Since 1999 Kern County has been a participant in the Central Valley Rural Crime Prevention Program. This program is a multi-jurisdictional collaboration of the Agricultural Commissioners, Sheriff's Departments and District Attorney Offices in the eight San Joaquin Valley counties, which are Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus and Tulare counties.

The Rural Crime Prevention Program is a state-funded program that is administered by the Governor's Office of Emergency Services. It specifically targets offenders who commit oil and agricultural crimes.

Cases within the Rural Crime program are filed in the judicial district where the crime was committed; for that reason, supervision of the program is part of Branch Operations.