Calling the Cops

An EdSource investigation into policing in California schools

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911 Call (1920) Alarm (2824) Animal (226) Disturbance (1634) Drill (487) Fire (148) Harassment (131) Incorrigible Juvenile (395) Lockdown (17) Medical (867) Mental Health (577) Missing Person (319) Other (5530) Patrol (14130) Physical Violence (1354) Police Communications (394) Sex (342) Substances (1237) Suspicion (986) Theft (755) Threats (716) Trespassing (589) Truancy (124) Unknown (6088) Vandalism (303) Vehicle (3081) Weapons (445) Welfare Check (346)

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Abandoned Child (66) Annoying a Child (18) Assist Other Department (375) Assist School Staff / Site (224) BOLO (12) Blackmail (1) Bribery (1) CPS Referral (177) Citizen Assist / Contact (444) Classroom Presentation (72) Community Policing (84) Contempt of Court (2) Contraband For Destruction (38) Contraband for Destruction (18) Counseling (147) Crimestopper Tip (14) Crying Child (1) Custody Issue (14) Detention (24) Door / Gate (9) Driver's License Check (3) Elderly Person Issue (6) Escort (8) Explosion (1) Fallen Tree (2) Follow Up (735) Follow Up - 911 (4) Follow Up - Investigation (78) Forgery (5) Found Property (95) Fraud (1) Gang Activity (3) Hacking (10) Hazard (3) Home Visit (22) Illegal Dumping (1) Illegal Gambling (1) Impound Property (23) Info / Information Only (813) Investigation (152) Keep the Peace (19) Lights (2) Lock Assistance (152) Low Flying Aircraft (5) Maintenance Issue (10) Meeting (362) No Crime (2) On View (18) Other (14) Pedestrian Stop / Check (30) Police Interaction With Youth (19) Preserve the Peace (28) Probation Search (53) Property Found (2) Protest (7) Provide Transportation (24) Public Service (25) Request for Officer (75) Restraining Order (40) School Employee Issue (1) School Related Business (366) Search (7) Self-Initiated Action by Officer (159) Service to Citizen (3) Sleeping in Vehicle / On Ground (28) Social Media (56) Speak With Officer (111) Student Issue (1) Student Problem (8) Take a Report (7) Training (20) Transportation / Errand (32) Unfounded (1) Unknown (11) Utility Problem / Outage (60) Vendor Issue (6) Violation of Court Order (3) Walk and Talk (3) Warrant / Parole / Missing Check (39) Warrant Arrest (5) Warrant Issue (1) Warrant Service (8)

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From all counties, school districts and schools in the database.

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5530
Incidents reported
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Police Departments
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628
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School Districts
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Police call logs are from a sampling of schools representing California for the period Jan. 1 to June 30, 2023. The database does not include all schools or districts.

Incident Breakdown by Subcategory of Other

Incident Logs

displaying 701 - 725 records in total 5530

Info / Information Only — Ridgeview High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

INFO - INFORMATION Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

3/8/23 at 9:49:59 AM

Incident details:

D29 INQUIRY TO BPD if any one of their units responded to a 422 call regarding Ridgeview High School. The call probably would have occurred between 1700-2300 hrs. The person of interest would have been a /
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Probation Search — Ridgeview High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

PROB - PROBATION SEARCH Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

3/15/23 at 10:24:58 AM

Incident details:

D29 Chishol, ck UID son probation, and if she is, who her PO is
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Not Serious Non-Violent

Assist Other Department — Ridgeview High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

AOD - ASSIST OTHER DEPARTMENT Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

3/16/23 at 12:58:21 PM

Incident details:

BPD REPORT 2023-44632 /RHS SUS CIR REGRADING TEXT MSG.
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Not Serious Non-Violent

Transportation / Errand — Ridgeview High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

10/14 - TRANSPORT Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

3/17/23 at 12:37:41 PM

Incident details:

D29 CHISHOLM 10/14 W / 1 FROM RHS TO EG MIT 82.1 @ 1236 ENDING 83.8 @ 1240
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Serious

Warrant Arrest — Ridgeview High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

WARR - WARRANT ARREST Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

3/21/23 at 9:04:04 AM

Incident details:

D29 CHISHOLM 10/29 UID CK WARRANT STUDENT IS ON CAMPUS TODAY CLASSROOM 1012 10/15 W/ 1 @ 0928
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Info / Information Only — Ridgeview High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

INFO - INFORMATION Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

4/19/23 at 12:01:30 PM

Incident details:

M1 PENA REQ SYNERGY PROFILE FOR UID PROFILE SENT VIA EMAIL.
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Not Serious Non-Violent

Counseling — Ridgeview High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

911 - 911 CALL Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

5/16/23 at 4:00:37 PM

Incident details:

Description: Switch RHS 24A-2: Emergency Services Call to 911 on port 8 from user RHS Counseling Stdnt Ph. at 64097 CODE 4 W/ALL COUNSELING OFFICES.
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Probation Search — Ridgeview High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

PROB - PROBATION SEARCH Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

6/6/23 at 11:08:04 AM

Incident details:

D29 CHISHOLM you tell me if # on probation
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Info / Information Only — Shafter High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

INFO - INFORMATION Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

2/7/23 at 11:58:06 AM

Incident details:

D31 DOUGHERTY 40 CAL S/W SER//FDP9899 NO RECORD
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Info / Information Only — Shafter High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

INFO - INFORMATION Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

2/9/23 at 10:46:49 AM

Incident details:

D31 DOUGHERTY INFO ONLY PER D31 ABOUT 30 AGO THERE WAS A SHOOTING AT THE STARBUCKS ON LERDO HWY/ SO SHAFTER AVE. SHAFTER PD HAD THE JR HIGH ON LOCKOUT, BUT SHAFTER HIGH WAS NOT ADVISED ABOUT THE SHOOTING AND WAS NOT REQUIRED TO GO ON LOCKOUT. THEY HAVE ONE IN CUSTODY. AND THE JR HIGH LOCKOUT HAS BEEN LIFTED. SHAFTER HIGH SCHOOL DID NOT HAVE A LOCKOUT. SERVERAL PARENTS ARE CALLING CONCERNED.
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Not Serious Non-Violent

Contraband for Destruction — Shafter High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

PROP - PROPERTY/EVIDENCE DESTRUCTION Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

2/9/23 at 11:35:30 AM

Incident details:

D31 REQ CODE 8 PROP DESTRUCTION gel a case number for property to be destroyed
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Info / Information Only — Shafter High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

INFO - INFORMATION Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

3/13/23 at 2:53:37 PM

Incident details:

D31 DOUGHERTY can I get a case number for an informational report please
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Info / Information Only — Shafter High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

INFO - INFORMATION Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

3/22/23 at 9:58:57 AM

Incident details:

D31 Dougherty code 8 for informational report for Monday 3/20/23
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Not Serious Non-Violent

Assist Other Department — Shafter High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

AOD - ASSIST OTHER DEPARTMENT Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

4/11/23 at 10:13:54 AM

Incident details:

D31 DOUGHTERY get a case number for an AOD report
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Not Serious Non-Violent

Contraband for Destruction — Shafter High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

PROP - PROPERTY/EVIDENCE DESTRUCTION Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

4/24/23 at 11:48:36 AM

Incident details:

D31 DOUGHERTY REQ CODE 8 FOR PROPERTY DESTRUCTION.
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Serious Non-Violent

Warrant / Parole / Missing Check — Shafter High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

10/29 - WANTS/WARRANTS/PAROLE/MISSING CK Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

5/18/23 at 2:00:12 PM

Incident details:

D31 DOUGHERTY 10/29 ONE ADULT SUBJ ON CAMPUS
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Info / Information Only — South High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

INFO - INFORMATION Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

1/26/23 at 1:40:37 PM

Incident details:

South High Principal just called and they are asking what is the police activity in the area of South High School. They have parents calling about the helicopter in the area too. They do not have an Officer on site at this time. Please advise nature of the activity in the area of South HS.
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Not Serious Non-Violent

Assist Other Department — South High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

AOD - ASSIST OTHER DEPARTMENT Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

2/2/23 at 9:12:25 AM

Incident details:

M1 PENA HEARD RADIO TRAFFIC FOR 801 PLANZ. ER TO ARBA
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Not Serious Non-Violent

Assist Other Department — South High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

AOD - ASSIST OTHER DEPARTMENT Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

2/2/23 at 11:20:12 AM

Incident details:

D33 SKIDMORE BPD REPORT FORWARDED TO D33 2023-12119
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Serious

Forgery — South High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

470 - FORGERY Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

2/14/23 at 12:23:18 PM

Incident details:

D33 SKIDMORE: I need a code 8 for possession of a forged bill, PC 475, Please add UID Į niso.
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Not Serious Non-Violent

Transportation / Errand — South High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

10/14 - TRANSPORT Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

2/16/23 at 5:47:18 PM

Incident details:

M5 BARKER ER TO SOUTH FOR 10/14 UID .
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Info / Information Only — South High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

INFO - INFORMATION Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

2/17/23 at 6:51:50 AM

Incident details:

LATE ENTER DUE SYSTEM FAILURE: M5 BARKER REQ CODE 8, INFO ONLY REPORT @2019 ADRIAN @ SOUTH HIGH REQ OFF. STUDENT ACCIDENTLY THREW BALL AND HIT A PARENT IN FACE.
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Info / Information Only — South High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

10/39 - STOP DATE INFO Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

2/24/23 at 9:42:27 AM

Incident details:

Incident Coinments M1 PENA UID 10/39
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Not Serious Non-Violent

Transportation / Errand — South High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

10/14 - TRANSPORT Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

3/8/23 at 3:53:39 PM

Incident details:

D33 SKIDMORE 10/14 FROM SO TO 1: BEG MI 1449 @ 1553
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Not Serious Non-Violent

Contraband for Destruction — South High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

PROP - PROPERTY/EVIDENCE DESTRUCTION Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

3/28/23 at 9:05:28 AM

Incident details:

D33 SKIDMORE CODE 8 FOR PROP DESTRUCTION
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