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 6001 - 6025 records in total 45965
Serious Non-Violent

Fire Alarm — West High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

FIRE A - FIRE ALARM Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

1/18/23 at 3:26:58 PM

Incident details:

D35 LAWRENCE REQ CONT 4 FOR REPORT OF FIRE IN TOILET. ER TO INVESTIGATE . 10-22 FIRE DEPT, FIRE PUT OUT BY MAINT.
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Serious Non-Violent

Medical - Other — West High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

1/19/23 at 2:02:29 PM

Incident details:

D35 LAWRENCE REQ MED AID STUDENT IN PLOT 2 OFF STINE RD, COMPLAINT OF ABDOMINAL PAIN.
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Serious Violent

Sexual Battery — West High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

1/20/23 at 12:04:05 PM

Incident details:

BPD REQ FOR COURTSEY REPORT BPD CASE (23-12714) for West High School. Asst Vice Principal Janelle Burton 832-2822 reported 243.4 that occurred 1/19/23. UID and UID Suspect stuck his hand down victims pants and touched her during lunch. Can KHSD handle? KHSD COURTSEY REPORT 23-0084
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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

1/20/23 at 2:13:49 PM

Incident details:

D35 LAWRENCE WORKING BASKETBALL AT WEST
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Not Serious Non-Violent

Assist Other Department — West High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

1/23/23 at 9:38:56 AM

Incident details:

D35 LAWRENCE CHECK FOR MP UID OCA/2314656 CONT 2
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Serious Violent

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

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

1/24/23 at 1:42:54 PM

Incident details:

D35 LAWRENCE C-8 FOR 701 UID : JEG ON 10-39
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Serious Non-Violent

Vehicle Check — West High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

1/25/23 at 1:43:25 PM

Incident details:

D35 LAWRENCE 10/28 : .A ATL CROSS TO STUDENT / STAFF CROSSES TO TEACHER / BUSINESS/CTE/ WKF AT WEST BADGY 130701
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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

1/25/23 at 3:37:48 PM

Incident details:

M3 ALVIDREZ WORKING BASKETBALL AT WEST
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Serious Non-Violent

Burglary — West High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

460 - BURGLARY Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

1/30/23 at 9:23:02 AM

Incident details:

D35 LAWRENCE REQ C-8 FOR 460 OCCD YESTERDAY
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Serious Violent

Assault w/ Deadly Weapon — West High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

245 - ASSAULT WITH DEADLY WEAPON Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

1/30/23 at 11:37:53 AM

Incident details:

D35 LAWRENCE REQ MED FOR 245 W/SCISSORS. STUDENT HAS PUNCTURE WOUND ON HAND. ENTER THROUGH MAIN OFFICE. UID 2 VICTIMS UID
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Info / Information Only — West High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

INFO - INFORMATION Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

1/31/23 at 8:38:35 AM

Incident details:

D35 LAWRENCE REQ C-8 FOR INO REPORT. OCCD 1/27/2023 INV NORTH HIGH COACH
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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

2/1/23 at 4:18:33 PM

Incident details:

D18 MATT CALVILLO AND D44 WELLS WORKING BASKETBALL AT WEST
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Serious Violent

Weapon - Knife — West High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

417 - BRANDISHING WEAPON Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

2/1/23 at 7:59:33 PM

Incident details:

D44 WELLS LARGE CROWD HEADING TOWARDS PATRIOTS PARK. REQ ADDL UNITS FOR POSS PENDING 415. MAJORITY OF CROWD ON FJORD, CONT 2 ADVISED. CFS 23-21401 D18 10-15 UID 5 7 W/KNIFE CONT ADV VIC WAS STABBED AND WANTS TO FILE CHARGES. PER D2, NO INJURIES, D18 WILL HANDLE VIA 10-21.
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Serious Violent

Disturbing the Peace — West High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

415 - DISTURBANCE Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

2/3/23 at 11:59:56 AM

Incident details:

D35 LAWRENCE LARGE 415 AT WEST, UPPER QUAD UID, RP.MOM / WANTS TO FILE CHARGES UID REQ CALL BACK. t 'DVISED
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Serious Violent

Criminal / Terrorist Threat - Bomb — West High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

2/3/23 at 2:27:14 PM

Incident details:

D35 LAWRENCE REC'D 10/21 FROM ' MAILING OR BRINGING A BOMB TO SCHOOL TOMORROW". NO MATCH ON 10/21 # IN SYNERGY. D21 CALDERON IS RESEARCHING. M1 PENA 10-15 W// @ 1525 UID
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Serious Violent

Disturbing the Peace — West High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

415 - DISTURBANCE Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

2/3/23 at 3:28:52 PM

Incident details:

DEANS OFFICE AT WEST HIGH REQ ROVERS FOR PATRIOTS PARK. LARGE CROWD GATHERED .
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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

2/3/23 at 4:04:29 PM

Incident details:

D35 LAWRENCE WORKING BASKETBALL AT WEST
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Serious

Suspicious Person — West High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

2/7/23 at 2:09:05 PM

Incident details:

D35 LAWRENCE ER STUDENT PLOT OFF FJORD, TRANSIENT W/BOX CUTTER IN HAND
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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

2/8/23 at 3:23:02 PM

Incident details:

D35 LAWRENCE AND D12 PADILLA WORKING BASKETBALL AT WEST
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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

2/10/23 at 3:34:35 PM

Incident details:

D35 LAWRENCE AND M3 ALVIDREZ WORKING BASKETBALL AT WEST
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Serious Violent

Battery — West High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

2/15/23 at 12:06:23 PM

Incident details:

D35 LAWRENCE .CODE 8 POR 243 VIC UID SUS UID CONTACT UID
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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

2/15/23 at 3:10:26 PM

Incident details:

D35 LAWRENCE AND D18 MATT CALVILLO WORKING BASKETBALL AT WEST
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Not Serious Non-Violent

Assist Other Department — West High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

2/16/23 at 11:43:19 AM

Incident details:

D35 LAWRENCE requests vin email a copy of BPD report 23-22923. Detective Peck Request sent to BPD Records
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Serious

Suspicious Circumstance — West High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

2/17/23 at 9:01:00 AM

Incident details:

D35 LAWRENCE CODE 8 SUS CIR UID EG ON 10/39 UID 110-39
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Serious Violent

Battery — West High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

2/17/23 at 12:19:40 PM

Incident details:

D35 LAWRENCE ADV 415 AND OC DEPLOYED UID : 10/39 ON THIS ONE UID NEG 10/39
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