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
Counties

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 5951 - 5975 records in total 45965
Serious Violent

Incorrigible / Out of Control Juvenile — Vista Continuation High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

OCJ - OUT-OF-CONTROL JUVENILE Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

4/24/23 at 9:27:25 AM

Incident details:

SHANNON @ VISTA P REQ OFFICER FOR UNK SIT BETWEEN TWO STUDENTS, BOY/GIRLFRIEND SITUATION. POSS OCJ UIC . NOT A LOT OF INFO KNOWN. UID AND UIL
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Serious Violent

Lockdown - Possible Armed Suspect — Vista Continuation High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

LOCKOUT - LOCKOUT Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

4/26/23 at 7:54:27 AM

Incident details:

CONT 2 PUT VISTA P ON LOCKOUT @ 754. SUS PER IN AREA M1 SUBJ W/RIFLE WALKING NB ON 4 STREET TWD LOWELL PARK LOCKOUT LIFTED AT 0806 PER MI
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Serious Violent

Criminal / Terrorist Threat - Unknown / Other — Vista Continuation High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

4/26/23 at 10:47:44 AM

Incident details:

SHANNON LEIST AT VISTA P. REQ OFFICER TO COME TO THE SCHOOL FOR 701. UIL '. OFFICER TO MEET IN ADMIN IN OFFICE.
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Info / Information Only — Vista Continuation High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

INFO - INFORMATION Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

4/26/23 at 3:23:07 PM

Incident details:

VISTA P IS REQUESTING A ROVER TO HELP WITH BHS PARENTS ATTENDING BASEBALL GAME PARKING WHEREVER THEY WANT AND CAUSING TRAFFIC ISSUES FOR VISTA P.
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Serious Non-Violent

Drugs - Unknown — Vista Continuation High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

H/S - DRUGS/NARCOTICS VIOLATION Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

4/28/23 at 1:11:06 PM

Incident details:

VISTA P REQ ROVER FOR H/S UID IN ADMIN OFFICE.
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Probation Search — Vista Continuation High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

5/2/23 at 8:47:23 AM

Incident details:

D45 VALDEZ REQ JUV PROB CHECK UID.
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Serious Non-Violent

Drugs - Unknown — Vista Continuation High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

H/S - DRUGS/NARCOTICS VIOLATION Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

5/4/23 at 11:38:09 AM

Incident details:

VISTA - HAS FEMALE STUDENT IN THE OFFICE/ H/S NEG ON MEDICAL AIDE. NEED OFFICER TO EVALUATE AND POSSIBLY TRANSPORT HER HOME UNK UID AT THIS TIME, STUDENT IS NOT ABLE GIVE UID. STAFF IS ATL UID SENT D45 VALDEZ A MSG CALL PENDING.
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Serious

Medical - Unknown — Vista Continuation High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

5/18/23 at 10:01:28 AM

Incident details:

Switch Vista 90V-1; Emergency Services Call to 911 on port 10.200.104.209 from user VHS Dean at 66244 @ 10:00:03 AM X3 CALLS STUDENT HAVING CHEST PAINS. LOW HEART RATE UID : PARENT IS ER TO SCH
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Probation Search — Vista Continuation High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

5/24/23 at 9:17:35 AM

Incident details:

D45 VALDEZ REQ PROB CK ON ONE.
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Info / Information Only — Vista Continuation High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

5/31/23 at 8:50:53 AM

Incident details:

D45 VALDEZ 10/39 ON CASE 23-0922
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Not Serious Non-Violent

Transportation / Errand — Vista Continuation High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

6/6/23 at 10:47:39 AM

Incident details:

D45 A VALDEZ 10/14 W/IF FROM VISTA TO VE. BEG 48.8 @ 1047 UID
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Serious Violent

Weapon - Gun — Vista West Continuation High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

626.10 - WEAPON ON CAMPUS Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

1/18/23 at 10:30:39 AM

Incident details:

D44 WELLS HAS MOTHER REPORTING SON TEXTED HER THERE IS STUDENT ON CAMPUS WITH GUN. ATL STUDENT WHO SENT THE TEXT RP UID SUSPECT M1, M3, D14 ER
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Serious Non-Violent

Medical - Drugs — Vista West Continuation High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

UTI - UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

1/19/23 at 9:48:37 AM

Incident details:

DAN WELLS 10/6 W/I POSS UTI. PARENT REQ MEDICAL AIDE TO CK STUDENT. CONS/ BREATHING. UID CPS FOR MEDICAL @ 0952 ER
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Serious Violent

Suicide - Threat — Vista West Continuation High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

SUICIDAL - SUICIDAL STUDENT/METS TEAM REQ/MKS Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

1/19/23 at 1:29:31 PM

Incident details:

VISTA WEST - UID POSSIBLY UTI, AND MAKING SUICIDAL STATEMENTS. D44 IS AT COURT. REQUESTING ROVER. STUDENT IS W/ COUNCELOR AT VISTA WEST WILL BE SAME AS INC 2301190041 -
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Serious

Suspicious Person — Vista West Continuation High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

SUSPERS - SUSPICIOUS PERSON Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

1/19/23 at 2:37:36 PM

Incident details:

10-6 W/TRANSIENT JUST WALKED IN TO ADMIN OFFICE AT VW. MKS ON DIVERSION. D45 VASQUEZ 10-14 KM. SAME AS 23-0080
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Serious Violent

Disturbing the Peace — Vista West Continuation High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

10/15 - ONE IN CUSTODY Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

1/23/23 at 11:04:59 AM

Incident details:

D44 WELLS 10-6 IN OFFICE W/10-15 OUT OF CONSTELLATION. UID START ML 71 END ML 74.4
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Not Serious Non-Violent

Busy — Vista West Continuation High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

1/25/23 at 9:25:03 AM

Incident details:

D44 WELLS HAS 2 DETAINED IN THE OFFICE UID : AND
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Serious Non-Violent

Vehicle Check — Vista West Continuation High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

1/26/23 at 12:18:23 PM

Incident details:

D44 WELLS 10-28 TWO VEHS PARKED ON CAMPUS CA! CROSS UID 5 CA ROSS UID
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Serious Non-Violent

Vehicle Check — Vista West Continuation 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 1:28:41 PM

Incident details:

D44 WELLS AT 1007 10/28
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Unknown — Vista West Continuation High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

MET - MET TEAM REQUEST Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

2/14/23 at 2:45:38 PM

Incident details:

OFFICER WELLS REQUEST: IS MET TEAM AVAILABLE TO RESPOND TO VISTA WEST FOR A STUDENT? UID CFS 23-29936
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Serious

Suspicious Circumstance — Vista West Continuation High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

2/17/23 at 12:33:37 PM

Incident details:

D44 WELLS REQ PRIOR HISTORY IN RIMS FOR UID PROVIDED CASE 22-1274 / 243.2 POSS SUSPECT AT THIS TIME FOR ADDITIONAL INCIDENT AT CONSTELLATION. WILL ADVISE ANY FURTHER INFO
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Serious

Mentally Unstable Person — Vista West Continuation High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

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

Incident details:

D14 WHITING ER TO VISTA WEST FOR POSS 5150 UID REQ CALL ENTERED FOR MET / MET CURRENTLY NOT AVAILABLE. CFS ENTERED CFS 23-35846
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Serious

Medical - Unknown — Vista West Continuation High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

2/24/23 at 12:06:35 PM

Incident details:

D44 WELLS MEDICAL AIDE HAS BEEN CALLED BY SCH FOR C4 UID
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Serious

Suspicious Person — Vista West Continuation High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

2/28/23 at 3:25:43 PM

Incident details:

D44 WELLS 10/6 W/ ONE ON WEDDING LN, WEARING GREEN SEC JACKET, APPEARS TO BE INTOXICATED
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Serious Non-Violent

Vehicle Check — Vista West Continuation High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

3/3/23 at 8:48:19 AM

Incident details:

D44 WELLS 28 INFO
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