
F Street
Shafter Police Department
Kern County Sheriff’s Department
Arvin
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