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)

Other incidents

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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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 26 - 50 records in total 5530
Not Serious Non-Violent

Citizen Assist / Contact — Castro Valley High School

Castro Valley Unified School District, Alameda County

1061 - MISC PUBLIC SVC Reported to Alameda County Sheriff

6/13/23 at 9:32:08 PM

Incident details:

RP IS AT THE GATE ON THE CVB SIDE NEAR SOMERSET IN A BLK TOYT SIENNA VAN
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Not Serious Non-Violent

Walk and Talk — Lincoln Middle School

Alameda Unified School District, Alameda County

Walk and Talk Reported to Alameda Police Department

3/6/23 at 7:52:05 AM

Not Serious Non-Violent

Walk and Talk — Lincoln Middle School

Alameda Unified School District, Alameda County

Walk and Talk Reported to Alameda Police Department

3/6/23 at 10:51:32 AM

Not Serious Non-Violent

Found Property — Will C. Wood Middle School

Alameda Unified School District, Alameda County

Found Property Reported to Alameda Police Department

1/31/23 at 8:35:36 AM

Not Serious Non-Violent

Walk and Talk — Will C. Wood Middle School

Alameda Unified School District, Alameda County

Walk and Talk Reported to Alameda Police Department

3/6/23 at 1:28:09 PM

Not Serious Non-Violent

Citizen Assist / Contact — Albany High School

Albany City Unified School District, Alameda County

MPAIDED - CITIZEN ASSIST Reported to Albany Police Department

2/3/23 at 6:20:44 PM

Incident details:

rp was contacted by stating ... rp was wondering if there is an investigation and if so, she stated She said TIME # EVENT BY 18:23:40 1 Incident initiated at Albany Police, 1000 San Pablo, Albany 4830 18:25:04 2 I advised rp I couldn't find anything, but would have an officer call her back. caller also 4830 3 wanted to make it known she has no complatins - advised I would have an officer call
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Info / Information Only — Albany High School

Albany City Unified School District, Alameda County

BEATINFO - BEAT INFO Reported to Albany Police Department

2/8/23 at 2:11:52 PM

Incident details:

TIME # EVENT BY 14:11:52 1 Incident copied from incident 2302080055 CC00C8 14:11:52 2 Associated Incident added: 202302080055 CC00C8 14:12:10 3 Closed - Disposition 52 CC00C8
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Not Serious Non-Violent

Citizen Assist / Contact — Albany High School

Albany City Unified School District, Alameda County

ADVICE - PERSON SEEKING ADVICE FROM PD Reported to Albany Police Department

2/13/23 at 2:25:05 PM

Incident details:

game and extra patrol. TIME # EVENT BY 14:29:00 1 Incident initiated at Albany High School, 603 Key Route, Albany MR00C3 14:47:10 2 S7 DISP. Albany High School, 603 Key Route, Albany MR00C3 14:47:10 3 S7 10-97. MR00C3 14:50:31 4 S7 CODE 4. VIA 10-21 JR0612
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Not Serious Non-Violent

Community Policing — Albany High School

Albany City Unified School District, Alameda County

COP - COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING Reported to Albany Police Department

3/14/23 at 11:32:37 AM

Incident details:

Incident Comments CSI course at Albany High School. TIME # EVENT BY 11:33:34 1 Incident initiated at Albany High School, 603 Key Route, Albany DH0611 11:33:49 2 D11 DISP. Albany High School, 603 Key Route, Albany DH0611
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Not Serious Non-Violent

Citizen Assist / Contact — Albany High School

Albany City Unified School District, Alameda County

ADVICE - PERSON SEEKING ADVICE FROM PD Reported to Albany Police Department

3/28/23 at 10:48:39 AM

Incident details:

TIME # EVENT BY 10:51:43 1 Incident initiated at Albany High School, 603 Key Route, Albany DH0611 10:52:28 2 D11 DISP. Albany High School, 603 Key Route, Albany DH0611 10:52:35 3 D11 10-97. DH0611 11:01:28 4 AHS Ast. Principal reached out to me and was inquiring how APD would DH0611 5 respond to a case involving explicit photos being distrubuted amongst kids.
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Not Serious Non-Violent

Citizen Assist / Contact — Albany High School

Albany City Unified School District, Alameda County

ADVICE - PERSON SEEKING ADVICE FROM PD Reported to Albany Police Department

3/31/23 at 3:55:06 PM

Incident details:

VIA 10-21 Rp/Concerned Parent requesting to speak to an officer regarding policy on incidents involving drug and alcohol use on campus TIME # EVENT BY 15:57:48 1 Incident initiated at Albany High School, 603 Key Route, Albany CS00C1 16:28:49 2 L12 DISP. Albany High School, 603 Key Route, Albany AW0629 16:28:49 3 L25 DISP. Albany High School, 603 Key Route, Albany AW0629
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Follow Up — Newark Middle School

Newark Unified School District, Alameda County

Follow Up Reported to Newark Police Department

2/1/23 at 2:47:41 PM

Not Serious Non-Violent

Citizen Assist / Contact — Newark Middle School

Newark Unified School District, Alameda County

Citizen Contact Reported to Newark Police Department

2/17/23 at 9:10:25 AM

Incident details:

RP ADV STUDENT STATING IN CLASS HE HAD A 10-72 ON HIM YESTERDAY RP ADV THERE IS NO THREAT FROM STUDENT AND WANTED THIS DOCUMENTED ALSO STATING SHE HAS BEEN RECEIVING EMAILS ABOUT A STUDENT AND GIVING INFO ABOUT THEIR MOTHER AND POLICE OFFICER ( NOT ASSOC TO STUDENT WITH 10-72 )
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Not Serious Non-Violent

Citizen Assist / Contact — Newark Middle School

Newark Unified School District, Alameda County

Citizen Contact Reported to Newark Police Department

2/17/23 at 9:10:38 AM

Incident details:

SPANISH SPEAKING ONLY. MOTHER IS HERE WITH HER 12 YR OLD DAUGHTER. DAUGHTER NOT WANTING TO GO TO SCHOOL BECAUSE SHE WAS THREATENED BY OTHER STUDENTS TO BEAT HER UP AND HURT HER AT SCHOOL AND AT HER HOME. MOTHER TRIED CONTACTING SCHOOL BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANYONE WHO SPEAKS SPANISH OR TIME. MOM WOULD LIKE TO REPORT THE TEENAGERS INVOLVED.
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Not Serious Non-Violent

Citizen Assist / Contact — Newark Middle School

Newark Unified School District, Alameda County

Citizen Contact Reported to Newark Police Department

3/18/23 at 5:07:48 PM

Incident details:

RP WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK WITH AN OFCR REGARDING ALARMING SOCIAL MEDIA POST
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Follow Up — Newark Middle School

Newark Unified School District, Alameda County

Follow Up Reported to Newark Police Department

3/30/23 at 9:50:44 AM

Follow Up — Newark Middle School

Newark Unified School District, Alameda County

Follow Up Reported to Newark Police Department

4/19/23 at 2:28:10 PM

Incident details:

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Follow Up — Newark Middle School

Newark Unified School District, Alameda County

Follow Up Reported to Newark Police Department

4/19/23 at 2:28:26 PM

Not Serious Non-Violent

Citizen Assist / Contact — Newark Middle School

Newark Unified School District, Alameda County

Citizen Contact Reported to Newark Police Department

4/27/23 at 1:35:55 AM

Incident details:

WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO AN OFCR REGARDING H&S AT NJHS
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Info / Information Only — Fremont High School

Oakland Unified School District, Alameda County

INFO Reported to Oakland Police Department

2/2/23 at 3:25:00 PM

On View — Fremont High School

Oakland Unified School District, Alameda County

OV Reported to Oakland Police Department

3/16/23 at 4:50:00 PM

On View — McClymonds High School

Oakland Unified School District, Alameda County

OV Reported to Oakland Police Department

1/25/23 at 1:45:00 PM

On View — McClymonds High School

Oakland Unified School District, Alameda County

OV Reported to Oakland Police Department

1/26/23 at 3:17:00 PM

Info / Information Only — Oakland High School

Oakland Unified School District, Alameda County

INFO Reported to Oakland Police Department

3/6/23 at 12:27:00 PM

Info / Information Only — Oakland High School

Oakland Unified School District, Alameda County

INFO Reported to Oakland Police Department

3/24/23 at 7:05:00 AM