Item 229/2025
Final
City of Garden Grove
INTER-DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM
To:
Lisa L. Kim From: Chief El-Farra
Dept:
City Manager Dept: Police
Date: 6/24/2025
Subject: Approval of a Cooperative Agreement with the Garden Grove Unified School District to continue the School Resource Officer partnership program. (Action Item)
OBJECTIVE
To seek City Council approval to enter into a Cooperative Agreement with the Garden Grove Unified School District (GGUSD) to continue the School Resource Officer partnership program.
BACKGROUND
The existing School Resource Officer (SRO) program is currently comprised of six officers and one sergeant, of which four officers are funded by GGUSD and two officers and one sergeant are funded by the City of Garden Grove.
The SRO unit provides police services to approximately 20,000 students and is responsible for campus safety and crime prevention for Garden Grove Unified School District (GGUSD) schools located in the city of Garden Grove. Beyond law enforcement, SROs also serve as educators, emergency managers, and informal counselors.
DISCUSSION
This program has been successful, and both GGUSD and the Garden Grove Police Department wish to continue the partnership.
GGUSD will reimburse the City as outlined below:
For Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-26, the annual cost for one full-time police officer is $347,433.82 (salary and benefits), and the total cost for four (4) full-time police officers is $1,389,735.25.
For Fiscal Year (FY) 2026-27, the annual cost for one full-time police officer is $362,143.93 (salary and benefits), and the total cost for four (4) full-time police officers is $1,448,575.71.
Item 229/2025
FINANCIAL IMPACT
The GGUSD will reimburse the City for the cost of four (4) full-time police officers for FY 2025-26 for the amount of $1,389,735.25 (salary and benefits) and FY 2026 -27 for the amount of $1,448,575.71 (salary and benefits).
The City's cost related to the program has been included in the adopted biennial budget for FY 2025-26 and FY 2026-27.
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council:
Approve the Cooperative Agreement with the Garden Grove Unified School District (GGUSD) to continue the School Resource Officer Program; Authorize the City Manager , or designee, to execute the Cooperative Agreement on behalf of the City, and make minor modifications as appropriate thereto; Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to enter into and execute future amendments for additional biennial terms.
ATTACHMENT(S)
1. FY2025-27 GGUSD SRO Cooperative Agreement