BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 The Shafter Police Department debunked a rumor circulating on social media claiming that an off-duty Shafter police officer was involved in a traffic crash that involved alcohol Sunday evening. Police explained that the driver was not a law enforcement personnel and sustained minor injuries.<\/p>\n
Shafter police said on February 8, 2026, at around 10:30 p.m., officers responded to a crash on Zerker Road, north of 7th Standard Road.<\/p>\n
Police said, \u201cA single-vehicle traffic collision did occur at that time and location; however, it did not involve a Shafter Police Department officer or any other law enforcement personnel, and alcohol was not a factor in the collision.\u201d<\/p>\n
Officers responded to the reported injury crash with emergency lights and sirens and found that the involved vehicle resting on its side along the edge of the Friant-Kern Canal. The vehicle did not become submerged in the canal. The vehicle\u2019s sole occupant, identified as a 20-year-old man, sustained minor injuries.<\/p>\n
The Kern County Fire Department responded to the scene and helped with the safe extrication of the occupant.<\/p>\n
In a release, it said, \u201cThe Shafter Police Department remains committed to transparency with our citizens and the community.\u201d<\/p>\n
Anyone with additional information regarding this incident is asked to call the Shafter Police Department at (661) 746-8500.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 The Shafter Police Department debunked a rumor circulating on social media claiming that an…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":79049,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":{"0":"post-171801","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bakersfield","8":"tag-bakersfield","9":"tag-bakersfield-headlines","10":"tag-bakersfield-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171801\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}