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)

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Missing Juvenile (109) Missing Person (91) Missing Person - Cancelled / Recovery (39) Runaway (80)

Missing Person incidents

From all counties, school districts and schools in the database.

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319
Incidents reported
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173
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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 by Subcategory of Missing Person

Incident Logs

displaying 226 - 250 records in total 319
Serious Non-Violent

Missing Juvenile — Phoenix Academy School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

MISJUV - MISSING JUVIE Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

4/25/23 at 11:24:39 AM

Incident details:

SCHOOL CALLED AND ADV'D SON IS NOT AT SCHOOL / STS SON LEFT THIS MORNING AROUND 0745 TO WALK TO SCHOOL / RP IS HOME TODAY AND SON IS NOT HOME / --- NEW FRIEND BY NAME OF UNK LAST, POSS WITH THAT FRIEND (NOT A STUDENT AT PHX, MET AT COMMUNITY CENTER) / RP WILL BE OUT LOOKING FOR SON. AVAIL BY 21 - 95P4 98 AND I WILL BE DRIVING AROUND TO LOOK FOR STUDENT - IS MOST LIKELY WITH STUDENT - SPOKE TO THAT MOTHER WHO ADV'D ALSO LEFT FOR SCHOOL TODAY BUT IS NOT AT SCHOOL. TODAY. MOTHER IS DOWN THE HILL AND CAN NOT LOOK FOR HIM - CIVIC PARK WILL BE NEG, I'M OUT WITH MOTHER WHO WILL BE FOLLOWING ME TO AN ADDR THAT SHE THINKS HER SON MIGHT BE AT - STUDENT IS NOT AT ADDR. MOTHER WILL GO HOME AND WAIT FOR STUDENT. IF HE DOES NOT SHOW UP AFTER SCHOOL LETS 23 OUT SHE WILL CALL SHERIFF DEPT
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Serious Non-Violent

Missing Juvenile — Phoenix Academy School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

MISJUV - MISSING JUVIE Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

4/26/23 at 9:23:43 AM

Incident details:

EMERGENCY SCHOOL NOTIFICATION
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Serious Non-Violent

Runaway — Phoenix Academy School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

INC - INCIDENT MISC Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

5/22/23 at 1:34:15 PM

Incident details:

STUDENT RAN AWAY FROM HOME FRIDAY, SHOWED UP AT SCHOOL TODAY, REQ AN OFFICER PICK HIM UP DUE TO HIM THREATNING TO FIGHT AT THE PARK AFTER SCHOOL. STUDENT HAS NOT BEEN IN SCHOOL SINCE APRIL. MOTHER IS DOWN THE HILL AT COURT, TOOK THE BUS AND WON'T BE BACK UNTIL AFTER 5 - ADV'D WILL ONLY PUBSER STUDENT TO A LOCATION MOTHER HAS GIVEN PERMISSION US TO - SPOKE TO JILLIAN, ADV'D THAT WE WOULD NOT BE BRINGING STUDENT TO THE STATION, HOWEVER IF MOTHER GIVES PERMISSION TO PUBLIC SERVICE HIM TO AN ADDRESS WE WILL DO THAT. - PER RP, SHE ADV'D THAT THEY TOLD MATA ABOUT THE CALL AND SHE COULD MONITOR THE PARK AFTER SCHOOL - RP ADV'D SHE WOULD REACH OUT TO THE MOTHER TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANYWHERE WE COULD TAKE THE STUDENT, SHE WOULD CALL BACK IF NEEDED - SPOKE TO MRS WHITE AND ADV'D STUDENT WILL BE STAYING LATE W/ ADMIN AND WILL BE CTC'G CPS - PER SHERIFF DISPATCH PRINCIPLE CALLED CPS REF MOTHER ADV'G SHE CAN NOT PICK UP THE STUDENT AND STUDENT REFUSING TO GO HOME
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Serious Non-Violent

Missing Juvenile — Phoenix Academy School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

MISJUV - MISSING JUVIE Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

5/25/23 at 3:42:42 PM

Incident details:

PARENTS OF CALLED REF JUV NOT MAKING IT HOME, PHX STUDENT / BUS STOP OTTOWA AND MOHAWK 30AGO / SCHOOL DOES NOT HAVE HER - UTL IN AREA - SHORT WALK FROM STOP TO APARTMENT: WILL MAKE CTC WITH GUARDIAN - PER GUARDIAN - FOUND JUV AT YUCCA LOMA ELEM - WALKED THERE TO PICK UP OTHER STUDENTS
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Serious Non-Violent

Missing Person - Cancelled / Recovery — Sandia Elementary School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

RETPER - RETURN MISSING PERSON Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

1/24/23 at 8:02:39 AM

Incident details:

PER RP, RAJ STUDENT AT SCHOOL TODAY / SCHOOL WILL BE CONTACTING THE PARENT. - SHERIFF NOTIFIED OF CALL / JUVIE IS IN THE SYSTEM AS A PARENT-FAMILY ABDUCT. - JUVY WILL STAY ON CAMPUS, MOTHER WILL HAVE STUDENT TAKEN OUT OF SYSTEM
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Serious Non-Violent

Missing Juvenile — Sitting Bull Academy School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

MISJUV - MISSING JUVIE Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

1/19/23 at 11:52:15 AM

Incident details:

MISSING JUV - MOTHER ADV'D SHE PUT HER ON THE BUS THIS MORNING, NO ONE HAS SEEN STUDENT ON CAMPUS TODAY / HAS NOT BEEN IN CLASS / BFJ, UNK LSW - NORMALLY IS WEARING A HOODIE OVER HER HEAD / 5'2 ABOUT 100 LBS / SECURITY IS SEARCHING CAMPUS - CABINET NOTIFIED - JUST HEARD THAT STUDENT IS AT HOME - WILL 21 WITH FURTHER - HE WILL BE GOING TO ADDRESS TO CONFIRM STUDENT IS THERE. - THERE WAS MIS COMMUNICATION BETWEEN STAFF AND PARENT. - STUDENT IS CODE 4 AT HOME WITH THE MOTHER.
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Serious Non-Violent

Missing Juvenile — Sitting Bull Academy School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

MISJUV - MISSING JUVIE Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

4/26/23 at 9:28:50 AM

Incident details:

EMERGENCY SCHOOL NOTIFICATION REPORT # 181302027. DATE OF MISSING, 04/25/23
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Serious Non-Violent

Missing Person — Canyon Crest Elementary School

Fontana Unified School District, San Bernardino County

MISSING Reported to Fontana Unified Police Department

3/31/23 at 3:22:55 PM

Serious Non-Violent

Missing Person — Citrus High (Continuation) School

Fontana Unified School District, San Bernardino County

MISSING Reported to Fontana Unified Police Department

4/18/23 at 5:50:14 PM

Serious Non-Violent

Missing Person — Fontana A. B. Miller High School

Fontana Unified School District, San Bernardino County

MISSING Reported to Fontana Unified Police Department

1/25/23 at 3:20:02 PM

Serious Non-Violent

Missing Person — Fontana High School

Fontana Unified School District, San Bernardino County

MISSING Reported to Fontana Unified Police Department

4/12/23 at 5:41:30 PM

Serious Non-Violent

Missing Person — Fontana Middle School

Fontana Unified School District, San Bernardino County

MISSING Reported to Fontana Unified Police Department

2/17/23 at 3:13:32 PM

Serious Non-Violent

Missing Person — Fontana Middle School

Fontana Unified School District, San Bernardino County

MISSING Reported to Fontana Unified Police Department

3/16/23 at 10:10:55 AM

Serious Non-Violent

Missing Person — Harry S. Truman Middle School

Fontana Unified School District, San Bernardino County

MISSING Reported to Fontana Unified Police Department

4/13/23 at 4:10:50 PM

Serious Non-Violent

Missing Person — North Tamarind Elementary School

Fontana Unified School District, San Bernardino County

MISSING Reported to Fontana Unified Police Department

2/10/23 at 3:16:01 PM

Serious Non-Violent

Missing Person — Palmetto Elementary School

Fontana Unified School District, San Bernardino County

MISSING Reported to Fontana Unified Police Department

2/23/23 at 2:40:41 PM

Serious Non-Violent

Missing Person — Shadow Hills Elementary School

Fontana Unified School District, San Bernardino County

MISSING Reported to Fontana Unified Police Department

3/2/23 at 3:14:19 PM

Serious Non-Violent

Missing Person — Southridge Tech Middle School

Fontana Unified School District, San Bernardino County

MISSING Reported to Fontana Unified Police Department

4/29/23 at 8:23:50 AM

Serious Non-Violent

Missing Person — National City Middle School

Sweetwater Union High School District, San Diego County

MISSING PERSON Reported to National City Police Department

2/9/23 at 5:12:26 PM

Serious Non-Violent

Missing Person — Sweetwater High School

Sweetwater Union High School District, San Diego County

MISSING PERSON Reported to National City Police Department

5/16/23 at 3:06:05 PM

Serious Non-Violent

Missing Juvenile — Baker Elementary School

San Diego Unified School District, San Diego County

MISSING JUVENILE Reported to San Diego Unified Police Department

05/01/2023

Serious Non-Violent

Missing Juvenile — Creative Performing and Media Arts School

San Diego Unified School District, San Diego County

MISSING JUVENILE Reported to San Diego Unified Police Department

03/10/2023

Serious Non-Violent

Missing Juvenile — Ericson Elementary School

San Diego Unified School District, San Diego County

MISSING JUVENILE Reported to San Diego Unified Police Department

03/07/2023

Serious Non-Violent

Missing Juvenile — Horton Elementary School

San Diego Unified School District, San Diego County

MISSING JUVENILE Reported to San Diego Unified Police Department

02/22/2023

Serious Non-Violent

Missing Juvenile — Mann Middle School

San Diego Unified School District, San Diego County

MISSING JUVENILE Reported to San Diego Unified Police Department

04/11/2023