Calling the Cops

An EdSource investigation into policing in California schools

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911 Call (98) Alarm (74) Animal (30) Disturbance (123) Drill (19) Fire (8) Harassment (5) Incorrigible Juvenile (39) Lockdown (3) Medical (102) Mental Health (86) Missing Person (59) Other (454) Patrol (582) Physical Violence (125) Police Communications (26) Sex (42) Substances (113) Suspicion (96) Theft (99) Threats (88) Trespassing (39) Truancy (10) Unknown (307) Vandalism (32) Vehicle (462) Weapons (71) Welfare Check (10)

Kern County

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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.

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displaying 1251 - 1275 records in total 3202
Serious

Mentally Unstable Person — Highland High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

5150 - MENTALLY DISTURBED PERSON/UNSTABLE Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

5/9/23 at 10:39:35 AM

Incident details:

D21 CALDERON 10/6 W/ 1 IN MY OFFICE FOR EVAL. CODE 4 UID
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Serious Violent

Battery — Highland High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

243 - BATTERY W/ INJURY Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

5/9/23 at 3:42:04 PM

Incident details:

D21 CALDERON REQ CODE 8 FOR 243. CODE 4.
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Serious Non-Violent

Car Accident - Non-Injury — Highland High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

902T - NON- INJURY TRAFIC ACCIDENT Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

5/10/23 at 4:10:36 PM

Incident details:

D21 CALDERON ER TO BUS LOADING ZONE FOR 902T BETWEEN BUS AND CAR REPORTED TO DEAN'S OFFICE. NO INJURIES, NO STUDENTS ONBOARD. DRIVERS EXCHANGED INFO.
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Follow Up — Highland High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

FU - FOLLOW UP Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

5/10/23 at 4:48:26 PM

Incident details:

D21 CALDERON @ HIGHLAND FU 23-0815
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Not Serious Non-Violent

911 - Misdial / Hangup — Highland High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

5/11/23 at 12:47:17 PM

Incident details:

Description: Switch HHS 90V-1: Emergency Services Call to 911 on port 10.200.128.213 from user HHS Health Clerk at 74076 D21 CALDERON WILL CHECK AND ADV. BOTH HEALTH OFFICES CODE 4, NO ONE CALLED 911.
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Info / Information Only — Highland High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

INFO - INFORMATION Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

5/11/23 at 4:29:02 PM

Incident details:

TOT CONT 2 PARKING COMPLAINT. D21 CALDERON ADVISED VIA EMAIL.
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Special Detail / Assignment - Sporting Event — Highland High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

SPEC - SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

5/17/23 at 3:55:48 PM

Incident details:

Matt Calvillo D18 & Calderon D21 are working baseball at Highland
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Serious

Medical - Unknown — Highland High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

MED - MEDICAL AID Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

5/17/23 at 6:36:07 PM

Incident details:

INC#2305170036
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Serious Non-Violent

Medical - Seizure — Highland High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

MED - MEDICAL AID Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

5/18/23 at 5:35:59 PM

Incident details:

CHEERLEADER INJ SHOULDER IN GYMNASIUM, CONSC, BREATHING
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Not Serious Non-Violent

Parking Enforcement / Violation — Highland High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

PARKING - PARKING VIOLATION Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

5/23/23 at 8:27:40 AM

Incident details:

D21 CALDERON 10/6 ON PARKING VIOLATION OLD HONDA ACCORD. CROSSES TO UIL MADE CONTACT W/ PARENT AND THEY WILL HAVE STUDENT MOVE VEHICLE.
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Serious Violent

Criminal / Terrorist Threat - Social Media — Highland High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

701 - INFO OF THREATENED OFFENSE Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

5/24/23 at 2:44:47 PM

Incident details:

FATHER OF UID CALLED AND REPORTED A INSTAGRAM THREAT THAT A KID WOULD KILL HIS DAUGHTER. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THE TWO HAVE EXCHANGED MESSAGES. DAD INFORMED DEAN'S OFFICE BUT FELT THEY DIDN'T TAKE IT SERIOUS AND WANTS POLICE DEPT TO HANDLE. M2 EMBREY REQ ADD UID POSSIBLE UIC
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Serious Non-Violent

Traffic Stop — Highland High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

TSTOP - TRAFFIC STOP Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

5/26/23 at 8:30:04 AM

Incident details:

D21 CALDERON TSTOP BUS LOADING ZONE GRAY MERCEDES CITED
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Special Detail / Assignment — Highland High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

SPEC - SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

5/30/23 at 3:25:46 PM

Incident details:

D21 CALDERON WORKING SENIOR SUNSET AT HIGHLAND.
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Serious

Suspicious Circumstance — Highland High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

SUSCIRC - SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

5/31/23 at 10:22:35 AM

Incident details:

D21 CALDERON
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Non-Violent

Alarm Company — Highland High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

RAPTOR - RAPTOR ALARM NOTIFICATION Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

6/22/23 at 10:09:52 AM

Incident details:

This is an alert by the Raptor system. Admin assistance has been requested. Maria Estrada has requested immediate assistance at Highland High School. REC'D AT 1009.
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Serious

Suspicious Vehicle — Highland High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

SUSVEH - SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

6/23/23 at 7:07:42 AM

Incident details:

D21 CALDERON 10-6 W/WHT FORD TRUCK CA ARKED ACCROSS STREET FROM HIGHLAND SOUTH PLOT. UNCONS PERSON. CA:
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Serious Non-Violent

Medical - Seizure — Highland High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

MED - MEDICAL AID Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

6/29/23 at 9:09:07 AM

Incident details:

D21 CALDERON ER TO RM 16 E REPORT OF STUDENT HAVING SEIZURE POSS UID
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Serious Violent

Shots Fired — Horizon Elementary School

Greenfield Union School District, Kern County

SHOTS - SHOTS FIRED Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

4/20/23 at 11:25:49 AM

Incident details:

BPD REC'D 10/21 FROM PRINCIPAL AT HORIZON ELEM. REPORTING HEARING 4 GUNSHOTS JUST W/O THE SCH APPOX 5 AGO BPD IS ER . D19 NOTIFIED AND ER . D19 AND CONT 2 UTL.
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Serious Non-Violent

Traffic Stop — Independence High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

TSTOP - TRAFFIC STOP Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

1/19/23 at 8:11:41 PM

Incident details:

D45 VASQUEZ TSTOP GRAY HYUN CA ', 1 VISIBLE VERBAL
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Serious Non-Violent

Trespassing — Independence High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

XPAT - EXTRA PATROL Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

1/25/23 at 1:15:02 PM

Incident details:

D22 ALVAREZ REQ ADDL. FOR TWO NON-STUDENTS ON BICYCLES. MI PENA ER FROM THE RANGE. D22 ADVISED CODE 4, 10-22 ADDL.
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Serious Non-Violent

Vehicle Check — Independence High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

10/28 - VEHICLE/REGISTRATION CHECK Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

1/31/23 at 11:20:26 AM

Incident details:

D22 ALVAREZ VEH LEFT RUNNING CROSS TO STUDENT. CA I RED KIA. POSS CROSS UID 6:
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Serious Non-Violent

Reposession — Independence High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

REPO - REPOSSESSION Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

2/6/23 at 8:16:57 AM

Incident details:

INFO ONLY: LEWIS - LIGHTNING RECOVERY AND TOW ADVISED HE REPOSSESSED A VEHICLE'NEAR INDEPENDENCE HIGH. WILL BE ENTERED TO CONT 1. 2017 INFINITI QX60, 4D, BLACK. CA ST 4
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Serious Non-Violent

Vehicle Check — Independence High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

10/28 - VEHICLE/REGISTRATION CHECK Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

2/6/23 at 12:27:29 PM

Incident details:

D22 ALVAREZ 10-28 CA 5 , LEFT RUNNING IN LOT CA UID
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Probation Search — Independence High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

2/7/23 at 2:41:14 PM

Incident details:

D22 ALVAREZ: Can you please check to see if this student is on netive probation with any search terms. I arrested him last year for possesslon for sales and he's back in the Dean's office. Can you also check his driver's license status
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Serious

Keep the Peace — Independence High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

KTP - KEEP THE PEACE Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

2/9/23 at 7:59:10 PM

Incident details:

D72 COLLIER REPORTS OF UNRULY PEOPLE AT INDEPENDENCE BASKETBALL GAME TIME = EVENT BY 19:59:54 1 Incident initiated at Independence High, 8001 Old River Rd, Bakersfield1 D009 19:59:54 2 Address not valid for street: 8001 Old River Rd D009 20:00:45 3 M5 DISP. Independence High, 8001 Old River Rd, Bakersfield D009 20:00:46 1 D2 DISP. Independence High, 8001 Old River Rd, Bakersfield: D009 20:01:04 5 D11 DISP. Independence High, 8001 Old River Rd, Bakersfield D009 20:05:08 6 D11 10/8. Frecd D009 20:11:19 7 DEAN REQ ROVERS. THEY'VE EJECTED BCHS PARENT AND STUDENT D009 8 FROM GAME AND A CHEERLEADER AND PARENT. STATEMENTS MADE 9 THEY WILL BE WAITING IN THE PLOT. 20:13:04 10 D2 10/97. D009 20:13:04 11 M5 10/97. D009 20:19:35 12 D2 10/6. D009 20:19:38 13 M5 10/6. D009 20:20:17 14 D2 CODE 4. D009 20:20:17 15 MS CODE 4. D009 20:20:29 16 GAME JUST ENDED D009 20:37:57 17 D2 10/8. . Disposition NA D009 20:41:34 18 M5 10/8. D009 20:41:34. 19 M5 Closed - Disposition AC D009 -
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