Bakersfield police responded to a large vehicle gathering involving hundreds of cars and unsafe driving activity near Mesa Marin Park on Friday night.
The Bakersfield Police Department received multiple 911 calls beginning shortly before 10:00 p.m. on January 30 reporting the gathering in the vicinity of Mesa Marin Park, Highway 178, and the City in the Hills neighborhood.
Officers responded within minutes of the first call and observed several hundred vehicles gathered in a parking lot, with some individuals engaging in unsafe and unlawful driving behavior. Officers focused on public safety and crowd dispersal through a coordinated enforcement response…