News

Actions

Authorities throughout Kern County discuss increasing secuirty at polling places

Posted

It goes without saying, this election has been filled with a range of emotions. 

Because of this, 23ABC spoke with the Kern County Sheriff's Office and Bakersfield Police Department regarding their security efforts in polling places. 

The sheriff's office said they do have an "operational plan in place to address any issues that may come up." For obvious reasons the sheriff's office did not go into details regarding their operational or tactical plans. 

As for the BPD, officials say they have "no concerns and have no plans to increase our compliment of officers". They say they have not heard of any planned demonstrations possibly causing problems. 

Polling places in California will close tonight at 8. 

Sign up for our Morning E-mail Newsletter to receive the latest headlines in your inbox.

,

Weather

Daily Forecast

View Hourly Forecast

Day

Conditions

HI / LO

Precip

Wednesday

10/22/2025

Partly Cloudy

-° / 57°

6%

Thursday

10/23/2025

Clear

75° / 55°

5%

Friday

10/24/2025

Mostly Clear

79° / 55°

3%

Saturday

10/25/2025

Partly Cloudy

76° / 55°

10%

Sunday

10/26/2025

Mostly Clear

72° / 54°

4%

Monday

10/27/2025

Clear

74° / 54°

3%

Tuesday

10/28/2025

Clear

76° / 54°

3%

Wednesday

10/29/2025

Mostly Clear

79° / 56°

3%