we called on golden drive regarding people disturbing the peace on alley. very nice deputy show up understanding professional guy talk to the other persons 100 satisfied thank you kern county sheriff department thank u for helping out the comunity and making a difference. read more

I called them because a guy had tried to open my truck door. I ham the guy off, but about 3 1/2 hours later the guy returned and repeatedly threatened me. the guy was obviously on drugs and was pacing the sidewalk in front of my business taunting me. so I tried to do the right thing and call the sheriff department. The guy came back onto my property threatening me. An hour after I called, I received a call from KSD asking me if the guy was still there. I told the broad that he was standing on the next corner at the time. she told me to call again if he comes back. when I asked the broad why I would call again if they still hadn't arrived from the first call, she developed an attitude. it was a situation that could have easily escalated. I even let her know that I have pictures of the guy trying to open my door. read more

My grandmother Frances worked for the the sheriffs department for 32 years. First mexican woman. She was very tough. I'm here not to talk about her but to talk about corruption at CPS. My children were illegally removed from my mother and it's not right. A year is coming that this bad organization stole my kids. Now I have seen many things. CPS ALL supervisors and higher ups. You should be arrested for selling our kids. Abuse. They get away with it because anyone can get paid off. Now I hold great respect towards the Sheriff's Dept. But I also am displeased with how you can sit around and let CPS take take take. I proved it was illegal. Arguments happen. Sometimes you cannot control it. But hey. I didn't know that the county was into selling children. Corruption . It's a bad word. It happens. Drug use behind office doors. Buying narcotics and a employee for the county. Now in what way is it OK. It's not. I'm not a criminal. They look at me like I am. My rights as a US citizen have been taken. My freedom of speech. Taken . My kids mental state is so jacked up. All over monet. $24,000 per kid. Do the math I want charges brought onto CPS Department of human services. Cps abused my children. Mental instability to a 7 and 5 year old. That is sickening. Please help. My children mean everything to me. I never abused my kids. Their mother different story. My sons mother abandoned her own kids to commit adultery. Abandoned them constantly. She is unfit. There is a hand full of employees that use street drugs . I did nothing wrong. Cps are thieves read more

Enforced our eviction fast and curteous. Contacted me a few times before coming to residence great communication.

If you are a victim of domestic violence, do not call these people, they will only make it worse by blaming the victim. I was disgusted by the lack of empathy by Officer J. Ayala. I was so stressed and shaken up after being attacked by my partner. The officer said I was mentally ill and hallucinating and a liar! I showed him the blood on the door, the cracked door frame and the glass on the floor. He has the nerve to say "Did he clean it up and vacuum before we got here?" Yes, he did because it took you about 15 minutes to get here! He only talked to me about 10 minutes and passed his judgement. These officers need more training. I have lost confidence in our police, just like every other citizen. read more

I'm a bail bondsman and I have been in my industry for almost 30 years and I've dealt with a lot of different Sheriff's departments and I have to say that the jail here in Bakersfield is possibly the worst jail and ever been to in the United States ever. I wouldn't get so upset if I didn't realize that these people are public employees that retire at 55 years old and get 100% of their pay and retirement if they were actually good employees but for the most part they completely suck ass. It is so sad when you are super nice to people and you are very polite to everybody in literally they still treat you like shit because they work at the jail. I dealt with one woman who gets hung up on me I mean I'm telling you these people who work at the jail they couldn't possibly ever get a job anywhere else. Nobody would hire these people they're the rudest slowest dumbest people that you can possibly imagine and when you actually confront them on it they treat you like you are the problem not them I swear to God they just suck read more

I found the Central Receiving Facility generally pretty unpleasant. My primary issues were the staff, fellow patrons, activities, and decor. Of the places I've stayed in Bakersfield, this one was probably my least favorite. The staff are a mixed bag, generally ranging from newly hired and predominately civil to crazy-bitter and following you around accusing you of being a terrorist. While generally pretty bossy, a few were very nice and helpful. On the whole though, the indifferent and non-customer service orientated treatment by the staff was a major detriment to the overall experience. Because of this alone, I wouldn't come back. The fellow patrons seem to primarily consist of sketchy people who repeatedly ask me why I was there. I did have the 4 hour opportunity to discuss with a 20something year old, extremely agitated man how a tequila fueled night of blacked out TV smashing was responsible for his invitation to relax and unwind here, and to emphasize this he ended each part of his story with "Man, fuck tequila." I also got to see a guy scream and try to punch a nurse, so all in all I don't recommend hanging out with the other patrons if you can avoid it, as their general interests seem to revolve around being insane. Activities are generally limited and include taking off your shoes, putting them back on, and then walking to and from different rooms. There is one fun part very much like a gameshow, where they isolate you in a metal box and a woman asks you questions, but unfortunately your prize is you have to give them a lot of money to leave. I give this game a poor score as it was anticlimactic and would make a terrible gameshow. Outside of that, I enjoyed calling people on an unpredictable, prepaid phone system and shuffling back and fourth between rooms that were pretty much identical to each other. Occasionally you get to play a kind of speed-dating like game where you are left alone in a room with a person at random for a few hours, but my partners were a fat mexican kid and a crazy hung over tweaker, who either fell asleep immediately or warned me of the dangers of blacking out on tequila for four hours straight. Another fun part of that game is falling asleep wondering if you'll wake up with that person trying to strangle you. There is plenty of leisure time though, so relaxing is not a problem. The decor has obviously not been updated in a long time. In fact, I don't think it was put there in the first place, as the building is just about 100% concrete and steel. The benches are low, cold, and made out of steel, there are drains everywhere (so don't worry about throwing up if someone punches you in the stomach, they thought of that) and everything is covered with a sticky, latex paint that is extremely easy to scratch gang graffiti into. Previous tenants have made sincere attempts to improve the decoration or liven the place up a bit, or even give some helpful advice, as evidenced by the huge "OMAR BLOWS COCKS" carved into the paint of one of the doors. Others have made some creatives attempts at privacy, having discovered that american cheese can be smeared all over a window to make it opaque, as well as disgusting. It's little improvements like this that really make the place personable, but on the whole I would describe the ambiance as cold, hard, depressing, and fairly gross. Maybe I just had a bad experience, but I wouldn't recommend the Central Receiving Facility if you're headed through Bakersfield. While the partons were fairly similar, I had better luck at the Ramada, Extended Stay, and even a few of the seedier hotels around the area. I would recommend the Central Processing Facility before staying at the E-Z 8 motel though. I'll be avoiding this place from now on. read more

They showed the same Adam Sandler movie on the TV sets all weekend. It was free, but a horrible experience. Loud neighbor- screaming girl yelled obscenities all night. They ushered my friend into a whole different wing after we checked in together. The dining experience was horrible- heavy on the unnatural chemical beverage powder that they have you mix into the lukewarm water that you get from the drinking fountain which sits atop of the toilet tank (which is in the shared space right out in the open. Yuck!) And the squished bologna sandwiches seemed not-so-fresh. This place is so overpriced! And then there is the unbearable wet hot climate, which appeals to the population of giant cockroaches that crawl the streets both day & night. Oh, lest I forget our luggage ordeal! I had to run around to 3 different buildings in sweltering heat to a holding area that was always closed on the days when I got there. When I was finally able to get in, I was told that both my & my companion's bags were all checked in under her name, making them unable to be claimed by me. Being from out of town, it was a problem to return. When the both of us did make it back, her purse was missing from our stuff, as was a bag of mine that contained my iPod, some books from the San Francisco Public Library (which I had to replace at my expense), and my jewelery, which was unique & had sentimental value. Ironically left intact was a ziploc baggie of weed contained in my friend's belongings. Somehow this got to stay in our stuff without being confiscated with similar items that were seized. WTF? This place, and the town itself is best avoided as a rest stop, let alone a travel destination. read more