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)

Overview

From entire sample of counties, school districts and schools in the database.

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45965
Incidents reported
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164
Police Departments
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852
Schools
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192
School Districts
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57
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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

Incident Logs

displaying 4301 - 4325 records in total 45965

Info / Information Only — Centennial High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

INFO - INFORMATION Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

3/15/23 at 12:29:30 PM

Incident details:

Information only, CFS 23-49351 pending for 2 transients (2 WMs and 1 WF) inside the canal area behind the school, being verbally aggressive and refusing to leave. RP is with Friant Canal. Info only, thank you!
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Special Detail / Assignment - Sporting Event — Centennial High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

BASKET - BASKETBALL GAME Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

3/15/23 at 3:26:52 PM

Incident details:

Whiting D14 & Barker D11 are working basketball at Centennial
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Serious Violent

Criminal / Terrorist Threat - Unknown / Other — Centennial High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

3/21/23 at 4:34:25 PM

Incident details:

D44 WELLS AND D18 MATT CALVILLO ER TO CHS FOR A 701 REPORT THAT WAS TURNED IN AFTER SCH TODAY
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Not Serious Non-Violent

Busy — Centennial High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

10/6 - 10/6 ON SUBJECT Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

3/22/23 at 12:17:47 PM

Special Detail / Assignment - Sporting Event — Centennial High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

FOOT - FOOTBALL Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

3/23/23 at 3:37:00 PM

Incident details:

Whiting D14 is working a football game at Centennial
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Serious Non-Violent

Medical - Drugs — Centennial High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

3/24/23 at 11:52:26 AM

Incident details:

D14 WHITING POSS OD/ STUDENT IN FRONT OFFICE CONS/BREATHING, SEMI ALERT UID CFS ENTERED W/MED 1152
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Serious Non-Violent

Truant — Centennial High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

TRUANT - TRUANT JUVENILES Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

3/28/23 at 9:26:01 AM

Incident details:

PARENT REQUEST ASSIST W/TRUANT UID IMAIL SENT TO TRUANCY TEAM
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Special Detail / Assignment — Centennial High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

3/29/23 at 4:33:08 PM

911 - Unknown — Centennial High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

3/30/23 at 10:47:24 AM

Incident details:

Switch CHS 24A-4: Emergency Services Call to 911 on port 1 from user CHS Room 1605 at 63655 @ 1031
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Serious

Medical - Unknown — Centennial High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

3/30/23 at 11:01:44 AM

Incident details:

Description: Switch CHS 24A-4: Emergency Services Call to 911 on port 1 from user CHS Room 1605 @ 1032 appears to be duplicate w/same time stamp and same ID # OF 1319
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Special Detail / Assignment - Sporting Event — Centennial High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

VOLLEY - VOLLEYBALL Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

3/30/23 at 3:20:15 PM

Incident details:

D14 WHITING WORKING VOLLEYBALL AT CENTENNIAL
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Not Serious Non-Violent

Assist Other Department — Centennial High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

4/18/23 at 2:12:38 PM

Incident details:

D14 WHITING REQ CFS FOR KCSO TO RESPOND TO CHS SCH EXCUSE TIME 1515. UID INCIDENT OCCURRED' SUNDAY, 4/16/23 AT THE OLIVE TREE MOTEL 6. DAD IIIT STUDENT W/BELT AND STUDENT HAS BELT MARKS ON HIS BACK KCSO CFS # 241 KHSD CODE 8 - 23-0665 CALL ENTERED W/ KCSO
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Not Serious Non-Violent

Busy — Centennial High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

10/6 - 10/6 ON SUBJECT Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

5/2/23 at 2:27:21 PM

Incident details:

D25 FORBUS 10/6 AT CENTENNIAL
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Not Serious Non-Violent

Assist Other Department — Centennial High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

5/3/23 at 2:55:26 PM

Incident details:

D14 WHITING AOD CONT 1 UID ( OR CPS REFERRAL CFS CONT 1 @ 1518
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Serious

Mentally Unstable Person — Centennial High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

5/3/23 at 4:36:59 PM

Incident details:

D14 WHITING REQ ROVER FOR POSS TRANSPORT OF UID IADE 5150 STATEMENTS EARLIER, RETRACTED. STAFF DID MATRIX AND ADVISED SHE IS NOT SUICIDAL, ATTEMPT TO CONTACT PARENTS, STEP-MOM AT WORK AND FATHER DOES NOT ANSWER. STUDENT W/COUNSELOR AT THIS TIME. 10-22 ROVER, FATHER WILL PU FROM ADMIN
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Not Serious Non-Violent

Drill - Fire / Earthquake — Centennial High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

DRILL - FIRE, EVAC, EARTHQUAKE Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

5/16/23 at 9:23:38 AM

Incident details:

D14 WHITING ADV THEY ARE HAVING A FIRE DRILL AROUND 0930. HE WILL ADV WHEN IT BEGINS.
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Serious Non-Violent

Vehicle Check — Centennial High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

5/17/23 at 9:04:15 AM

Incident details:

D14 WHITING REQ 10-28 ON · FOR REPORTS OF EXCESS SPEEDING AROUND SCHOOL AND INTO PARKING LOT. ATTEMPT TO CROSS TO STU. :
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Serious Non-Violent

Petty Theft — Centennial High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

488 - PETTY THEFT Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

6/6/23 at 12:31:16 PM

Incident details:

D14 WHITING THEFT OF BICYCLE, CHIPPED AND PINGING IN AREA OF RIVER LAKES. 10-6 SEARCHING W/PARENT. SUSP WILL BE W/M WEARING RED BALL CAP, BLK HOODY, SHORTS. BIKE IS WHT 29" SE BMX TYPE UID
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Special Detail / Assignment - Extracurricular / Graduation — Centennial High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

GRAD - GRADUATION Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

6/22/23 at 12:49:18 PM

Incident details:

FYI in case you get a call about a bunch of police cars at Centennial, it is for their graduation ceremony in the PAC. They will be here from 4 to 8 tonight.
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Serious

Welfare Check — Centennial High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

CTW - CHECK THE WELFARE Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

6/23/23 at 12:01:43 PM

Incident details:

D14 WHITING CTW OF SUBJ WHO IS ON GROUND OUT OF WHEEL CHAIR ACROSS THE STREET FROM SCHOOL. CODE 4.
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Serious Violent

Disturbing the Peace — Del Oro High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

415 - DISTURBANCE Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

1/17/23 at 9:32:41 AM

Incident details:

D16 EARNEST ADVISED OF 415 IN THE 400 BUILDING CODE 4
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Not Serious Non-Violent

False Alarm — Del Oro High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

FALSE - FALSE FIRE ALARM PULLED 148.4 Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

1/17/23 at 3:51:34 PM

Incident details:

D16 EARNEST FIRE ALARM. SCHOOL IS CODE 4 @ 1456
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Non-Violent

Alarm - Unknown — Del Oro High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

ALARM - BUILDING ALARM ACTIVIATION Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

1/18/23 at 12:32:40 PM

Incident details:

D16 EARNEST HAD AN ALARM AT GYM. CODE 4
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Follow Up — Del Oro High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

1/18/23 at 1:54:29 PM

Incident details:

55:55 M1 B143 14:19:53 14:20:11 15:15:48 00:18 N/A 55:37 M3 B159 14:27:11 15:15:48 N/A N/A N/A 48:37 M1 PENA ER FOR FU. POSS RELATED TO 23-0027 Base look at uid t ombo name /possible match
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Serious Violent

Verbal Fight — Del Oro High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

415 - DISTURBANCE Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

1/19/23 at 9:37:23 AM

Incident details:

DI6 BARNEST 415 VERBAL IN THE 300 BULDING CODE 4 W/ SUBJECT
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