The police in Bakersfield are so overwhelmed by all the crime they just don’t come out unless the circumstances are dire. Your house can be broken in to, everything stolen, and when you call they’ll ask if you think there is still someone in the house. If the answer is no then they tell you to fill out a form online for insurance purposes.
Like the rest of California Bakersfield is one big crime pit.
As a taxpayer, I hate when my taxes are used to pay for these lawsuits and no administrator, politician, or individual cop is held responsible. If this were a business and the management kept losing lawsuits to plaintiffs, the management would eventually be replaced for its malfeasance. Politicians think they can sit in their office and not do anything about the problems in their bailiwick, except dole out taxpayer money (... And I guess they’re right about that. They can and do.)
Where’s the governor come down on this? Is he at all responsible? How about the mayor? Police chief?