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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Abandoned Child (66) Annoying a Child (18) Assist Other Department (375) Assist School Staff / Site (224) BOLO (12) Blackmail (1) Bribery (1) CPS Referral (177) Citizen Assist / Contact (444) Classroom Presentation (72) Community Policing (84) Contempt of Court (2) Contraband For Destruction (38) Contraband for Destruction (18) Counseling (147) Crimestopper Tip (14) Crying Child (1) Custody Issue (14) Detention (24) Door / Gate (9) Driver's License Check (3) Elderly Person Issue (6) Escort (8) Explosion (1) Fallen Tree (2) Follow Up (735) Follow Up - 911 (4) Follow Up - Investigation (78) Forgery (5) Found Property (95) Fraud (1) Gang Activity (3) Hacking (10) Hazard (3) Home Visit (22) Illegal Dumping (1) Illegal Gambling (1) Impound Property (23) Info / Information Only (813) Investigation (152) Keep the Peace (19) Lights (2) Lock Assistance (152) Low Flying Aircraft (5) Maintenance Issue (10) Meeting (362) No Crime (2) On View (18) Other (14) Pedestrian Stop / Check (30) Police Interaction With Youth (19) Preserve the Peace (28) Probation Search (53) Property Found (2) Protest (7) Provide Transportation (24) Public Service (25) Request for Officer (75) Restraining Order (40) School Employee Issue (1) School Related Business (366) Search (7) Self-Initiated Action by Officer (159) Service to Citizen (3) Sleeping in Vehicle / On Ground (28) Social Media (56) Speak With Officer (111) Student Issue (1) Student Problem (8) Take a Report (7) Training (20) Transportation / Errand (32) Unfounded (1) Unknown (11) Utility Problem / Outage (60) Vendor Issue (6) Violation of Court Order (3) Walk and Talk (3) Warrant / Parole / Missing Check (39) Warrant Arrest (5) Warrant Issue (1) Warrant Service (8)

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

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5530
Incidents reported
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142
Police Departments
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628
Schools
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157
School Districts
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Counties

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 Other

Incident Logs

displaying 3476 - 3500 records in total 5530
Serious Non-Violent

Abandoned Child — Yucca Loma Elementary School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

PUBSER - PUBLIC SERVICE Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

4/3/23 at 9:46:32 AM

Incident details:

[redacted] IS BEING SUSPENDED, PARENTS WON'T ANSWER / REQ RIDE HOME FOR STUDENT - SPOKE TO GRANDMOTHER. SHE LIVES IN VEGAS. SHE STATED MOTHER JUST HAD A BABY - SHE IS HOME - REQ TO RUN MOM - MARCOS WILL BE FOLLOWING - STUDENT LEFT W/PARENT
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Not Serious Non-Violent

Contraband For Destruction — Yucca Loma Elementary School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

DESTROY - CONTRABAND FOR DESTRUCTION Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

4/6/23 at 8:09:44 AM

Incident details:

FOUND W/ VAPE YESTERDAY - SCHOOL HANDLED DISCIPLINE - REQ OFFICER TO PICK UP VAPE FOR DESTRUCTION.
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Not Serious Non-Violent

Assist Other Department — Yucca Loma Elementary School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

SHERIFF - SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SHERIFF CALLS Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

4/14/23 at 12:27:34 PM

Incident details:

STS THERE IS ALOT OF POLICE ACTIVITY BEHIND SCHOOL OFF MOHAWK - REQ TO KNOW IF SCHOOL IS C4 - ON HOLD W/SBSO - SCHOOL WAS ADVD C4 - PER SHERIFF . SEVERAL UNITS ARE 97 FOR 415 AT A RESD. SCHOOL IS C4.
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Serious Non-Violent

Abandoned Child — Yucca Loma Elementary School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

INC - INCIDENT MISC Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

4/28/23 at 7:33:28 AM

Incident details:

KID WALKING. AROUND AT 0650. SCHOOL LET HIM IN, STAFF CALLED PARENTS TO COME PICK UP, SCHOOL NOT OPEN UNTIL. 0830-0845. PARENTS ADV'D HE WAS GOING TO HANG OUT AT THE PARK. PARENTS ADV'D THEY WERE NOT GOING TO COME PICK HIM UP - MIRANDA REPORTING JUVENILE WAS SEEN ON THE CAMERAS OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL PERIMETER AROUND 650HRS. A TEACHER WHO ARRIVED EARLY LET THE JUVENILE INSIDE THE CAMPUS. OFFICE HAD CALLED THE PARENTS AND PARENTS REFUSED TO COME PICK HIM UP AND SAID THAT HE COULD WAIT THERE ALTHOUGH SCHOOL BEGINS AT 910HRS. RP CONCERENED THAT PARENTS REFUSED TO COME PICK UP THE STUDENT. STUDENT IS C4. ADVD MIRANDA AN OFFICER WOULD CTC PARENTS AND ADV OF SAFETY CONCERNS. - MADE 21 CTC W/ MOTHER VIA 21. MOTHER STATED HER HUSBAND PICKED UP THEIR SON IN THE MORNING AND BROUGHT HIM BACK. MOTHER STATED THEY GAVE SON PERMISSION TO PLAY SOCCER IN THE PARK BEFORE SCHOOL. MOTHER WAS ADV.
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Serious

Student Problem — Yucca Loma Elementary School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

COUN - COUNSELING Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

4/28/23 at 10:39:26 AM

Incident details:

SHOCK STUDENT ACTING OUT
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Follow Up — Yucca Loma Elementary School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

FU - FOLLOW UP Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

5/12/23 at 3:15:01 PM

Incident details:

PER 95P4 WILL BE MEETING WITH MOTHER OF AT 0830 - OFFICER MATA NOT ON DUTY / I SPOKE W/ SWICK WHO ADVD SCHOOL IS C4 AND NO OFFICER NEEDED TO RESPOND. SCHOOL WAS ALREADY AWARE THAT OFFICER MATA WAS NOT ON DUTY
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Serious Non-Violent

Abandoned Child — Yucca Loma Elementary School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

NOTIF - NOTIFICATION Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

5/23/23 at 4:28:26 PM

Incident details:

STUDENT NOT PICKED UP, CAN NOT GET IN CTC W/ PARENTS - SO FAR NEG ANSWER - 95P7 CAN YOU TRY TO GIVE THE DAD A 21 - STRAIGHT TO VM X2 - NO ANSWER AT DOOR, 98 - MARCOS ADV'D VIA 21
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Follow Up — Colton High School

Colton Joint Unified School District, San Bernardino County

FOLLOW UP Reported to Colton Police Department

3/16/23 at 8:58:00 AM

Follow Up — Ulysses Grant Elementary School

Colton Joint Unified School District, San Bernardino County

FOLLOW UP Reported to Colton Police Department

4/24/23 at 8:10:10 AM

Follow Up — William McKinley Elementary School

Colton Joint Unified School District, San Bernardino County

FOLLOW UP Reported to Colton Police Department

2/17/23 at 3:48:00 PM

Serious

Custody Issue — William McKinley Elementary School

Colton Joint Unified School District, San Bernardino County

CHILD CUSTODY Reported to Colton Police Department

3/9/23 at 10:25:00 AM

Not Serious Non-Violent

Assist Other Department — Alder Middle School

Fontana Unified School District, San Bernardino County

AOD Reported to Fontana Police Department

2/11/23 at 5:46:00 PM

Info / Information Only — Fontana A. B. Miller High School

Fontana Unified School District, San Bernardino County

INFO Reported to Fontana Police Department

1/20/23 at 12:41:00 PM

Not Serious Non-Violent

Assist Other Department — Fontana A. B. Miller High School

Fontana Unified School District, San Bernardino County

AOD Reported to Fontana Police Department

2/23/23 at 5:11:00 AM

Not Serious Non-Violent

Assist Other Department — Fontana A. B. Miller High School

Fontana Unified School District, San Bernardino County

AOD Reported to Fontana Police Department

5/21/23 at 10:43:00 PM

Not Serious Non-Violent

Assist Other Department — Fontana A. B. Miller High School

Fontana Unified School District, San Bernardino County

AOD Reported to Fontana Police Department

5/22/23 at 4:30:00 AM

Not Serious Non-Violent

Assist Other Department — Fontana High School

Fontana Unified School District, San Bernardino County

AOD Reported to Fontana Police Department

1/15/23 at 2:24:00 PM

Not Serious Non-Violent

Assist Other Department — Fontana High School

Fontana Unified School District, San Bernardino County

AOD Reported to Fontana Police Department

2/18/23 at 7:03:00 PM

Not Serious Non-Violent

Assist Other Department — Fontana High School

Fontana Unified School District, San Bernardino County

AOD Reported to Fontana Police Department

2/19/23 at 8:01:00 PM

Not Serious Non-Violent

Assist Other Department — Fontana High School

Fontana Unified School District, San Bernardino County

AOD Reported to Fontana Police Department

3/25/23 at 3:03:00 AM

Not Serious Non-Violent

Assist Other Department — Fontana High School

Fontana Unified School District, San Bernardino County

AOD Reported to Fontana Police Department

3/25/23 at 12:40:00 PM

Follow Up — Fontana High School

Fontana Unified School District, San Bernardino County

FOLLOW Reported to Fontana Police Department

5/2/23 at 1:46:00 PM

Not Serious Non-Violent

Assist Other Department — Fontana High School

Fontana Unified School District, San Bernardino County

AOD Reported to Fontana Police Department

5/3/23 at 3:03:00 PM

Follow Up — Fontana High School

Fontana Unified School District, San Bernardino County

FOLLOW Reported to Fontana Police Department

5/22/23 at 9:49:00 AM

Not Serious Non-Violent

Assist Other Department — Fontana High School

Fontana Unified School District, San Bernardino County

AOD Reported to Fontana Police Department

5/30/23 at 6:24:00 PM