Police to hold community zone meetings

The Bakersfield Police Department, which last year redivided the area it serves from 25 geographical beats to six larger zones, will hold a series of meetings to introduce the men and women who now lead policing in those zones.

Refocusing city policing from 25 smaller areas to six larger ones was a plan BPD developed in the summer of 2013 and put into effect July 13 of last year.