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Kern County Sheriff Mack Wimbish frequently travels around Kern County to visit, face to face, with county residents and last Monday, Tehachapi was his focus.“The greatest problem in the Tehachapi area is still drugs, although we’ve made progress,” Wimbish said. “The San Joaquin Valley was the headquarters for methamphetamine production. Now the super labs are gone and they’re forced to manufacture it in other places.”Sweeps performed by various drug enforcement officials from Kern County, in cooperation with local law enforcement, have proved effective, according to Wimbish. Although the number of arrests varies, one recent sweep alone netted 23 offenders in a matter of hours.“These unannounced sweeps have been very helpful in getting some of these people off the streets,” Wimbish said.More good news, in the form of the recovering budget, means more personnel added to the department.According to Wimbish, the state budget problems that...
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