Calling the Cops

An EdSource investigation into policing in California schools

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 1 - 25 records in total 35

Serious Non-Violent

Vandalism — Bell Gardens Intermediate School

Montebello Unified School District, Los Angeles County

594 VANDALISM   Reported to Bell Gardens Police Department

1/19/23 at 10:11:45 AM

Serious

Suspicious Person — Bell Gardens Intermediate School

Montebello Unified School District, Los Angeles County

SUSP SUBJECT   Reported to Bell Gardens Police Department

1/23/23 at 4:25:23 PM

Not Serious Non-Violent

Parking Enforcement / Violation — Bell Gardens Intermediate School

Montebello Unified School District, Los Angeles County

PARKING PROBLEM   Reported to Bell Gardens Police Department

1/24/23 at 7:36:21 AM

Info / Information Only — Bell Gardens Intermediate School

Montebello Unified School District, Los Angeles County

INCIDENT REPORT   Reported to Bell Gardens Police Department

1/26/23 at 11:54:56 AM

Serious Violent

Criminal / Terrorist Threat - Unknown / Other — Bell Gardens Intermediate School

Montebello Unified School District, Los Angeles County

422 CRIM THREAT   Reported to Bell Gardens Police Department

1/26/23 at 1:00:30 PM

Serious Non-Violent

Reckless Driving — Bell Gardens Intermediate School

Montebello Unified School District, Los Angeles County

RACING VEHICLE   Reported to Bell Gardens Police Department

1/26/23 at 2:32:12 PM

Serious Non-Violent

Missing Person - Cancelled / Recovery — Bell Gardens Intermediate School

Montebello Unified School District, Los Angeles County

FOUND CHILD   Reported to Bell Gardens Police Department

1/30/23 at 3:10:03 PM

Serious Violent

Disturbing the Peace — Bell Gardens Intermediate School

Montebello Unified School District, Los Angeles County

415 MALE/FEMALE   Reported to Bell Gardens Police Department

2/2/23 at 11:18:56 AM

Info / Information Only — Bell Gardens Intermediate School

Montebello Unified School District, Los Angeles County

INCIDENT REPORT   Reported to Bell Gardens Police Department

2/7/23 at 9:49:33 AM

Serious Non-Violent

Vandalism — Bell Gardens Intermediate School

Montebello Unified School District, Los Angeles County

594 VANDALISM   Reported to Bell Gardens Police Department

2/17/23 at 8:51:44 AM

Non-Violent

Burglar Alarm — Bell Gardens Intermediate School

Montebello Unified School District, Los Angeles County

ALARM 459A   Reported to Bell Gardens Police Department

2/20/23 at 6:57:59 AM

Serious Violent

Weapon - Knife — Bell Gardens Intermediate School

Montebello Unified School District, Los Angeles County

417 KNIFE   Reported to Bell Gardens Police Department

3/1/23 at 10:43:32 AM

Unknown — Bell Gardens Intermediate School

Montebello Unified School District, Los Angeles County

HOMELESS   Reported to Bell Gardens Police Department

3/3/23 at 4:40:09 PM

Serious Violent

Battery — Bell Gardens Intermediate School

Montebello Unified School District, Los Angeles County

243 BATTERY   Reported to Bell Gardens Police Department

3/7/23 at 4:03:42 PM

Info / Information Only — Bell Gardens Intermediate School

Montebello Unified School District, Los Angeles County

INCIDENT REPORT   Reported to Bell Gardens Police Department

3/9/23 at 11:59:59 AM

Non-Violent

Burglar Alarm — Bell Gardens Intermediate School

Montebello Unified School District, Los Angeles County

ALARM 459A   Reported to Bell Gardens Police Department

3/16/23 at 7:27:17 AM

Non-Violent

Burglar Alarm — Bell Gardens Intermediate School

Montebello Unified School District, Los Angeles County

ALARM 459A   Reported to Bell Gardens Police Department

3/18/23 at 4:13:41 PM

Unknown — Bell Gardens Intermediate School

Montebello Unified School District, Los Angeles County

GTA   Reported to Bell Gardens Police Department

3/23/23 at 6:48:07 AM

Serious Violent

Battery — Bell Gardens Intermediate School

Montebello Unified School District, Los Angeles County

243 BATTERY   Reported to Bell Gardens Police Department

4/5/23 at 10:45:12 AM

Non-Violent

Burglar Alarm — Bell Gardens Intermediate School

Montebello Unified School District, Los Angeles County

ALARM 459A   Reported to Bell Gardens Police Department

4/7/23 at 4:11:17 PM

Extra Check / Patrol — Bell Gardens Intermediate School

Montebello Unified School District, Los Angeles County

EXTRA PATROL   Reported to Bell Gardens Police Department

4/21/23 at 2:16:27 PM

Serious Violent

Criminal / Terrorist Threat - Unknown / Other — Bell Gardens Intermediate School

Montebello Unified School District, Los Angeles County

422 CRIM THREAT   Reported to Bell Gardens Police Department

5/12/23 at 2:01:49 PM

Serious Violent

Criminal / Terrorist Threat - Shooting — Bell Gardens Intermediate School

Montebello Unified School District, Los Angeles County

422 CRIM THREAT   Reported to Bell Gardens Police Department

5/18/23 at 12:20:16 PM

Incident details:

On 5/12/2023, at approximately 1230 hours, a BGI Student, [redacted], informed Jose that another student, later identified as [redacted] was targeted on Social Media (Instagram). [redacted] told Jose that she was in a group chat on Instagram and she learned that a former student, [redacted] made statements about shooting [redacted] at the Bell Gardens Fair. While on campus, I viewed [redacted] phone and I discovered, on 05/12/2023, the Instagram group chat, inclu...
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Serious Violent

Battery — Bell Gardens Intermediate School

Montebello Unified School District, Los Angeles County

INCIDENT REPORT   Reported to Bell Gardens Police Department

5/22/23 at 10:34:03 AM

Incident details:

On May 22, 2023, at approximately 1034 hours, I (Officer Brown 611) was dispatched to Bell Gardens Intermediate School (BGI) in reference to a battery investigation. Upon arrival, I spoke to Jose Cuevas who is the principal at BGI. Jose advised there was a fight that occurred on 5/19/23 during school hours. Jose told me the school had already handled the incident administratively, however, one of the students and her mom wanted to speak to me. I spoke to [redacte...
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Serious Violent

Criminal / Terrorist Threat - Shooting — Bell Gardens Intermediate School

Montebello Unified School District, Los Angeles County

INCIDENT REPORT   Reported to Bell Gardens Police Department

5/24/23 at 10:12:50 AM

Incident details:

RPl told me on 5/24/23, at approximately 0940 hours, he looked through the text messages in his phone and saw a text from an unknown number. The text was from [redacted] which RP1 advised was not a number familiar to him. The text read "Don't go to school tomorrow, I'm shooting it up". It should be noted the text was received on 5/23/23 at 1950 hours. RPI stated he did not see it until this morning because his phone died the previous night and it was charging. I ...
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