ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT
MEETING DATE: October 8, 2025 AGENDA CATEGORY: Consent - Agreements TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: Greg Terry, Chief of Police
DATE: September 18, 2025
SUBJECT: Agreement with Greenfield Union School District (compensation to the City not to exceed $165,000) to provide School Resource Officer services. (Wards 1 & 7)
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends approval of the agreement.
BACKGROUND:
In February 2018, the Bakersfield Police Department (BPD) and the Bakersfield City School District (BCSD), as recommended by the City Council’s Safe Neighborhoods Committee, implemented a pilot project to engage t wo full -time school resource officers (SRO) dedicated to BCSD schools. The goal of this partnership was to reduce chronic absenteeism, chronic truancy violence, drug and alcohol use, gang involvement, bullying, and harassment in the community to help in en suring BCSD schools are safe learning environments with positive school culture.
On August 23, 2023, the BPD and Greenfield Union School District (GUSD) entered into Agreement No. 2023-201 in the amount of $150,000 and a term date of July 31, 2024, to begin SRO services within their district.
On August 28, 2024, the BPD and GUSD entered into Agreement No. 2024-227 in the amount of $160,000 and a term date of July 31, 2024, to provide SROs to work with GUSD and site administration, parents, students, the surrounding community and other appropriate outside agencies as needed, to primarily address chronic absenteeism and truancy, as well as support a positive school climate and school safety.
The SROs are available to respond to emergency calls for service for the BPD but will otherwise report to the superintendent or designee when working as an SRO on school related business.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Due to the success of the program the BPD and GUSD would like to continue the SRO program for the 2025-26 school year. The district will pay at the following rate:
School year 2025-26 a rate of $7,160 per officer per two (2) weeks of service with a not to exceed compensation amount of $165,000.
GUSD will only be billed for the weeks the district schools are in session, plus one additional week immediately prior to the first week of the school year and one additional week immediately following the last week of the school year. GUSD may also be billed for the weeks summer school is in session if SROs are requested. Any additional services, including overtime, will be charged to GUSD at actual costs to the City in addition to the baseline figure quoted above if such additional services are mutually agreed upon in writing by both City and GUSD prior to services being rendered. All of the Costs born by the City for this service will be reimbursed by the GUSD.
COUNCIL GOAL:
Safety and Resilience
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Agreement
2. Exhibit A