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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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 5051 - 5075 records in total 5530

Info / Information Only — Watsonville High School

Pajaro Valley Unified School District, Santa Cruz County

LINFO Reported to Watsonville Police Department

5/5/23 at 10:51:54 AM

Info / Information Only — Watsonville High School

Pajaro Valley Unified School District, Santa Cruz County

LINFO Reported to Watsonville Police Department

5/18/23 at 10:10:38 AM

Follow Up — Watsonville High School

Pajaro Valley Unified School District, Santa Cruz County

FUP Reported to Watsonville Police Department

6/5/23 at 11:41:35 AM

Follow Up — Watsonville High School

Pajaro Valley Unified School District, Santa Cruz County

FUP Reported to Watsonville Police Department

6/7/23 at 9:07:48 AM

Follow Up — Watsonville High School

Pajaro Valley Unified School District, Santa Cruz County

FUP Reported to Watsonville Police Department

6/14/23 at 10:11:58 AM

Info / Information Only — Watsonville High School

Pajaro Valley Unified School District, Santa Cruz County

LINFO Reported to Watsonville Police Department

6/17/23 at 3:31:32 PM

Serious Non-Violent

Illegal Gambling — Anderson High School

Anderson Union High School District, Shasta County

330 Reported to Anderson Police Department

3/4/23 at 8:20:33 PM

On View — Anderson Middle School

Cascade Union Elementary School District, Shasta County

OV Reported to Anderson Police Department

1/23/23 at 3:44:02 PM

On View — Enterprise High School

Shasta Union High School District, Shasta County

OV Reported to Redding Police Department

2/15/23 at 9:47:21 AM

On View — Enterprise High School

Shasta Union High School District, Shasta County

OV Reported to Redding Police Department

2/17/23 at 10:46:26 AM

Pedestrian Stop / Check — Enterprise High School

Shasta Union High School District, Shasta County

PED Reported to Redding Police Department

3/30/23 at 1:24:15 PM

On View — Enterprise High School

Shasta Union High School District, Shasta County

OV Reported to Redding Police Department

4/20/23 at 10:57:10 AM

On View — Enterprise High School

Shasta Union High School District, Shasta County

OV Reported to Redding Police Department

4/20/23 at 3:56:48 PM

Not Serious Non-Violent

Found Property — Weed High School

Siskiyou Union High School District, Siskiyou County

FOUNDPRO - FOUND PROPERTY REPORT Reported to Weed Police Department

1/22/23 at 9:34:11 AM

Incident details:

THAT LINVILLE LOCATED THE COMPUTER ON THE SCHOOL PROPERTY AND BROUGHT IT TO C385 RESIDENCE. L447 PICKED UP THE COMPUTER AND RETURNED IT TO /RMA
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Not Serious Non-Violent

Assist Other Department — Weed High School

Siskiyou Union High School District, Siskiyou County

OUTAA - OUTSIDE AGENCY ASSIST Reported to Weed Police Department

2/6/23 at 1:27:11 PM

Incident details:

E292 OUT WITH WEED FIRE, ASSISTING WITH GYM OCCUPANCY ASSESSMENT. OCCUPANCY FOR GAME IN GYM SET BY WEED FIRE AT 462 IN BLEACHERS, AND 186 ON STAGE WITH CHAIRS AND NO TABLES./JM
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Not Serious Non-Violent

Utility Problem / Outage — Weed High School

Siskiyou Union High School District, Siskiyou County

PUBWORKS - PUBLIC WORKS PROBLEM Reported to Weed Police Department

2/18/23 at 12:32:19 PM

Incident details:

THAT THE WATER TOWER BY THE HIGH SCHOOL IS LEAKING WATER. RP STATES THAT THE PIPE THAT CONNECTS TO THE TANK IS LEAKING SIGNIFICANTLY. DISPATCH CONTACTED PUBLIC WORKS AND ADVISED THEM OF THE SITUATION. /JV
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Info / Information Only — Weed High School

Siskiyou Union High School District, Siskiyou County

INFO - LOG INFORMATION Reported to Weed Police Department

5/5/23 at 4:34:57 PM

Incident details:

ADVISED THAT THERE IS PROM TOMORROW EVENING AND THAT THERE MIGHT BE A LARGE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC IN AREA. PROM IS 8PM-MIDNIGHT./DLP
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Info / Information Only — Weed High School

Siskiyou Union High School District, Siskiyou County

INFO - LOG INFORMATION Reported to Weed Police Department

5/22/23 at 2:11:30 PM

Incident details:

THAT SHE WOULD TO SPEAK WITH AN OFFICER BECAUSE SHE HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT CONSENSUAL SEX AND MINORS. C385 SPOKE WITH THE RP WHO WAS INQUIRING THE LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS OF CONSENSUAL SEX BETWEEN A 14 YEAR OLD AND 16 YEAR OLD. C385 PROVIDED THE RP WITH THEIR OPTIONS. /JV
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Info / Information Only — Benicia High School

Benicia Unified School District, Solano County

INFORMATION Reported to Benicia Police Department

1/25/23 at 8:10:14 AM

Info / Information Only — Benicia High School

Benicia Unified School District, Solano County

INFORMATION Reported to Benicia Police Department

1/26/23 at 8:26:05 AM

Incident details:

Documentation of an adult being ejected from the stadium due to causing a disturbance.
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Follow Up — Benicia High School

Benicia Unified School District, Solano County

FOLLOW UP Reported to Benicia Police Department

1/27/23 at 8:33:01 AM

Incident details:

Officer out on follow up.
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Info / Information Only — Benicia High School

Benicia Unified School District, Solano County

INFORMATION Reported to Benicia Police Department

2/7/23 at 9:58:17 AM

Incident details:

RPTS [redacted] CAME TO THE HIGH SCHOOL DEMANDING TO SEE HER DAUGHTER. RP STATED THE DAUGHTER DID NOT WANT TO SEE HER MOM SO THEY DID NOT BRING HER TO THE OFFICE. WHILE ON SCENE MOM STATED DAUGHTER HAS BEEN GONE FOR SEVERAL DAYS AND IS LIVING WITH HER BOYFRIEND. X LEFT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND RP BELIEVES SHE MAY BE ON HER WAY TO THE PD.
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Info / Information Only — Benicia High School

Benicia Unified School District, Solano County

INFORMATION Reported to Benicia Police Department

2/9/23 at 8:30:43 PM

Incident details:

Report of an adult being ejected from the gym.
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Follow Up — Benicia High School

Benicia Unified School District, Solano County

FOLLOW UP Reported to Benicia Police Department

3/14/23 at 10:01:45 AM

Incident details:

Officers out on follow up .
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Info / Information Only — Benicia High School

Benicia Unified School District, Solano County

INFORMATION Reported to Benicia Police Department

3/28/23 at 11:24:49 AM

Incident details:

Juvenile reporting having an issue at home.
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