Wasco Police Department adds officers to new force

Melanie Nguyen, The Bakersfield Californian
Updated ·3 min read

Dec. 19—WASCO — The Wasco Police Department added eight new police officers, chaplains and a sergeant to their force Tuesday night at the City Council meeting with a pinning ceremony nearly a year after the city began developing is own law enforcement department.

Dozens of people packed into the crowded City Hall, some even peering through the windows space ran out inside, to see their loved ones be recognized as members of the Wasco Police.

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