State Highway Patrol awarded $41M to combat impaired driving, some awarded in Kern County

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) -- The California Highway Patrol has been awarded over $41 million to combat impaired driving throughout the state. Dozens of cities, counties and municipal police departments, sheriff's offices and district attorney's offices throughout California will be receiving a slice of the funding, including Shafter, Wasco and Ridgecrest police departments. “The substantial increase [...]