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 5976 - 6000 records in total 45965
Serious Violent

Disturbing the Peace — Vista West Continuation High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

415 - DISTURBANCE Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

3/7/23 at 8:34:06 AM

Incident details:

D44 WELLS REPORT OF IRATE / FILMING OTHERS M1/ M2 ER D44 10/22 UNITS PARENT HAS LEFT CAMPUS
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Unknown — Vista West Continuation High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

927 - TROUBLE OF UNKNOWN NATURE Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

3/8/23 at 9:34:19 AM

Incident details:

D44 WELLS RESPONDING TO CONSTELLATION 927 AT THIS TIME M2 ER TILL C4
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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

3/14/23 at 9:17:13 AM

Serious Violent

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

Kern High School District, Kern County

71 - THREATEN SCHOOL OFFICIAL OR PUBLIC OFFICER Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

3/17/23 at 9:59:06 AM

Incident details:

D44 WELLS 10/15 W/1 AT VISTA WEST @ 10:01 REQ A 2ND UNIT WHERE HE PARKS HIS CAR CODE 8 FOR PC71
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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

3/20/23 at 12:17:39 PM

Incident details:

MET REQUESTED FOR UID ROOM 2t8
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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

3/21/23 at 1:56:16 PM

Incident details:

D44 WELLS 10/6 W/ 5150 UID IS MKS ON DIVERISION
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Not Serious Non-Violent

Drill - Fire / Earthquake — Vista West Continuation High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

4/12/23 at 10:38:49 AM

Incident details:

D44 WELLS VW FIRE /EVAC DRILL IN 5 MINUTES
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Serious Non-Violent

Medical - Seizure — Vista West Continuation High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

4/12/23 at 1:15:24 PM

Incident details:

D44 WELLS REQ MED AID UID CONTIN SEIZING. BREATHING BUT NOT CONSC. HAS HX OF SEIZ. RESPOND TO E GATE OFF WEDDING LN . TRANSPORTED TO MERCY SOUTHWEST.
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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

4/13/23 at 12:11:19 PM

Incident details:

D44 WELLS REQUEST MET TEAM AT VISTA WEST - ROSEDALE. STUDENT IS IN COUNSELOR'S OFFICE W/OFFICER WELLS. UID . CFS 23-69772 - MET is currently unavailable .. call pending
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Serious

Suspicious Vehicle — Vista West Continuation High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

4/18/23 at 9:43:07 AM

Incident details:

D44 WELLS SUS VEH ON WEDDING LN OCC/D BY 2 BLUE HONDA !
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Serious Violent

Fighting — Vista West Continuation High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

4/20/23 at 9:18:52 AM

Incident details:

D44 WELLS 911 Switch VWHS 90V-1: Emergency Services Call to 911 on port 10.200.96.219 from user VWHS Room T7 - Special Ed Secretary at 66382 @0914 STAFF MEMBER KNOCKED DOWN BY STUDENT, COMPLAINT OF BACK PAIN, CAN'T GET UP FIRE/MED CONFRIMED ER CODE 3
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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

5/4/23 at 10:16:01 AM

Incident details:

D44 WELLS OLDER BLUE FORD NEED YR CDL FOR UID
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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

5/9/23 at 10:25:32 AM

Incident details:

D44 WELLS ER TWD CHIS ATL POSS 5150 STUDENT THAT WALKED OFF CAMPUS WM, 15 YRS, BRUG LNG SLEEVE SHIRT, BLUE JEANS, CARRYING SKATEBOARD. 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

5/12/23 at 9:42:47 AM

Incident details:

D44 WELLS VEH BLOCKING CONSTRUCTION AREA
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Special Detail / Assignment - Extracurricular / Graduation — Vista West Continuation High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

5/12/23 at 2:31:18 PM

Incident details:

D44 WELLS WORKING VISTA WEST PROM AT VISTA WEST. (1800-2100)
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Special Detail / Assignment - Extracurricular / Graduation — Vista West Continuation High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

5/12/23 at 2:32:32 PM

Incident details:

D35 LAWRENCE WORKING VISTA WEST PROM AT VISTA WEST. (1800-2100)
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Serious Non-Violent

Medical - Seizure — Vista West Continuation High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

5/19/23 at 2:14:20 PM

Incident details:

D44 WELLS @ 1412 REQ MEDICAL FOR UID BREATHING, HAVING SEIZURES. RESPOND TO FRONT OFFICE STILL SEIZING AT 1413 PER SYNERGY HAS SEIZURE DISORDER/ MEDS CFS ENTERED 1413
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Special Detail / Assignment — Vista West Continuation High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

6/2/23 at 7:10:05 AM

Incident details:

D44 WELLS 10/6 AT VW ON SPEC BBQ TODAY NO PATROL VEH/CIVILIAN CLOTHES. AVAIL BY 10/21
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Serious Violent

Battery — Vista West Continuation High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

6/5/23 at 9:21:04 AM

Incident details:

D44 VISTA WEST STUDENT WAS IN 415, COMPLAINT OF PAIN TO HEAD. MINOR . REQ MEDICAL AIDE UID CFS ENTERED @ 0924
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Serious Non-Violent

Fire — Vista West Continuation High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

904 - GENERIC FIRE CALL/NOT SPECIFIED Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

6/21/23 at 9:26:46 AM

Incident details:

D44 FIRE 1 BLK WEST OF VISTA WEST CONT 4 ADVISED IT IS P/U ON FIRE ON HENRY LN/ROSEDALE HWY SMOKE ACROSS BOTH LANES. CONT 4 IS 10/97
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Serious Violent

Disturbing the Peace — Vista West Continuation High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

415 - DISTURBANCE Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

6/21/23 at 9:38:41 AM

Incident details:

D44 WELLS REQ ADDITIONAL FOR 415 UID IS 10/15 D14 WHITEING ER FROM CHS D27 ER FROM NHS
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Not Serious Non-Violent

Utility Problem / Outage — Vista West Continuation High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

OUTAGE - POWER/PHONES/WATER - UTILITY OUTAGE Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

6/26/23 at 11:11:05 AM

Incident details:

All power will be cut off at VW today and tomorrow (6/27) at 1230 for maintenance and the school will be empty the remainder of the day.
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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

6/28/23 at 7:41:39 AM

Incident details:

D44 WELLS BLK VOLKSWAGON ATL R/O VEH BLOCKING/MUST BE MOVED
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Serious Violent

Indecent Exposure — Voorhies Elementary School

Bakersfield City School District, Kern County

314 - INDECENT EXPOSURE Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

4/28/23 at 11:04:16 AM

Incident details:

D17 ROBINS REC REPORT OF POSSIBLE 314 OUTSIDE VORHEES ELEM. RED CAR. WB ON PIONEER. 1 MALE. TSTOP PIONEER/SHELLAMAR @ 1105 ( ¿ED HONDA CONT 1 10-97@1112
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Special Detail / Assignment - Sporting Event — West High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

1/18/23 at 3:06:56 PM

Incident details:

WEST D35 LAWRENCE WORKING BASKETBALL AT
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