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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47
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 901 - 925 records in total 5530
Not Serious Non-Violent

Training — Tehachapi High School

Tehachapi Unified School District, Kern County

SRD - SCHOOL RESOURCE DUTY Reported to Tehachapi Police Department

2/16/23 at 11:10:37 AM

Incident details:

SONITROL PANIC ALARM TRAINING WITH STAFF
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Not Serious Non-Violent

Low Flying Aircraft — Tehachapi High School

Tehachapi Unified School District, Kern County

SRD - SCHOOL RESOURCE DUTY Reported to Tehachapi Police Department

2/27/23 at 1:14:03 PM

Incident details:

DRONE OVER SCHOOL
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Follow Up — Tehachapi High School

Tehachapi Unified School District, Kern County

FOLLOWUP - FOLLOW UP Reported to Tehachapi Police Department

3/16/23 at 10:02:46 AM

Not Serious Non-Violent

Low Flying Aircraft — Tehachapi High School

Tehachapi Unified School District, Kern County

SRD - SCHOOL RESOURCE DUTY Reported to Tehachapi Police Department

6/1/23 at 1:08:54 PM

Incident details:

LOW FLYING DRONE
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Not Serious Non-Violent

Citizen Assist / Contact — Avenal High School

Reef-Sunset Unified School District, Kings County

Speak w Officer Reported to Avenal Police Department

1/19/23 at 3:11:31 PM

Follow Up — Avenal High School

Reef-Sunset Unified School District, Kings County

Follow Up Reported to Avenal Police Department

2/6/23 at 9:53:38 AM

Not Serious Non-Violent

Citizen Assist / Contact — Avenal High School

Reef-Sunset Unified School District, Kings County

Speak w Officer Reported to Avenal Police Department

2/9/23 at 11:23:10 AM

Not Serious Non-Violent

Citizen Assist / Contact — Avenal High School

Reef-Sunset Unified School District, Kings County

Speak w Officer Reported to Avenal Police Department

2/23/23 at 2:23:01 PM

Follow Up — Avenal High School

Reef-Sunset Unified School District, Kings County

Follow Up Reported to Avenal Police Department

2/28/23 at 10:49:21 AM

Not Serious Non-Violent

Citizen Assist / Contact — Avenal High School

Reef-Sunset Unified School District, Kings County

Speak w Officer Reported to Avenal Police Department

3/2/23 at 8:08:39 AM

Follow Up — Avenal High School

Reef-Sunset Unified School District, Kings County

Follow Up Reported to Avenal Police Department

3/6/23 at 11:53:10 AM

Not Serious Non-Violent

Citizen Assist / Contact — Avenal High School

Reef-Sunset Unified School District, Kings County

Speak w Officer Reported to Avenal Police Department

3/10/23 at 1:25:21 PM

Not Serious Non-Violent

Citizen Assist / Contact — Avenal High School

Reef-Sunset Unified School District, Kings County

Speak w Officer Reported to Avenal Police Department

3/13/23 at 9:05:55 AM

Follow Up — Avenal High School

Reef-Sunset Unified School District, Kings County

Follow Up Reported to Avenal Police Department

3/14/23 at 12:50:07 PM

Not Serious Non-Violent

Citizen Assist / Contact — Avenal High School

Reef-Sunset Unified School District, Kings County

Speak w Officer Reported to Avenal Police Department

3/16/23 at 1:53:27 PM

Not Serious Non-Violent

Citizen Assist / Contact — Avenal High School

Reef-Sunset Unified School District, Kings County

Speak w Officer Reported to Avenal Police Department

3/22/23 at 3:29:33 PM

Follow Up — Avenal High School

Reef-Sunset Unified School District, Kings County

Follow Up Reported to Avenal Police Department

3/28/23 at 11:31:38 AM

Not Serious Non-Violent

Citizen Assist / Contact — Avenal High School

Reef-Sunset Unified School District, Kings County

Speak w Officer Reported to Avenal Police Department

3/29/23 at 9:57:44 AM

Follow Up — Avenal High School

Reef-Sunset Unified School District, Kings County

Follow Up Reported to Avenal Police Department

3/29/23 at 11:17:36 AM

Not Serious Non-Violent

Citizen Assist / Contact — Avenal High School

Reef-Sunset Unified School District, Kings County

Speak w Officer Reported to Avenal Police Department

3/31/23 at 8:46:37 AM

Not Serious Non-Violent

Citizen Assist / Contact — Avenal High School

Reef-Sunset Unified School District, Kings County

Speak w Officer Reported to Avenal Police Department

4/11/23 at 10:32:27 AM

Not Serious Non-Violent

Citizen Assist / Contact — Avenal High School

Reef-Sunset Unified School District, Kings County

Speak w Officer Reported to Avenal Police Department

4/20/23 at 1:40:02 PM

Not Serious Non-Violent

Citizen Assist / Contact — Avenal High School

Reef-Sunset Unified School District, Kings County

Speak w Officer Reported to Avenal Police Department

4/24/23 at 9:54:34 AM

Not Serious Non-Violent

Citizen Assist / Contact — Avenal High School

Reef-Sunset Unified School District, Kings County

Speak w Officer Reported to Avenal Police Department

5/2/23 at 3:10:24 PM

Not Serious Non-Violent

Citizen Assist / Contact — Avenal High School

Reef-Sunset Unified School District, Kings County

Speak w Officer Reported to Avenal Police Department

5/3/23 at 8:20:57 AM