Calling the Cops

An EdSource investigation into policing in California schools

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Abuse (1) Assault (86) Assault by Teacher (4) Attempted Kidnapping (1) Attempted Murder (2) Battery (668) Battery / Assault (162) Battery / Assault - On Parent (1) Battery / Assault - On Peace Officer (1) Battery / Assault - On School Employee (23) Biting (1) Child Abuse / Endangerment (116) Dead Body (2) Domestic Abuse / Violence (54) Elder Abuse (1) Fighting (204) Fighting - Parent/Child (4) Hate Crime (4) Hit By Car (2) Kidnapping (2) Resisting / Obstructing Officer (15)

Battery incidents

From all counties, school districts and schools in the database.

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668
Incidents reported
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80
Police Departments
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246
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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.

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Incident Logs

displaying 51 - 75 records in total 668
Serious Violent

Battery — Pittsburg Senior High School

Pittsburg Unified School District, Contra Costa County

243 / BATTERY Reported to Pittsburg Police Department

3/4/23 at 4:36:27 PM

Serious Violent

Battery — Pittsburg Senior High School

Pittsburg Unified School District, Contra Costa County

243 / BATTERY Reported to Pittsburg Police Department

5/22/23 at 3:15:15 PM

Serious Violent

Battery — Crescent Elk Middle School

Del Norte County Unified School District, Del Norte County

243.2(A)(1) PC: BATTERY ON PERSON ON SCHOOL/H Reported to Crescent City Police Department

5/19/23

Serious Violent

Battery — Del Norte High School

Del Norte County Unified School District, Del Norte County

242 PC: BATTERY ON PERSON - SIMPLE (M) Reported to Crescent City Police Department

2/2/23

Serious Violent

Battery — Union Mine High School

El Dorado Union High School District, El Dorado County

242 Reported to El Dorado County Sheriff

1/24/23 at 10:13:46 AM

Incident details:

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Serious Violent

Battery — Coalinga High School

Coalinga-Huron Unified School District, Fresno County

BATT - BATTERY Reported to Coalinga Police Department

1/27/23 at 12:08:15 PM

Serious Violent

Battery — Sanger High School

Sanger Unified School District, Fresno County

BATT - BATTERY Reported to Sanger Police Department

5/12/23 at 3:49:50 PM

Serious Violent

Battery — Abraham Lincoln Middle School

Selma Unified School District, Fresno County

BATT - BATTERY Reported to Selma Police Department

1/20/23 at 2:54:44 PM

Serious Violent

Battery — Selma High School

Selma Unified School District, Fresno County

BATT - BATTERY Reported to Selma Police Department

1/20/23 at 2:37:17 PM

Serious Violent

Battery — Selma High School

Selma Unified School District, Fresno County

BATT - BATTERY Reported to Selma Police Department

2/9/23 at 10:48:41 AM

Serious Violent

Battery — Selma High School

Selma Unified School District, Fresno County

BATT - BATTERY Reported to Selma Police Department

3/7/23 at 8:27:55 AM

Serious Violent

Battery — Selma High School

Selma Unified School District, Fresno County

BATT - BATTERY Reported to Selma Police Department

3/23/23 at 12:33:22 PM

Serious Violent

Battery — Selma High School

Selma Unified School District, Fresno County

BATT - BATTERY Reported to Selma Police Department

5/31/23 at 2:33:36 PM

Serious Violent

Battery — Selma High School

Selma Unified School District, Fresno County

BATT - BATTERY Reported to Selma Police Department

6/2/23 at 9:44:15 AM

Serious Violent

Battery — Eureka Senior High School

Eureka City Schools School District, Humboldt County

242R - REPORT TAKEN Reported to Eureka Police Department

2/7/23 at 4:21:06 PM

Incident details:

J/O. RP STATES HER DAUGHTER [redacted] WAS 242'D AT THIS LOC BY THE CAFETERIA. [redacted] PHONED THE RP AND MULTIPLE SUBJS COULD BE HEARD IN THE BACKGROUND. [redacted] PHONE [redacted]
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Serious Violent

Battery — Eureka Senior High School

Eureka City Schools School District, Humboldt County

UNKNOWN - REPORT TAKEN Reported to Eureka Police Department

2/8/23 at 3:50:40 PM

Incident details:

AT THE BUS STOP RP STATES SHE RECEIVED A CALL FROM HER DAUGHTER STATING SHE WAS POSS BEING 242'D. DAUGHTER/[redacted]
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Serious Violent

Battery — Eureka Senior High School

Eureka City Schools School District, Humboldt County

242R - CAD DOCUMENTATION Reported to Eureka Police Department

3/11/23 at 11:20:06 PM

Incident details:

SECOND HAND TO RP WHO IS NURSE AT ST JOES. PT/[REDACTED] IS CURRENTLY IN THE ER AS A RESULT OF 242 THAT OCC'D 03-09 AT THIS LOC. PT'S HEAD WAS STRUCK AGAINST THE WALL BY ANOTHER STUDENT. PT AND MOTHER REQ TO SPEAK TO LE.
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Serious Violent

Battery — Eureka Senior High School

Eureka City Schools School District, Humboldt County

242R - CAD DOCUMENTATION Reported to Eureka Police Department

3/13/23 at 9:02:01 AM

Incident details:

RP STATES DAUGHTER/[redacted] WAS 242 BY ANOTHER STUDENT [redacted] AT LOC ON 03/09 RP HAS VIDEO OF INCIDENT POSTED TO SOCIAL MEDIA BY [redacted]
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Serious Violent

Battery — Eureka Senior High School

Eureka City Schools School District, Humboldt County

242R - CAD DOCUMENTATION Reported to Eureka Police Department

3/28/23 at 4:52:32 PM

Incident details:

RP STA TES HER BROTHER/[redacted] AND ANOTHER STUDENT GOT INTO FIGHT AT LOC YESTERDAY MORNING. RP STATES HER BROTHER WENT TO HOSPITAL AFTER INCIDENT AND HAS AFTER VISIT SUMMARY FOR OFC. RP STATES SCHOOL HAS RECORDING OF INCIDENT
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Serious Violent

Battery — Eureka Senior High School

Eureka City Schools School District, Humboldt County

242R- CAD DOCUMENTATION Reported to Eureka Police Department

3/29/23 at 4:52:32 PM

Incident details:

RP STATES HER BROTHER/[redacted] AND ANOTHER STUDENT GOT INTO FIGHT AT LOC YESTERDAY MORNING. RP STATES HER BROTHER WENT TO HOSPITAL AFTER INCIDENT AND HAS AFTER VISIT SUMMARY FOR OFC. RP STATES SCHOOL HAS RECORDING OF INCIDENT PER L20 PEND FOR B36 OR B72 ON 3/29
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Serious Violent

Battery — Toddy Thomas Middle School

Fortuna Elementary School District, Humboldt County

242R - CAD DOCUMENTATION ONLY Reported to Fortuna Police Department

2/7/23

Serious Violent

Battery — Toddy Thomas Middle School

Fortuna Elementary School District, Humboldt County

242R - CAD DOCUMENTATION ONLY Reported to Fortuna Police Department

4/19/23

Serious Violent

Battery — Bishop Union High School

Bishop Unified School District, Inyo County

242 Reported to Bishop Police Department

2/16/23 at 8:46:12 AM

Serious Violent

Battery — Bishop Union High School

Bishop Unified School District, Inyo County

242 Reported to Bishop Police Department

4/7/23 at 4:16:11 PM

Serious Violent

Battery — Bishop Union High School

Bishop Unified School District, Inyo County

242 - BATTERY Reported to Bishop Police Department

5/25/23 at 1:16:04 PM

Incident details:

RP'S DAUGHTER HAD AN INC WITH AFTHER THE RALLEY. THREW A WATER BALLOON AT RP'S DAUGHTER'S FACE VERY HARDHARD, HX OF THREATS, AT YARD SALE THIS LAST WEEKEND REPEATEDLY DROVE BY RP'S HOUSE.
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