Calling the Cops

An EdSource investigation into policing in California schools

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Independence High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

8001 Old River Rd., Bakersfield, CA
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2022-23

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.

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School suspension rate and state average (%)

Data source: California Department of Education; Year 2022-23

Incident Breakdown

Incident Logs

displaying 1 - 25 records in total 46
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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Serious

Suspicious Vehicle — Independence High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

3/13/23 at 7:02:39 AM

Incident details:

CFS 23-48487 --- BPD units enroute for suspicious vehicle parked in the NE corner empty lot facing the school. Blk Ford Expedition 5LPJ921/ unk if occ'd. BPD CLEARED UTL D72 in route to IND / UTL VEH R/O AND ADDRESS CROSS TO UID DEL ORR 15 YR PARENT ON SYNERGY MATCHES THE R/O NAME AND ADDRESS
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Serious

Suspicious Circumstance — Independence High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

3/16/23 at 9:37:48 AM

Incident details:

D22 ALVAREZ - Suspicious Circumstance regarding a former IHS student who came onto campus yesterday and entered a classroom. I need any possible information to make contact with her. Possible year 2014', 2015'. UID 4 / POSS ADD
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Serious Violent

Incorrigible / Out of Control Juvenile — Independence High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

3/17/23 at 10:06:26 AM

Incident details:

IND DIFINANT STUDENT IN THE DEANS OFFICE UID
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Serious

Suspicious Circumstance — Independence High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

3/17/23 at 10:41:15 AM

Incident details:

INDEPENDENCE - STUDENT FOUND A SYRINGE ON CAMPUS, UPSET, CALLING MOM. THEY HAVE HISTORY W/MOM. DEANS OFFICE CALLED BACK / 10/22 M4 JUST ARRIVED.
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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

3/23/23 at 9:09:01 AM

Incident details:

RAPTOR ALERT AT INDEPENDENCE M2 ER FROM BAS
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Serious Violent

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

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

4/14/23 at 12:32:20 PM

Incident details:

CALL FROM KATIE/BPD RP 10/21 ( POSS UID REPORTED TO FATHER HE HAS HEARD SUBJ ON CAMPUS WHO ATTEMPT TO ROB OTHERS IN THE BATHROOM/ MAY HAVE 626 F
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Serious Non-Violent

Runaway — Independence High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

MISSING - RUNAWAY JUV   Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

4/17/23 at 12:56:20 PM

Incident details:

D22 Alvarez can you please check to see if student I · is reported as a missing juvenile? JA
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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

4/21/23 at 9:29:02 AM

Incident details:

D22 ALVAREZ 10/28 ATL UID CROSSES TO UID :
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