{"id":363394,"date":"2026-06-16T22:39:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T22:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/363394\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T22:39:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T22:39:09","slug":"kern-riverbed-operation-nets-10-arrests-46-tons-of-trash-removed-from-22-encampments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/363394\/","title":{"rendered":"Kern Riverbed operation nets 10 arrests, 46 tons of trash removed from 22 encampments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Bakersfield police and several other local agencies cleared 22 encampments along the Kern Riverbed between Coffee Road and 24th Street, an operation that also resulted in 10 arrests.<\/p>\n<p>Police said crews removed 46.17 tons of trash from the sites.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photo: Bakersfield Police Dept.\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/8fc37547-0795-4bc4-bb82-945e2e685dec-KRE3.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo: Bakersfield Police Dept.<\/p>\n<p>Before the operation, Flood Ministries responded to the area to provide resource options to people experiencing homelessness.<\/p>\n<p>Police said 10 people were arrested and charged with crimes related to illegal camping, narcotics possession and active warrants.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photo: Bakersfield Police Dept.\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/cb9e9731-d2ad-47f0-804d-02d728808c48-KRE4.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo: Bakersfield Police Dept.<\/p>\n<p>Agencies involved in the operation included the Bakersfield Police Department\u2019s Impact Unit and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (drone) Unit, the City of Bakersfield\u2019s Code Enforcement, Rapid Response Team, park rangers, Bakersfield Animal Control, and the Kern County Mental Health Department\u2019s Mental Evaluation Team.<\/p>\n<p>To report homelessness-related concerns, residents are encouraged to contact BPD through the Community Vitality Unit at communityvitality@bakersfieldcity.us or (661) 326-3737. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photo: Bakersfield Police Dept.\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/63a9567c-eb6b-4789-820d-f1bb6e9ef324-KRE5.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo: Bakersfield Police Dept.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photo: Bakersfield Police Dept.\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/479a15bd-7e35-4961-b5d8-432937c7c497-KRE6.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo: Bakersfield Police Dept.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>Encampments can also be reported to the City of Bakersfield through its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bakersfieldcity.us\/663\/Bakersfield-Mobile-App\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">free BakersfieldMobile App<\/a> or through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bakersfieldcity.us\/250\/Report-a-Service-Request\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">city\u2019s online Service Request portal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Bakersfield police and several other local agencies cleared 22 encampments along the Kern Riverbed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":363395,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-363394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363394","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=363394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363394\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/363395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}