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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Attempted Theft (1) Auto Theft (64) Bike Theft (2) Burglary (191) Fraud (1) Grand Theft (116) Lost / Stolen Property (52) Petty Theft (177) Receiving Stolen Property (1) Robbery (55) Theft - Other / Unknown (95)

Theft incidents

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

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755
Incidents reported
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116
Police Departments
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348
Schools
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120
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 Theft

Incident Logs

displaying 276 - 300 records in total 755
Serious Non-Violent

Burglary — Rancho Alamitos High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F32 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

5/13/23 at 3:02:20 AM

Incident details:

STA 18 LOOKING FOR ASSIST WITH ACCESS TO SCHOOL ... WANT: 459 OF PICK-YOUR-PART ... 2 JUMPED THE FENCE INTO THE SCHOOL ... TWO STILL POSB STILL AT THE PICK YOUR PART ... CODE 1 STA 18 ONLY HAS 2 UNITS ONS ONLY ... SUBJS THAT JUMPED THE FENCE: BOTH M/HS, HAVE VEH PARTS AND TOOLS •.. ONE POSB HAS A BIKE WITH UNK OBJECT ON IT ... FROM THE WESTERN OFFICE NOW STA 18 T22'ING ... T22 CALL
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Serious Non-Violent

Burglary — Rancho Alamitos High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F42 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

5/31/23 at 9:06:36 AM

Incident details:

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Serious Violent

Robbery — Santiago High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

211R Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

5/17/23 at 9:36:09 AM

Serious Non-Violent

Petty Theft — Irvine High School

Irvine Unified School District, Orange County

488B - PETTY THEFT BIKE Reported to Irvine Police Department

3/7/23 at 4:08:46 PM

Serious Non-Violent

Petty Theft — Irvine High School

Irvine Unified School District, Orange County

488B - PETTY THEFT BIKE Reported to Irvine Police Department

3/24/23 at 2:22:08 PM

Serious Non-Violent

Petty Theft — Irvine High School

Irvine Unified School District, Orange County

488B - PETTY THEFT BIKE Reported to Irvine Police Department

5/22/23 at 4:43:03 PM

Serious Non-Violent

Petty Theft — Jeffrey Trail Middle School

Irvine Unified School District, Orange County

488V - VEHICLE PETTY THEFT Reported to Irvine Police Department

2/11/23 at 9:25:01 AM

Serious Non-Violent

Grand Theft — Jeffrey Trail Middle School

Irvine Unified School District, Orange County

487B - GRAND THEFT BIKE Reported to Irvine Police Department

2/22/23 at 3:15:58 PM

Serious Non-Violent

Petty Theft — Jeffrey Trail Middle School

Irvine Unified School District, Orange County

488B - PETTY THEFT BIKE Reported to Irvine Police Department

2/22/23 at 3:18:49 PM

Serious Non-Violent

Grand Theft — Jeffrey Trail Middle School

Irvine Unified School District, Orange County

4878 - GRAND THEFT BIKE Reported to Irvine Police Department

5/31/23 at 9:33:24 AM

Serious Non-Violent

Grand Theft — Portola High School

Irvine Unified School District, Orange County

487B - GRAND THEFT BIKE Reported to Irvine Police Department

2/24/23 at 4:37:42 PM

Serious Non-Violent

Grand Theft — University High School

Irvine Unified School District, Orange County

487B - GRAND THEFT BIKE Reported to Irvine Police Department

1/23/23 at 2:05:30 PM

Serious Non-Violent

Grand Theft — University High School

Irvine Unified School District, Orange County

487B - GRAND THEFT BIKE Reported to Irvine Police Department

2/7/23 at 3:42:05 PM

Serious Non-Violent

Petty Theft — University High School

Irvine Unified School District, Orange County

4888 - PETTY THEFT BIKE Reported to Irvine Police Department

2/21/23 at 5:49:30 PM

Serious Non-Violent

Grand Theft — University High School

Irvine Unified School District, Orange County

487B - GRAND THEFT BIKE Reported to Irvine Police Department

2/21/23 at 6:37:48 PM

Serious Non-Violent

Grand Theft — University High School

Irvine Unified School District, Orange County

487B - GRAND THEFT BIKE Reported to Irvine Police Department

2/22/23 at 6:07:24 PM

Serious Non-Violent

Grand Theft — University High School

Irvine Unified School District, Orange County

487B - GRAND THEFT BIKE Reported to Irvine Police Department

2/23/23 at 3:03:45 PM

Serious Non-Violent

Grand Theft — University High School

Irvine Unified School District, Orange County

487B - GRAND THEFT BIKE Reported to Irvine Police Department

2/24/23 at 8:01:22 AM

Serious Non-Violent

Grand Theft — University High School

Irvine Unified School District, Orange County

4870 - OTHER GRAND THEFT Reported to Irvine Police Department

3/8/23 at 1:02:32 PM

Serious Non-Violent

Grand Theft — University High School

Irvine Unified School District, Orange County

487B - GRAND THEFT BIKE Reported to Irvine Police Department

5/3/23 at 3:10:39 PM

Serious Non-Violent

Grand Theft — University High School

Irvine Unified School District, Orange County

487B - GRAND THEFT BIKE Reported to Irvine Police Department

6/20/23 at 9:19:19 AM

Serious Non-Violent

Petty Theft — Woodbridge High School

Irvine Unified School District, Orange County

4880 - PETTY THEFT OTHER Reported to Irvine Police Department

1/21/23 at 1:26:21 PM

Serious Non-Violent

Grand Theft — Woodbridge High School

Irvine Unified School District, Orange County

487B - GRAND THEFT BIKE Reported to Irvine Police Department

1/21/23 at 10:31:05 PM

Serious Non-Violent

Grand Theft — Woodbridge High School

Irvine Unified School District, Orange County

487B - GRAND THEFT BIKE Reported to Irvine Police Department

1/24/23 at 6:18:11 PM

Serious Non-Violent

Petty Theft — Woodbridge High School

Irvine Unified School District, Orange County

4880 - PETTY THEFT OTHER Reported to Irvine Police Department

4/10/23 at 4:51:17 PM