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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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 4876 - 4900 records in total 45965
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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Special Detail / Assignment - Sporting Event — Independence High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

2/10/23 at 3:35:02 PM

Incident details:

M5 BARKER IS, WORKING BASKETBALL AT INDEPENDENCE /AVAILABLE FOR CALLS.
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Special Detail / Assignment - Sporting Event — Independence High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

2/15/23 at 3:12:21 PM

Incident details:

D22 ALVAREZ WORKING BASKETBALL AT INDEPENDENCE
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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

2/22/23 at 9:20:10 AM

Incident details:

D22 ALVARE please check IHS student UIDh is on any type of probation.
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Serious Non-Violent

Vandalism — Independence High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

594 - VANDALISM Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

2/22/23 at 10:15:59 AM

Incident details:

D22 ALVAREZ CODE 8 594 TO VEH IN PLOT CODE 4
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Special Detail / Assignment - Sporting Event — Independence High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

2/22/23 at 3:46:08 PM

Incident details:

D21 CALDERON AND M3 ALVIDREZ WORKING BASKETBALL AT INDEPENDENCE
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Serious Non-Violent

Grand Theft — Independence High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

487 - GRAND THEFT Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

2/24/23 at 3:59:54 PM

Incident details:

D22 ALVAREZ 10/6 IND PLOT 487 CAT CONVERTOR
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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

3/2/23 at 3:29:29 PM

Incident details:

D22 ALVAREZ Can you please check to see if this student is on probation he says he is and please advise PO's phone number.
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Serious Non-Violent

Auto Theft — Independence High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

10851 - STOLEN VEHICLE Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

3/3/23 at 4:16:43 PM

Incident details:

D22 ALVAREZ 10851 TAKEN THIS DATE 0800 - 1600. ¿ BLUE CHEVY FROM THE IND PLOT
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Serious Violent

Sexual Battery — Independence High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

3/10/23 at 6:51:29 AM

Incident details:

BPD Call pending - We are pending a call for service at Independence High School - where a special education student, UID € 1, placed his hands / face in UID i's genitals ..... BPD 23-45411 Would your units be able to handle the courtesy report. BPD HOLDING CALL TILL 0900
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Non-Violent

Alarm Company — Independence High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

3/10/23 at 1:05:00 PM

Incident details:

D22 ALVARES RAPTOR ALERT CODE 4 SUBJECT WAS ASKED TO COME TO SCH FOR MEETING. WILL BE ESCORTED IN/OUT
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