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BAKERSFIELD POLICE
DEPARTMENT
PRESS RELEASE
Greg Williamson, Chief of Police
Contact: Michaela Beard
Public Information Office
661-326-3803
mbeard@bakersfieldpd.us
For Immediate Release June 25, 2013
With recent thefts of items taken from garages, the Bakersfield Police Department
wants to remind the community to keep your garage doors closed and secure.
With summer here, bike rides, barbeques and outdoor activities are a common way to
celebrate and have fun outside.
The Bakersfield Police Department has a few crime prevention tips for making your
home a little safer this summer:
• Keep your garage door shut as often as possible and items of value out of plain
view
• Keep bikes, and other larger items locked up inside your garage
• Install motion sensor lights near your garage door
• Etch your name, address or phone number into items of value and be sure to
write down make, model and serial number of larger valuable items.
Interested in obtaining more tips or starting a Neighborhood Watch program? Contact
the Bakersfield Police Department Crime Prevention Unit at (661) 326-3024.
You can now send an anonymous text message to the Bakersfield Police Department. It’s quick and it’s easy.
Simply enter 274637 into your phone and text BPDCRIMES along with your message. The text is sent to the
police department and the sender remains completely anonymous.
Tips can also be anonymously sent through the smartphone “TipSubmit” mobile App or via email at
https://www.tipsubmit.com.