Calling the Cops

An EdSource investigation into policing in California schools

Threats incidents

in Kern County

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88

Incidents reported
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6

Police Departments
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26

Schools
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5

School Districts

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 Threats

Incident Logs

displaying 76 - 88 records in total 88

Serious Violent

Verbal ThreatBurroughs High School

Sierra Sands Unified School District, Kern County

VERBAL THREATS Reported to Ridgecrest Police Department

4/19/23 at 10:39:02 AM

Serious Violent

Criminal / Terrorist Threat - Unknown / OtherBurroughs High School

Sierra Sands Unified School District, Kern County

TERRORIST THREATS Reported to Ridgecrest Police Department

5/17/23 at 1:23:04 PM

Serious Violent

Criminal / Terrorist Threat - Unknown / OtherBurroughs High School

Sierra Sands Unified School District, Kern County

TERRORIST THREATS Reported to Ridgecrest Police Department

5/19/23 at 8:36:10 AM

Serious Violent

Verbal ThreatMurray Middle School

Sierra Sands Unified School District, Kern County

VERBAL THREATS Reported to Ridgecrest Police Department

3/13/23 at 1:51:05 PM

Serious Violent

Criminal / Terrorist Threat - Unknown / OtherJacobsen Middle School

Tehachapi Unified School District, Kern County

SRD - SCHOOL RESOURCE DUTY Reported to Tehachapi Police Department

3/16/23 at 8:18:41 AM

Incident details:

YESTERDAY A STUDENT WHO IS ABSENT TODAY THREATENED ANOTHER STUDENT- WERE TRANSPORTED TO THERE RESIDENCE AFTER I WAS UNABLE TO PICK THEM UP. STATED HIS FRIEND SENT A TEXT SAYING IF I WAS A MURDERER I WOULD KILL YOU. WAS NOT THREATENED BY THE TEXT AND TOOK IT AS A JOKE. BOTH PARENTS HAVE BEEN ADVISED BY THE INCIDENT
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Serious Violent

Criminal / Terrorist Threat - Unknown / OtherJacobsen Middle School

Tehachapi Unified School District, Kern County

SRD - SCHOOL RESOURCE DUTY Reported to Tehachapi Police Department

4/20/23 at 2:18:43 PM

Incident details:

THREATENED TO BRING GUN TO SCHOOL - BASED ON A RUMOR CIRCULATING FOR 8 DAYS STUDENT ALLEGED SHOOTING UP THE SCHOOL IN FRONT OF ENTIRE CLASS. NO LONGER A THREAT. NO CRIME.
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Serious Violent

Criminal / Terrorist Threat - Unknown / OtherJacobsen Middle School

Tehachapi Unified School District, Kern County

SRD - SCHOOL RESOURCE DUTY Reported to Tehachapi Police Department

4/21/23 at 1:17:23 PM

Incident details:

STRUCK OTHER STUDENT WITH TENNIS RACKET THIEN THREATENED HIM. VICTIM AND MOTHER NOT DESIROUS OF PROSECUTION. HANDLED ADMINISTRATIVELY.
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Serious Violent

Criminal / Terrorist Threat - Unknown / OtherJacobsen Middle School

Tehachapi Unified School District, Kern County

422 - TERRORIST THREATS Reported to Tehachapi Police Department

4/28/23 at 2:10:12 PM

Incident details:

POINTED AT STAFF WITH OBJECT AND MADE GUNFIRE NOISES. DOES NOT MEET JUST THREAT PER EDUCATION CODE
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Serious Violent

Criminal / Terrorist Threat - Unknown / OtherJacobsen Middle School

Tehachapi Unified School District, Kern County

SRD - SCHOOL RESOURCE DUTY Reported to Tehachapi Police Department

5/1/23 at 12:18:24 PM

Incident details:

422 R/Incident initiated at Jacobsen Middle School - WROTE LETTER THREATENING 949 14 SOCIAL WORKER BUT DID NOT SHOW TO SOCIAL WORKER AND 15 DOES NOT POSSESS PRESENT ABILITY TO CARRY OUT THREAT. DOES 16 NOT MEET CRITERIA FOR PC 422. WILL CONDUCT FURTHER FOLLOW 17 UP WITH GUARDIAN AND STAFF
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Serious Violent

Criminal / Terrorist Threat - Unknown / OtherJacobsen Middle School

Tehachapi Unified School District, Kern County

SRD - SCHOOL RESOURCE DUTY Reported to Tehachapi Police Department

5/2/23 at 2:02:18 PM

Incident details:

MADE STATEMENT' TIF WILL BRING GRENADE TO SCHOOL DUE TO BEING HARRASSED BY STUDENTS ARE IN 6TH GRADE NFI - UPON BEING MOCKED BY ANOTHER STUDENT THREATENED TO BRING A HAND GRENADE TO SCHOOL. APPEARS TO BE AN EMOTIONAL OUTBURST ONLY. WAS ALREADY CRYING PRIOR TO BEING ADVISED OF MY INVOLVMENT. DETERMINED THAT DOES NOT INTEND TO CARRY OUT ANY SUCH ACT.
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Serious Violent

Unfounded ThreatTehachapi High School

Tehachapi Unified School District, Kern County

SRD - SCHOOL RESOURCE DUTY Reported to Tehachapi Police Department

2/21/23 at 11:29:51 AM

Incident details:

STATEMENTS MADE BY DID NOT CONSTITUTE CRIMINAL THREATS. BOTH PARTIES COUNCELED. 18 WHO WAS THE RP WAS NOTIFIED OF ACTION BY VOICEMAIL.
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Serious Violent

Criminal / Terrorist Threat - Unknown / OtherTehachapi High School

Tehachapi Unified School District, Kern County

SRD - SCHOOL RESOURCE DUTY Reported to Tehachapi Police Department

3/14/23 at 11:34:41 AM

Incident details:

INF REQUESTING TO EMAIL PHOTOS TO SRO RE POSS SCHOOL SHOOTING VIA TEXTS, 911A VIA 10-21 - reported to school staff that texted with a factitious Tik Tok account, threatening to kill her by bashing her head with a hammer. School staff conducted an investigation and provided officers with written statements from both along with multiple witnesses. Staff observed all of social media accounts and confirmed the factitious account was not created by stated she did not write any texts regarding any assault towards or has any plan to harm Staff advised officers a student who secks attention and possible created the factitious account her self to get _UNSELECTED_ in trouble. Upon further investigation no the factitious threat has no validity.
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Serious Violent

Criminal / Terrorist Threat - Unknown / OtherTehachapi High School

Tehachapi Unified School District, Kern County

SRD - SCHOOL RESOURCE DUTY Reported to Tehachapi Police Department

5/8/23 at 8:59:28 AM

Incident details:

INF IS SECURITY AT LOC AND WAS THREATENED BY STUDENT, INF HAS VIDEO AVAIL, NFI - POSTED VIDEO ON TIK TOK WHICH SHOWED 949 13 REPORTING PARTY'S PICTURE WHILE PLAYING A POPPY SOUNDING 14 SOUND WITH THE LYRICS OF I WILL SEND AN ARMY AFTER YOU OR 15 SOMETHING SIMILAR. DOES NOT MEET CRITERIA FOR PC
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