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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Police Departments
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628
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School Districts
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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 Other

Incident Logs

displaying 426 - 450 records in total 5530

Follow Up — Arcata High School

Northern Humboldt Union High School District, Humboldt County

FOLLOW UP Reported to Arcada Police Department

6/8/23 at 3:14:08 PM

Follow Up — Arcata High School

Northern Humboldt Union High School District, Humboldt County

FOLLOW UP Reported to Arcada Police Department

6/22/23 at 11:08:45 AM

Not Serious Non-Violent

Citizen Assist / Contact — Eureka Senior High School

Eureka City Schools School District, Humboldt County

CITIZEN - NO REPORT Reported to Eureka Police Department

1/24/23 at 9:01:26 AM

Incident details:

VIA PHONE. RP REQUESTING SRO RESPOND TO El-IS AND ASSIST WITH SEARCHING A STUDENT WHO IS REFUSING TO ALLOW AN ADMIN SEARCH BE CONDUCTED. DUE TO BEING ASSIGNED A BEAT. RP WAS DIRECTED TO CALL EPD AND REQUEST A BEAT OFFICER IF NECESSARY.
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Not Serious Non-Violent

Citizen Assist / Contact — Eureka Senior High School

Eureka City Schools School District, Humboldt County

CITIZEN - NO REPORT Reported to Eureka Police Department

1/31/23 at 7:03:21 AM

Incident details:

FROM A PRIOR REQUEST ON 1/27/2023 VIA TEXT. RP WAS REQUESTING 28 INFORMATION ON A STUDENTS VEHICLE THAT WAS PARKING IN THE STAFF LOT. RP WAS ADVISED THIS WAS A CLETS/DOJ VIOLATION AND TOLD I WAS NOT ABLE TO RUN THE STUDENTS PLATE.
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Not Serious Non-Violent

Citizen Assist / Contact — Eureka Senior High School

Eureka City Schools School District, Humboldt County

CITIZEN - NO REPORT Reported to Eureka Police Department

1/31/23 at 7:22:39 AM

Incident details:

RP WAS REQUESTING INFORMATION ON THE TWO JUVENILES STABBED IN ARCATA OVER THE WEEKEND, RP INFORMED ME THAT ONE OF THE VICTIMS WAS A EHS STUDENT AND WAS ASKING IF THE SECOND VICTIM WAS A EHS STUDENT. I CONTACTED APO AND INFORMED THE RP.
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Not Serious Non-Violent

Citizen Assist / Contact — Eureka Senior High School

Eureka City Schools School District, Humboldt County

CITIZEN - CAD DOCUMENTATION Reported to Eureka Police Department

1/31/23 at 10:36:23 AM

Incident details:

RP requested assistance with attempting to contact [redacted] who has been missing class and wandering on campus to disrupt classes and ignore teachers/EHS staff. I contacted the juveniles mother via phone who told me [redacted] does not listen to her and when she drops him at school in the morning he usually leaves campus. I attempted to call [redacted] but he failed to answer EHS was advised to contact me if [redacted] is seen on campus.
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Follow Up — Eureka Senior High School

Eureka City Schools School District, Humboldt County

FU - CAD DOCUMENTATION Reported to Eureka Police Department

1/31/23 at 11:45:21 AM

Not Serious Non-Violent

Citizen Assist / Contact — Eureka Senior High School

Eureka City Schools School District, Humboldt County

CITIZEN - CAD DOCUMENTATION Reported to Eureka Police Department

2/7/23 at 11:17:23 AM

Not Serious Non-Violent

Citizen Assist / Contact — Eureka Senior High School

Eureka City Schools School District, Humboldt County

CITIZEN - CAD DOCUMENTATION Reported to Eureka Police Department

2/27/23 at 10:08:06 AM

Incident details:

RP REQ CONTACT FROM B36 REGARDING HER SON/[redacted] BEING SEARCHED TODAY WITHOUT HER KNOWLEDGE. JUV STATED HE WAS ACCUSED OF H&S SALES AND RP BELIEVES IT IS DUE TO HIS ATTIRE. JUV ATTENDS ALDER GROVE BUT WAS ON CAMPUS VIS ITING FRIENDS.
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Follow Up — Eureka Senior High School

Eureka City Schools School District, Humboldt County

FU - NO REPORT Reported to Eureka Police Department

3/1/23 at 2:28:03 PM

Follow Up — Eureka Senior High School

Eureka City Schools School District, Humboldt County

FU - NO REPORT Reported to Eureka Police Department

3/1/23 at 3:42:53 PM

Not Serious Non-Violent

Citizen Assist / Contact — Eureka Senior High School

Eureka City Schools School District, Humboldt County

CITIZEN - CAD DOCUMENTATION Reported to Eureka Police Department

3/3/23 at 7:27:40 AM

Incident details:

RP IS EHS COUNSELING STAFF. AND VIA EMAIL RP DIRECTED SROs TO CONDUCT SST PAPERWORK SERVICE ON A STUDENT TO INCLUDE PRINTING OUT THE PAPERWORK AND PERSONALLY DELIVERING IT. IN AN EMAIL RESPONSE THE RP WAS REMINDED THIS WAS NOT A SRO DUTY HOWEVER AN SRO CAN ACCOMPANY THE RP DURING THIS SERVICE IF THERE IS A SAFETY CONCERN.
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Not Serious Non-Violent

Citizen Assist / Contact — Eureka Senior High School

Eureka City Schools School District, Humboldt County

CITIZEN - CAD DOCUMENTATION Reported to Eureka Police Department

3/8/23 at 7:05:45 AM

Incident details:

VIA EMAIL. RP IS CONCERNED ABOUT ONGOING PARKING AND LITTERING ISSUES IN FRONT OF HIS HOME. RP OFFERED EXTRA PATROL
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Follow Up — Eureka Senior High School

Eureka City Schools School District, Humboldt County

FU - NO REPORT Reported to Eureka Police Department

3/8/23 at 10:21:35 AM

Not Serious Non-Violent

Citizen Assist / Contact — Eureka Senior High School

Eureka City Schools School District, Humboldt County

CITIZEN - CAD DOCUMENTATION Reported to Eureka Police Department

3/9/23 at 4:23:03 PM

Incident details:

VIA EMAIL. RP REQUESTED SROs ABATE A CAMP AT THE FORMER JACOBS EDUCATION CENTER PROPERTY.
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Not Serious Non-Violent

Counseling — Eureka Senior High School

Eureka City Schools School District, Humboldt County

601 - CAD DOCUMENTATION Reported to Eureka Police Department

3/14/23 at 2:55:03 PM

Incident details:

RP REQUESTING SRO ASSITANCE WITH HER SON [redacted] WHO IS REFUSING TO GO TO SCHOOL AND ATTENDS EHS
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Not Serious Non-Violent

Citizen Assist / Contact — Eureka Senior High School

Eureka City Schools School District, Humboldt County

CITIZEN - CAD DOCUMENTATION Reported to Eureka Police Department

3/29/23 at 10:13:02 AM

Incident details:

RP IS REQ TO SPEAK W/ B36 REGARDING THE 242'0 THAT OCC'D ON 03/28
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Follow Up — Eureka Senior High School

Eureka City Schools School District, Humboldt County

FU -NO REPORT Reported to Eureka Police Department

4/19/23 at 11:09:18 AM

Follow Up — Toddy Thomas Middle School

Fortuna Elementary School District, Humboldt County

FU - CAD DOCUMENTATION ONLY Reported to Fortuna Police Department

1/20/23

Follow Up — Calexico High School

Calexico Unified School District, Imperial County

FOLLOW-UP Reported to Calexico Police Department

2/7/23 at 8:31:33 AM

Follow Up — Calexico High School

Calexico Unified School District, Imperial County

FOLLOW-UP Reported to Calexico Police Department

3/24/23 at 9:46:00 AM

Info / Information Only — Holtville High School

Holtville Unified School District, Imperial County

INFO Reported to Imperial County Sheriff

1/23/23 at 1:55:23 PM

Incident details:

On 10/23/2023, I (Deputy Caloca #697) was in full uniform driving a fully marked Imperial County Sheriff's Office (ICSO) patrol vehicle. I was assigned to the Holtville Unified School District (HUSD) as the School Resource Officer. I was equipped with my department issued body worn camera. At approximately 0730 hours, Deputy Benavidez #669 advised me [redacted] reported her 14 year old daughter, [redacted], left their home on 01/20/203 and was refusing to return home from school. I advised Deputy Benavidez I was familiar with the juvenile, who was a student at Holtville High School ( HHS). I advised Deputy Benavidez I would confirm with HHS [redacted] attended school. At approximately 0820 hours, [redacted] arrived at HHS and requested to speak to Principal [redacted] about refusal to return home. Principal [redacted] and I met for a conversation about the issue. [redacted] reported [redacted] had kicked her out of the home on 01/20/2023, and she [redacted] had spent Friday night and Saturday night at a friend's house. [redacted] said she spent Sunday night at her boyfriend's [redacted] house. [redacted] reported [redacted] was upset because they are going to leave Holtville to live in Brawley. [redacted] and [redacted] were counselled and [redacted] agreed she would return home. At approximately 1351, HHS Dean of Student [redacted] informed me [redacted] had spoken to a school counselor and stated she did not want to go home to [redacted]. I drove to HHS where I met with and Counselor [redacted]. I asked what reported. [redacted] informed me reported [redacted] was verbally abusive to her and would mentally abuse her. I spoke with [redacted] and asked her why she changed her mind. [redacted] told me she did not want to go home because she felt unsafe with her mother. [redacted] said she wanted to be removed from the home by Child Protective Services. I asked [redacted] why she felt unsafe. [redacted] told me there was a history of physical abuse, and she was previously removed from the home in 2021. [redacted] informed me the last time her mother attempted to hit her was over one month prior. [redacted] reported her mother is verbally abusive and is constantly using derogatory words toward her. I requested ICSO dispatch to contact CPS and have someone call my work cell phone. Shortly after, CPS worker [redacted] called me. I briefed [redacted] on the report made by [redacted] of constant verbal/metal abuse from her mother. [redacted] told me CPS would not respond, due to the juvenile not being in immediate danger. [redacted] told me [redacted] had to return home and a CPS worker would conduct a home visit within 10 days. I informed [redacted] abd GGS staff CPS would not respond and [redacted] had to return home. [redacted] agreed to return home. i left HHS with no further incident.
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Pedestrian Stop / Check — Bishop Union High School

Bishop Unified School District, Inyo County

PEDCK Reported to Bishop Police Department

1/18/23 at 1:45:38 AM

Pedestrian Stop / Check — Bishop Union High School

Bishop Unified School District, Inyo County

PEDCK Reported to Bishop Police Department

4/22/23 at 5:44:20 PM

Not Serious Non-Violent

Found Property — Bishop Union High School

Bishop Unified School District, Inyo County

PRF - PROPERTY FOUND Reported to Bishop Police Department

5/12/23 at 9:08:49 AM

Incident details:

MALE FOUND 2 CHROME BOOKS IN A BACK PACK BEHIND TOGGERY. BACK PACK WAS FULL OF CIG & SHREDDED PAPERS. 1 BELONGED TO BUHS BUT THE OTHER BELONGED TO RP BELIEVES IT MAY HAVE BEEN STOLEN.
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