Grand jury reports on sheriff's property room

The Bakersfield Californian
BYLINE: The Bakersfield Californian

Kern County, CA

Jan. 27--The Kern County grand jury released a report Tuesday saying it's impressed with the Sheriff's Department's property room but has recommendations for improvement.

The recommendations included that officials provide protective face masks and latex gloves to everyone who enters certain evidence rooms; purchase drying equipment for blood-soaked evidence; implement an effective pest control program in the homicide evidence room; and look into buying a cutting machine to destroy weapons.

The full report and others released by the grand jury are available at www.co.kern.ca.us/grandjury.

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