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 1826 - 1850 records in total 5530

Investigation — Rancho Alamitos High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F14 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

2/22/23 at 1:15:22 PM

Investigation — Rancho Alamitos High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F14 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

2/23/23 at 7:48:05 AM

Investigation — Rancho Alamitos High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F14 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

2/23/23 at 1:51:57 PM

Investigation — Rancho Alamitos High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F14 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

3/20/23 at 1:09:32 PM

Follow Up — Rancho Alamitos High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F13 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

3/21/23 at 11:32:30 AM

Investigation — Rancho Alamitos High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F14 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

3/24/23 at 9:44:10 AM

Investigation — Rancho Alamitos High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F14 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

5/17/23 at 10:35:46 AM

Investigation — Rancho Alamitos High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F14 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

6/7/23 at 10:52:04 AM

Investigation — Rancho Alamitos High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F14 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

6/15/23 at 11:42:00 AM

Not Serious Non-Violent

Assist Other Department — Rancho Alamitos High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F32 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

6/17/23 at 4:10:37 AM

Incident details:

STATION 18 IS 1097 AT 8188 KATELLA, REQ GGPD OFCRS FOR A SUBJ THAT IS THROWING TIRES OVER THE FENCE ONTO THE FIEKD AT RANCHO ALAMITOS HS, STATION 18 REQ OFCRS ASSIST WITH GETTING ON THE FIELD, SUBS DESCRIPTION 1 MALE WRNG: A BB CAP DRK SHIRT DRK COLORED PANTS, NFD 1022 PER STATION 18
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Investigation — Rancho Alamitos High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F14 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

6/28/23 at 9:00:33 AM

Follow Up — Santiago High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F13 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

3/2/23 at 11:02:13 AM

Pedestrian Stop / Check — Santiago High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

PED Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

3/19/23 at 7:34:50 AM

Not Serious Non-Violent

Meeting — Santiago High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F44 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

5/19/23 at 12:08:28 PM

Not Serious Non-Violent

Citizen Assist / Contact — Santiago High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

930 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

5/28/23 at 9:43:11 PM

Not Serious Non-Violent

Citizen Assist / Contact — Santiago High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

930 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

5/29/23 at 2:22:33 PM

Investigation — Santiago High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F14 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

5/30/23 at 8:03:32 AM

Incident details:

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Investigation — Santiago High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F14 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

5/30/23 at 10:05:08 AM

Investigation — Santiago High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F14 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

6/29/23 at 12:42:56 PM

School Related Business — Irvine High School

Irvine Unified School District, Orange County

SCHOOL RELATED BUSINESS Reported to Irvine Police Department

1/18/23 at 9:23:23 AM

School Related Business — Irvine High School

Irvine Unified School District, Orange County

SCHOOL RELATED BUSINESS Reported to Irvine Police Department

1/19/23 at 9:33:35 AM

School Related Business — Irvine High School

Irvine Unified School District, Orange County

SCHOOL RELATED BUSINESS Reported to Irvine Police Department

1/23/23 at 8:54:38 AM

School Related Business — Irvine High School

Irvine Unified School District, Orange County

SCHOOL RELATED BUSINESS Reported to Irvine Police Department

1/24/23 at 8:17:54 AM

School Related Business — Irvine High School

Irvine Unified School District, Orange County

SCHOOL RELATED BUSINESS Reported to Irvine Police Department

1/24/23 at 10:47:46 AM

School Related Business — Irvine High School

Irvine Unified School District, Orange County

SCHOOL RELATED BUSINESS Reported to Irvine Police Department

1/25/23 at 8:18:23 AM