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 Rosedale, Norris and Fruitvale School Districts (compensation to the City not to exceed $143,000)
to provide School Resource Officer Services with a termination date of July 31, 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) dedicat ed 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, BPD entered into Agreement No. 2024 -213 with Rosedale Union School District (RUSD) to provide SRO program services.
Due to the success of the program both parties 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 with a not to exceed compensation amount of $143,000.
RUSD 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. RUSD 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 RUSD 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 RUSD prior to services being rendered.
COUNCIL GOAL:
Safety and Resilience
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Agreement
2. Exhibit A – SRO Duties