ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT
MEETING DATE: November 19, 2025 AGENDA CATEGORY: Consent - Agreements TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: Greg Terry, Chief of Police
DATE: November 4, 2025
SUBJECT: Agreement with Panama -Buena Vista Union School District s (Compensation to the City not to exceed $250,000).
Agreement with the Panama-Buena-Vista School District to provide School Resource Officer Services in the amount of $250,000 and termination date of June 10, 2026. (Ward 4)
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 two 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 ensuring BCSD schools are safe learning environments with positive school culture.
On August 14, 2024, the BPD and Panama -Buena Vista Union School District (PBVUSD) entered into Agreement No. 2024-212 in the amount of $150,000 and termination date of June 10, 2025, to begin SRO services within their district.
Due to the success of the program the BPD and PBVUSD would like to continue the SRO program for the 25/26 school year. The district will pay at the following rate:
School year 25/26 a rate of $7,160 per officer per two weeks of service , not to exceed compensation amount of $250,000.
PBVUSD 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 for a total compensation not to exceed $250,000 for the 25/26 school year.
PBVUSD 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 PB VUSD 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 PBVUSD prior to services being rendered.
COUNCIL GOAL:
Safety and Resilience
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Agreement
2. Exhibit A – SRO Duties