FBI agency record
Kern County Sheriff's Office
Kern County, California
Serves ~298,272 residents · UCR reported
The Kern County Sheriff's Office is the agency responsible for law enforcement within Kern County, California, in the United States. The agency provides: law enforcement within the county, maintain the jails used by both the county and municipalities, and provides search and rescue. Its jurisdiction contains all of the unincorporated areas of the county, approximately 8,000 square miles (21,000 km2). The headquarters is in Bakersfield with 15 substations located throughout the county. The metro patrol area is divided into four regions: north, south, east, and west.
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Crime & staffing trends
Summary Reporting System counts from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.
Police employment counts reported to the FBI UCR program.
NIBRS incident detail
Incident-based victim counts reported through NIBRS, from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.
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Staffing
- Full-time sworn
- 503
- Part-time sworn
- 0
- Full-time civilian
- 352
- Part-time civilian
- 0
- Total FT employees
- 1,123
- Population served
- 343,341
- Operating budget
- $238,415,170
Source: BJS LEMAS 2020 (ICPSR) · all waves 1987–2020
- Sworn officers (2025)
- 860
- Civilians (2025)
- 476
Reported annually to the FBI UCR program; full history charted above.
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