Calling the Cops

An EdSource investigation into policing in California schools

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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
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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 Theft

Incident Logs

displaying 451 - 475 records in total 755
Serious Non-Violent

Theft - Other / Unknown — Phoenix Academy School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

THEFT - THEFT MISC Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

5/22/23 at 12:23:59 PM

Incident details:

DAU- CALLED HIM FROM SCHOOL OFFICE AND TOLD HIM THAT HER PHONE WAS STOLEN AT SCHOOL /RP WANTS OFFOCER TO 21 HIM, WANTS PHONE LOCATED ASAP - SPOKE TO FATHER, ADV'D IS FIELD DAY, LOST PHONE AT THIS TIME . I ADV'D FATHER TO TRY TO PING PHONE AND CALL BACK WITH FURTHER - PER 95P4, STUDENTS PHONE WAS FOUND IN THE GRASS FIELD, WILL BE RETURNED TO THE STUDENT TODAY, FATHER WAS NOTIFIED
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Serious Non-Violent

Burglary — Sycamore Rocks Elementary School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

459 - BURGLARY Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

5/8/23 at 8:26:50 AM

Incident details:

OCCURED SATURDAY 05/06 - JUVENILES , POSSIBLE HIGH SCHOOL AGE BROKE INTO THE BOYS C BATHROOM / BUILDING A MECHANICAL / MINIMAL DAMAGE / INCIDENT WAS BOOK MARKED ON THE CAMERAS PER BENITEZ. - IF NOTHING WAS TAKEN, HAVE OFFICERS TAKE PICTURES OF ANY DAMAGE AND UPLOAD TO RIMS. - PLS 21 SHANELLE AND ASC IF ANYTHING WAS TAKEN OR IF THERE IS DAMAGE TO ANY PART OF THE SCHOOL, IE, DOORS, IF NOT, THIS WILL SUFICE FOR DOCUMENTATION, IF THERE IS MISSING ITEMS OR DAMAGE TO SCHOOL, SEND A UNIT - ATTEMPTED 21 W/ BENITEZ - VM , WILL TRY SUE/FRONT OFFICE. - ATTEMPTED 21 , LINE KEEPS RINGING - SPOKE TO SHANELLE, UNIT DOES NOT NEED TO RESPOND, NOTHING TAKEN AND NO DAMAGE, ONLY POSTER PULLED DOWN, THIS IS FOR INFO ONLY, AND VIDEO IS BOOKMARKED
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Serious Non-Violent

Burglary — Sycamore Rocks Elementary School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

459 - BURGLARY Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

5/16/23 at 12:17:36 PM

Incident details:

SEE ATTACHED EMAIL - We had kids on campus around 9 pm on Saturday night. This is the second weekend in a row. The mechanical room was unsecured, so they did enter that room.- TRYING TO REACH SCHOOL SITE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. - MADE CTC W/ THE SCHOOL, PER SUE - LORD IS AWARE HOWEVER BENITEZ IS HANDLING AND IS OUT OF OFFICE TODAY. WILL WAIT TO HEAR BACK FROM BENITEZ. RESPONDED TO HER EMAIL - PER BENITEZ -NEGATIVE DAMAGE TO REPORT, ONLY WANTED TO GIVE THE PD A HEADS UP.
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Serious Non-Violent

Burglary — Yucca Loma Elementary School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

459 - BURGLARY Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

3/6/23 at 10:30:55 AM

Incident details:

PORTABLES 25-29 BROKEN INTO OVER THE WEEKEND / SCREENS TAKEN OFF & ITEMS TAKEN. - INFO ONLY AT THIS TIME RTF, SCHOOL WANTS TO WAIT, AND SPEAK TO AFTER SHCOOL TEACHER, IT WAS HIS CLASSROOM, WILL FU LATER TODAY - LAST UPDATE WAS FROM MARCOS CLARK TO 95P4 - PER 95P4, THERE WERE APPROX 5-6 STAR WARS HELMETS THAT WERE TAKEN, AND 1 ROLLAWAY SPEAKER - STILL WAITING TO SPEAK TO 18 TEACHER TO FIND OUT WHAT ELSE WAS TAKEN - MOTHER OF TEACHER CAME TO THE LOBBY REPORTING THAT HER SON'S CLASSROOM AT YUCCA LOMA WAS BROKEN INTO AND 6 COLLECTABLE STAR WARS/MARVEL HELMETS WERE STOLEN FROM A RACK. SHE BELEIVES THIS 459 WAS TARGETED BECAUSE THE ROOM WAS NOT RANSACKED, NOTHING ELSE WAS DISTURBED AND A NOTE WAS LEFT BEHIND ON A WHITEBOARD WHERE THE HELMETS WERE TAKEN SAYING "NO HARD FEELINGS". RP STATES A
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Serious Non-Violent

Burglary — Colton High School

Colton Joint Unified School District, San Bernardino County

PC 459R Reported to Colton Police Department

3/28/23 at 5:06:00 AM

Serious Non-Violent

Petty Theft — Colton High School

Colton Joint Unified School District, San Bernardino County

PC 488 Reported to Colton Police Department

6/29/23 at 12:22:01 PM

Serious Non-Violent

Petty Theft — Colton Middle School

Colton Joint Unified School District, San Bernardino County

PC 488R Reported to Colton Police Department

4/24/23 at 10:52:00 PM

Serious Non-Violent

Lost / Stolen Property — Alder Middle School

Fontana Unified School District, San Bernardino County

LOSTP Reported to Fontana Police Department

4/3/23 at 10:30:00 AM

Serious Non-Violent

Petty Theft — Heritage Intermediate School

Etiwanda Elementary School District, San Bernardino County

488R Reported to Fontana Police Department

4/7/23 at 4:44:00 PM

Serious Non-Violent

Burglary — Heritage Intermediate School

Etiwanda Elementary School District, San Bernardino County

459CR Reported to Fontana Police Department

6/26/23 at 3:34:00 PM

Serious Non-Violent

Burglary — Alder Middle School

Fontana Unified School District, San Bernardino County

459 Reported to Fontana Unified Police Department

2/3/23 at 5:38:33 PM

Serious Non-Violent

Petty Theft — Alder Middle School

Fontana Unified School District, San Bernardino County

488 Reported to Fontana Unified Police Department

4/26/23 at 9:23:15 AM

Serious Non-Violent

Burglary — Chaparral Academy of Technology School

Fontana Unified School District, San Bernardino County

459 Reported to Fontana Unified Police Department

1/21/23 at 9:19:03 AM

Serious Non-Violent

Burglary — Fontana A. B. Miller High School

Fontana Unified School District, San Bernardino County

459 Reported to Fontana Unified Police Department

2/28/23 at 2:27:56 PM

Serious Non-Violent

Burglary — Fontana A. B. Miller High School

Fontana Unified School District, San Bernardino County

459 Reported to Fontana Unified Police Department

3/16/23 at 10:50:50 AM

Serious Non-Violent

Grand Theft — Fontana High School

Fontana Unified School District, San Bernardino County

487 Reported to Fontana Unified Police Department

3/15/23 at 8:40:22 PM

Serious Non-Violent

Lost / Stolen Property — Fontana High School

Fontana Unified School District, San Bernardino County

LOSTPROP Reported to Fontana Unified Police Department

4/11/23 at 2:12:10 PM

Serious Non-Violent

Lost / Stolen Property — Fontana High School

Fontana Unified School District, San Bernardino County

LOSTPROP Reported to Fontana Unified Police Department

4/14/23 at 11:13:33 AM

Serious Non-Violent

Petty Theft — Fontana High School

Fontana Unified School District, San Bernardino County

488 Reported to Fontana Unified Police Department

4/19/23 at 2:20:58 PM

Serious Non-Violent

Lost / Stolen Property — Fontana Middle School

Fontana Unified School District, San Bernardino County

LOSTPROP Reported to Fontana Unified Police Department

4/11/23 at 11:19:48 AM

Serious Non-Violent

Lost / Stolen Property — Harry S. Truman Middle School

Fontana Unified School District, San Bernardino County

LOSTPROP Reported to Fontana Unified Police Department

4/24/23 at 5:34:36 PM

Serious Non-Violent

Grand Theft — Henry J. Kaiser High School

Fontana Unified School District, San Bernardino County

487 Reported to Fontana Unified Police Department

3/2/23 at 1:07:38 PM

Serious Non-Violent

Grand Theft — Henry J. Kaiser High School

Fontana Unified School District, San Bernardino County

487 Reported to Fontana Unified Police Department

4/7/23 at 2:35:48 PM

Serious Non-Violent

Burglary — Jurupa Hills High School

Fontana Unified School District, San Bernardino County

459 Reported to Fontana Unified Police Department

1/23/23 at 1:04:40 AM

Serious Non-Violent

Petty Theft — Jurupa Hills High School

Fontana Unified School District, San Bernardino County

488 Reported to Fontana Unified Police Department

2/3/23 at 3:34:10 PM