Calling the Cops

An EdSource investigation into policing in California schools

West High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

1200 New Stine Rd., Bakersfield, CA
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111

Incidents reported
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Police Departments
(Kern High School District Police Department)
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2025

Enrollment
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.

School information

School demographics
Percentage of students eligible for free and reduced price meals (FRPM)
School suspension rate and state average (%)

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

Incident Breakdown

Incident Logs

displaying 26 - 50 records in total 111

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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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

2/17/23 at 3:43:28 PM

Incident details:

D35 LAWRENCE WORKING BASKETBALL AT WEST
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Probation Search — West High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

2/22/23 at 8:21:25 AM

Incident details:

D35 LAWRENCE Can you advise if has PC to arrest, BPD advised me yesterday bul I want to make sure it's in the system BPD case number 32-32790 and and 23-32819
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Not Serious Non-Violent

Transportation / Errand — West High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

2/23/23 at 1:00:45 PM

Incident details:

D35 LAWRENCE W/STAFF ER
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Serious Non-Violent

Trespassing — West High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

TRESSPAS - TRESSPASSING   Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

2/24/23 at 4:37:11 PM

Incident details:

D22 ALVAREZ AND D45 VALDEZ ER TO WEST FOR REPORT OF MULTIPLE TRESSPASSORS ON CAMPUS
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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

2/27/23 at 7:31:15 AM

Incident details:

Transfer from BPD subject loitering by the Auditorium at West High School. BM, blk jacket blk jeans, laying down near shopping cart.
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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

2/27/23 at 8:33:42 AM

Incident details:

WEST - DEANS OFFICE REC'D 2ND HAND INFO FROM TEACHER THAT A STUDENT WAS IN VERBAL ALTERCATION W/ADULT ON NORDIC AND NEW STINE NO DESCRIPTION. BPD CFS 23-38208
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Serious Non-Violent

Traffic Hazard — West High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

2/27/23 at 8:46:42 AM

Incident details:

M4 CASTILLO 10/6 ON TRAFFIC HAZARD ON NEW STINE. CODE 4
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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

2/27/23 at 8:53:26 AM

Incident details:

M4 CASTILLO 10/6 ON 415 AT WEST UID ENTER CFS W/ BPD 20001 W/INJURY AT NORDIC/NEW STINE BPD CFS 23-38208
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Serious Violent

Weapon - Unknown — West High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

2/28/23 at 3:00:58 PM

Incident details:

M1 PENA 10/15 W/1 FROM WEST TO JUV HALL BEG MI 0.0 @ 1500 RELATED TO CASE 23-0356
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Serious Non-Violent

Traffic Stop — West High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

TSTOP - TRAFFIC STOP   Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

3/1/23 at 8:08:18 AM

Incident details:

M1 PENA 1200 NEW STINE BLK HONDA FINAL STOP NORDIC CITED
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Not Serious Non-Violent

Transportation / Errand — West High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

3/2/23 at 11:21:32 AM

Incident details:

D35 LAWRENCE 10/4 1/M BEG MI 51023 @ 1119
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Not Serious Non-Violent

Transportation / Errand — West High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

3/2/23 at 2:49:17 PM

Incident details:

D35 LAWRENCE 10/14 W/2 FROM WEST TO ; BEG MI 51034 @1442
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Serious Non-Violent

Drugs - Unknown — West High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

11350 HS - H/S VIOLATION   Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

3/6/23 at 9:48:58 AM

Incident details:

D35 LAWRENCE CODE 8 FOR HS 11350 UID
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Serious

Mentally Unstable Person — West High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

3/6/23 at 10:37:58 AM

Incident details:

D35 LAWRENCE UID POSS 5150 CFS FOR MET ENTERED AT 1023 W/ CONT 2 CFS 23-43084 - CANCELED CALL W/ BPD. KHSD IS TRANSPORTING TO MKS MKS IS NOT ON DIVERSION/ JUST HAD BED OPEN/ IF ER NOW.
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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

3/7/23 at 12:54:41 PM

Incident details:

D35 LAWRENCE UID CODE 8 FOR AOD
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Not Serious Non-Violent

Transportation / Errand — West High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

3/7/23 at 1:37:12 PM

Incident details:

D35 LAWRENCE W/ADMIN 10/14 FROM WEST TO )R UID BEG 5251 @ 1338
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Serious Non-Violent

Transient — West High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

TRANS - TRANSIENT HOMELESS PERSON   Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

3/8/23 at 7:09:25 AM

Incident details:

WEST - HOMELESS MALE CAMPED OUT BY DE MELLO HALL ON THE NEW STINE SIDE OF CAMPUS. REFUSING TO LEAVE M3 ER COMMANCHE/178 D72 E PANAMA LN CFS INFO SENT TO CONT 2 /CFS 23-45072. Units are enroute
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Serious

Welfare Check — West High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

CTW - CHECK THE WELFARE   Reported to Kern High School District Police Department

3/8/23 at 12:28:57 PM

Incident details:

D35 LAWRENCE STUDENT TRUANT FROM CAMPUS, AND REPORTED AS RUNAWAY. MOM FOUND HIM AT HOME. SHE CANCLED THE MISS JUV REPORT. REQ HELP FROM WEST WRAP AROUND PROG. UID :
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Serious

Mentally Unstable Person — West High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

3/13/23 at 9:27:06 AM

Incident details:

D35 LAWRENCE CODE 8 FOR 5150 UID (
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Serious Non-Violent

Transient — West High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

3/13/23 at 10:32:54 AM

Incident details:

D35 LAWRENCE 10/6 ON ONE ON NEW STINE. POSS TRANSIENT MI ER
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Special Detail / Assignment — West High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

3/14/23 at 4:12:58 PM

Incident details:

D35 LAWRENCE 10/6 A WEST ON SPEC TEAHING BAKERSFIELD COLLEGE CLASS
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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

3/15/23 at 11:18:01 AM

Incident details:

D35 LAWRENCE CODE 8 FOR AOD UID
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Not Serious Non-Violent

Transportation / Errand — West High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

3/16/23 at 9:41:41 AM

Incident details:

D35 LAWRENCE 10/14 W/1M FROM WEST TO , BEG MI 54581 @ 0941
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Probation Search — West High School

Kern High School District, Kern County

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

3/16/23 at 3:12:55 PM

Incident details:

D35 LAWRENCE VIA 10/21 CK PROB UID UNDER INVEST/ PO
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