Calling the Cops

An EdSource investigation into policing in California schools

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Alcohol (26) Drug Sales - Marijuana (7) Drug Sales - Unknown (10) Drugs - Marijuana (126) Drugs - Other (5) Drugs - Unfounded (3) Drugs - Unknown (889) Field Sobriety Test (16) Furnished Controlled Substance (1) Medical - Drugs (18) Medical - Overdose (17) Nicotine (5) Paraphanalia (3) Under the Influence (64) Under the Influence (Parent) (1) Under the Influence (Staff Member) (1) Vape - Marijuana (8) Vape - Nicotine (2) Vape - Unknown (35)

Substances incidents

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

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1237
Incidents reported
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83
Police Departments
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248
Schools
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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.

Incident Breakdown by Subcategory of Substances

Incident Logs

displaying 551 - 575 records in total 1237
Serious Non-Violent

Drugs - Unknown — Apple Valley High School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

H&S - POSSESSION OF DRUGS, PARAPHERNALIA Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

3/17/23 at 11:26:00 AM

Incident details:

REQ DR FOR DESTRUCTION - EVIDENCE WILL BE SECURED IN LOCKER - EVIDENCE IN LOCKER #7
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Serious Non-Violent

Drugs - Unknown — Apple Valley High School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

H&S - POSSESSION OF DRUGS, PARAPHERNALIA Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

4/12/23 at 7:55:19 AM

Incident details:

STUDENT IS IN A6 - VIDEO OF DRUG EXCHANGE GOING DOWN. - ALICIA CALLING FOR ETA. REMINDED MINIMUM DAY - ALL STUDENTS ARE SPED - SCHOOL TO HANDLE - ALL 3 STUDENTS WERE COUNCELED
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Serious Non-Violent

Drugs - Marijuana — Apple Valley High School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

H&S - POSSESSION OF DRUGS, PARAPHERNALIA Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

5/22/23 at 12:17:50 PM

Incident details:

STUDENT CITE FOR 11357d1 - PARENT AND STUDENT CAME TO PD TO
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Serious Non-Violent

Drugs - Unknown — Apple Valley High School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

H&S - POSSESSION OF DRUGS, PARAPHERNALIA Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

5/23/23 at 1:14:15 PM

Incident details:

DR FOR DESTRUCTION / SCHOOL TO HANDLE
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Serious Non-Violent

Drugs - Unknown — Apple Valley High School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

H&S - POSSESSION OF DRUGS, PARAPHERNALIA Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

6/5/23 at 8:20:42 AM

Incident details:

REQ'G FEMALE OFFICER FOR SEARCH FOR POSS H&S 4 FEMALE STUDENTS / / UNK ON 4TH STUDENT - ALICIA CALLING FOR ETA, ADV'D 97 NOW - STUDENTS WENT BACK TO CLASS
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Serious Non-Violent

Drugs - Marijuana — Apple Valley High School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

PUBSER - PUBLIC SERVICE Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

6/7/23 at 9:36:27 AM

Incident details:

STUDENT IS BEING DROPPED FROM SUMMER SCHOOL - REQ STUDENT TO BE TAKEN HOME - STUDENT ADMITTED TO SMOKING THC THIS MORNING AND SCHOOL DOES NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE LETTING HIM WALK, PARENT IS UNABLE TO PICK UP STUDENT - 95S1 COPIES - 95P2 COPIES AND WILL TAKE STUDENT AFTER SCHOOL - TRIED TO RECALL MR KING TO ADV - NO ANSWER - STUDENT WILL BE IN THE FRONT OFFICE - PER 95P2, SPOKE TO MR KING, ADV'D THAT STUDENT WILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER SCHOOL, PER 95P2, STUDENT LOOKS FINE TO RIDE THE BUS HOME, BRYAN KING WILL SPEAK TO ADMIN. - PER MR KING THEY WILL RELEASE STUDENT TO RIDE THE BUS AT END OF SCHOOL - 95P2 COPIES
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Serious Non-Violent

Drugs - Marijuana — Apple Valley High School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

H&S - POSSESSION OF DRUGS, PARAPHERNALIA Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

6/9/23 at 9:45:19 AM

Incident details:

GHHS STUDENTS IN POSSESSION OF WAX - SCHOOL TO HANDLE DISCIPLINE ITEMS WERE COLLECTED AND WILL BE BOOKED FOR DESTRUCTION. - ENRT. STATION TO BOOK EVIDENCE
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Serious Non-Violent

Field Sobriety Test — Apple Valley High School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

FST - FIELD SOBRIETY TEST Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

6/15/23 at 10:15:24 AM

Serious Non-Violent

Drugs - Unknown — Apple Valley High School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

H&S - POSSESSION OF DRUGS, PARAPHERNALIA Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

5/12/24 at 11:30:48 AM

Incident details:

DR FOR DESTRUCTION
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Serious Non-Violent

Drugs - Marijuana — Desert Knolls Elementary School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

H&S - POSSESSION OF DRUGS, PARAPHERNALIA Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

2/22/23 at 12:17:38 PM

Incident details:

FOUND W/ WAX PEN - DR FOR DESTRUCTION
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Serious Non-Violent

Field Sobriety Test — Granite Hills High School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

FST - FIELD SOBRIETY TEST Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

1/17/23 at 10:39:43 AM

Incident details:

RESTROOM WAS FULL OF SMOKE, STUDENTS WERE BROUGHT TO THE OFFICE - STUDENTS WERE NEG ON FSTS, ADMIN SEARCHED STUDENTS THEY HAD NOTHING. STUDENTS WERE JUST DITCHING, STUDENTS COUNCELED ON DITCHING
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Serious Non-Violent

Alcohol — Granite Hills High School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

H&S - POSSESSION OF DRUGS, PARAPHERNALIA Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

1/25/23 at 9:52:25 AM

Incident details:

SENIORS WERE TRUANT, SECURITY SAW OPEN CONTAINER IN THE VEH. SECURITY AND ADMIN WILL BE DOING VEH SEARCH - TERESA WILL CALL WITH NAMES, AND REQ PD - PER TERESA - SEARCH CONFIRMED OPEN CONTAINERS IN THE VEH - AT THIS TIME IT IS SCHOOL TO HANDLE - PER ADMIN, NO PD ASSISTANCE NEEDED
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Serious Non-Violent

Drugs - Unknown — Granite Hills High School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

H&S - POSSESSION OF DRUGS, PARAPHERNALIA Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

1/25/23 at 12:33:11 PM

Incident details:

MR BRUCE IS REQ OFFICER FOR CITE FOR H&S - STUDENT CITED
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Serious Non-Violent

Field Sobriety Test — Granite Hills High School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

FST - FIELD SOBRIETY TEST Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

1/30/23 at 8:05:38 AM

Incident details:

11TH GRADER - PER MR KING PARENT IS ENRT TO PICK UP STUDENT, PD NO LONGER NEEDED
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Serious Non-Violent

Drug Sales - Marijuana — Granite Hills High School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

H&S - POSSESSION OF DRUGS, PARAPHERNALIA Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

2/10/23 at 7:49:50 AM

Incident details:

REQUESTING OFFICER TO CITE STUDENT FOR SELLING THC PRODUCTS / ADMIN AND CSA ATTEMPTED TO MAKE CTC W/ HIM AND HE TOOK OFF RUNNING, CSA CAUGHT HIM IN THE BATHROOM AND STUDENT DUMPED 5 CARTRIDGES OF VAPES IN THE TRASHCAN / ITEMS AND STUDENT ARE IN THE OFFICE NOW / C4 / STUDENT ADMITTED TO SELLING.
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Serious Non-Violent

Drugs - Unknown — Granite Hills High School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

H&S - POSSESSION OF DRUGS, PARAPHERNALIA Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

2/14/23 at 11:29:48 AM

Serious Non-Violent

Field Sobriety Test — Granite Hills High School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

FST - FIELD SOBRIETY TEST Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

2/15/23 at 9:23:28 AM

Incident details:

REF OFFICER FOR FST
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Serious Non-Violent

Drugs - Marijuana — Granite Hills High School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

FST - FIELD SOBRIETY TEST Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

2/17/23 at 8:39:50 AM

Incident details:

COPIES, ADV'D THEY WOULD BE AWHILE ON 415 CALL. PER 95P2, ADV IF THEY DONT FIND ANYTHING ON THE STUDENTS TO CALL PARENTS - ADV'D THEY DID FIND SOMETHING ON THEM AND WAS SEEN WITH A CLOUD OF SMOKE - DR FOR DESTRUCTION - 2 OUT OF 4 STUDENT POSITIVE, WILL BE COLLECTING WAX PENS
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Serious Non-Violent

Field Sobriety Test — Granite Hills High School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

FST - FIELD SOBRIETY TEST Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

2/24/23 at 12:17:56 PM

Serious Non-Violent

Field Sobriety Test — Granite Hills High School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

FST - FIELD SOBRIETY TEST Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

2/27/23 at 8:43:29 AM

Incident details:

REQ OFFICER FOR FST ON 3 STUDENTS - FST COMPLETED, SCHOOL TO HANDLE
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Serious Non-Violent

Drugs - Unknown — Granite Hills High School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

H&S - POSSESSION OF DRUGS, PARAPHERNALIA Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

2/28/23 at 1:03:53 PM

Incident details:

FST CONDUCTED AND SCHOOL TO HANDLE DISCIPLINE
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Serious Non-Violent

Drugs - Unknown — Granite Hills High School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

H&S - POSSESSION OF DRUGS, PARAPHERNALIA Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

3/6/23 at 9:34:07 AM

Incident details:

REFUSING TO BE SEARCHED BY SECURITY, REQUESTING AN OFFICER FOR H&S. - PER 95P7, SCHOOL TO HANDLE DISCIPLINE
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Serious Non-Violent

Field Sobriety Test — Granite Hills High School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

FST - FIELD SOBRIETY TEST Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

3/16/23 at 12:22:42 PM

Incident details:

REQ EST FOR 2 STUDENTS - [redacted] AND UNK NAME ON OTHER STUDENT - C4, SCHOOL TO HANDLE THE REST
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Serious Non-Violent

Alcohol — Granite Hills High School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

INC - INCIDENT MISC Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

3/29/23 at 9:22:41 AM

Incident details:

STUDENT CAME TO OFFICE AND ADV'D SHE WAS NOT FEELING WELL, FATHER WAS CTC'D AND FATHER REQ DAUGHTER TO BE SEARCHED AS SHE HAS BEEN KNOWN TO TAKE ALCOHOL TO SCHOOL IN THE PAST / STUDENT IS REFUSING STUDENT THREATENING TO WALK OUT - ON PHONE W/FATHER
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Serious Non-Violent

Vape - Marijuana — Granite Hills High School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

H&S - POSSESSION OF DRUGS, PARAPHERNALIA Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

3/31/23 at 2:06:52 PM

Incident details:

STUDENT CAUGHT W/ THC PEN - STUDENT WAS DENYING - PARENTS WANTED A TESTING DONE. STUDENT THEN CONFESSED TO PARENTS - PER ADMIN PD IS NOT NEEDED ANY LONGER. - PER SCHOOL, PD WAS NO LONGER NEEDED
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