ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT
MEETING DATE: July 15, 2026 AGENDA CATEGORY: Consent - Agreements TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: Brent Stratton. Chief of Police
DATE: July 2, 2026
SUBJECT: Agreement with Kern County Superintendent of Schools Alternative Education Division (KCSOS) (not to exceed $220,000 to the city) to provide School Resource Officer services.
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 ensure BCSD schools are safe learning environments with positive school culture.
On January 8, 2025, BPD entered into Agreement No. 2025 -001 with KCSOS to provide SRO program services with a term date of June 30, 2026, and a not to exceed amount of $138,000.
Due to the success of the program both par ties would like to continue the SRO program for the 26/27 school year. The district will pay at the following rate:
School year 26/27 a rate of $8,132 per officer per two (2) weeks of service with a not to exceed compensation amount of $220,000.
FISCAL IMPACT: KCSOS 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. KCSOS 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 KCSOS 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 KCSOS prior to services being rendered.
COUNCIL GOAL:
Safety and Resilience
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Signed Agreement
2. Exhibit A