Calling the Cops

An EdSource investigation into policing in California schools

Threats incidents

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

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716

Incidents reported
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87

Police Departments
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328

Schools
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89

School Districts
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36

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 Threats

Incident Logs

displaying 301 - 325 records in total 716

Serious Violent

Criminal / Terrorist Threat - Unknown / OtherRidgepoint Elementary School

Twin Rivers Unified School District, Sacramento County

422R - CRIMINAL OR TERRORIST THREATS - REPORT Reported to Twin Rivers Unified Police Department

1/23/23 at 12:28:36 PM

Incident details:

PARENT OF RIDGEPOINT STUD ADV SHE AND SOME FRIENDS HAVE RECVD THREATS "IM GOING TO KILL YOU" THROUGH A GROUP CHAT FROM A FJ THAT ATTENDS A DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICT// R/P HAS SPOKEN TO STAFF BUT STILL REQ A REPORT BE TAKEN BY OFFICER// OKAY WITH 21 PARENT NOT AT SCHOOL
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Serious Violent

Criminal / Terrorist Threat - ShootingRidgepoint Elementary School

Twin Rivers Unified School District, Sacramento County

422R - CRIMINAL OR TERRORIST THREATS - REPORT Reported to Twin Rivers Unified Police Department

3/17/23 at 11:38:10 AM

Incident details:

PER ADMIN STU MADE THREATS TO BRING A GUN TO SCHOOL. THREAT WAS MADE ON MARCH 1ST AT THE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM. STUD LEFT AFTER SCHOOL PROG AND WENT HOME AND CAME BACK AND TOLD STUDS THAT HE HAD THE GUN IN HIS BACK PACK.NO GUN SHOWN TO ANY OF THE STUD .. A FEW DAYS AGO STUD WAS INVLD IN A 415 WITH THE SAME STUD AND THAT STUD MADE ADMIN AWARE OF THE INCID ON MARCH 1ST. STUD IS CURRENTLY NOT IN SCHOOL AND ADMIN REQD OFFICER TO CHECK HIS RESD .. STU RESD ADDR
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Serious Violent

Criminal / Terrorist Threat - Unknown / OtherRio Linda High School

Twin Rivers Unified School District, Sacramento County

422R - CRIMINAL OR TERRORIST THREATS - REPORT Reported to Twin Rivers Unified Police Department

1/20/23 at 4:24:48 PM

Incident details:

SUBJ USED RACIAL SLURS SUCH AS 'NIGGER' AND MAKING THREATENING STMNTS SUCH AS "IMMA BEAT YOUR ASS NIGGER"
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Serious Violent

Criminal / Terrorist Threat - Unknown / OtherRio Linda High School

Twin Rivers Unified School District, Sacramento County

422R - CRIMINAL OR TERRORIST THREATS - REPORT Reported to Twin Rivers Unified Police Department

1/25/23 at 12:48:21 PM

Incident details:

OFFICE EMPLOYEE DYSHAY MCKINNON WROTE A STATEMENT THAT SHE IS CONCERN FOR HER PHYSICAL SAFETY DUE TO A THREAT MADE BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WHO SAID SHE WAS GOING TO HANDLE THE SITUATION WITH HER FIST. SHE FEELS ITS A HOSTILE WORK ENVIORNMENT. EMPLOYEE'S NUMBER
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Serious Violent

Criminal / Terrorist Threat - Unknown / OtherRio Linda High School

Twin Rivers Unified School District, Sacramento County

422R Reported to Twin Rivers Unified Police Department

2/21/23 at 2:43:08 PM

Incident details:

SCHOOL STAFF ADVS STU IS CONCERN THAT HER BOYFRIEND WILL SHOT HER IF SHE BREAKS UP W/ HIM AND WILL GET HIS FRIENDS TO HURT HER ON CAMPUS. [redacted] FRIEND TEXTED TO LEAV E ALONE. SENT A PICOFAGUNTO CELLPHONE. BOYFRIEND FORMER RLHS STUDENT. NO THREATS WAS MADE TO
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Serious Violent

Criminal / Terrorist Threat - Unknown / OtherRio Tierra Junior High School

Twin Rivers Unified School District, Sacramento County

941 - ASSIST SCHOOL SITE Reported to Twin Rivers Unified Police Department

3/15/23 at 9:23:28 AM

Incident details:

RIO TIERRA ADMIN ADVS RECVD GAGGLE ALERT LAST WEEK .. STUD SENT MSG TO ANOTHER STUD SAYING I WISH YOU WERE DEAD. ADMIN HANDLED THE INCID .. PARENTS ARE UNHAPPY W/ ADMIN HANDLING IT ADMINISTRATIVELY .. PARENTS ARE ON CAMPUS REQD OFFICER TO PRESS CHARGE ON THE OTHER STUD .. VICT RP DOES NOT HAVE NAME OF THE OTHER STUD. COUNSELOR GETTING THE GAGGLE EMAIL AND NAME FOR OFFICER WHEN THEY ARRIVE
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Serious Violent

Criminal / Terrorist Threat - Unknown / OtherSmythe Academy of Arts & Science Middle School

Twin Rivers Unified School District, Sacramento County

422R - CRIMINAL OR TERRORIST THREATS - REPORT Reported to Twin Rivers Unified Police Department

3/17/23 at 11:22:38 AM

Incident details:

STU MADE STATEMENT TO STAFF THAT HE WILL BE THE NEXT SCHOOL SHOOTER .. STUD IN MAIN OFFICE W/ ADMIN .. STUD STAFF REQD OFFICER ASST
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Serious Violent

Criminal / Terrorist Threat - Unknown / OtherSmythe Academy of Arts & Science Middle School

Twin Rivers Unified School District, Sacramento County

422R - CRIMINAL OR TERRORIST THREATS - REPORT Reported to Twin Rivers Unified Police Department

4/7/23 at 11:53:23 AM

Incident details:

A group of students are threating to beat up a student when they come back to school on tuesday. RP will be sending screenshots regarding the threats. Student is scared to attend school. One male, three females have made threats because a friend blocked them. Student's friend was also threaten. The RP does not know if the group of kids leave near her house. The group of student told the victim that she will get beat up during second period (0915 hours).
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Serious Violent

Criminal / Terrorist Threat - Unknown / OtherSmythe Academy of Arts & Science Middle School

Twin Rivers Unified School District, Sacramento County

422R - CRIMINAL OR TERRORIST THREATS - REPORT Reported to Twin Rivers Unified Police Department

4/10/23 at 6:53:57 PM

Incident details:

STUDS AND FRIEND RECIVING THREATS FROM STUDS, .,, DURING SPRING BREAK// RECVD TEXTS/VIDEOS SAYING THEY WERE GOING TO GET JUMPED AND BEAT UP TOMORROW UNK TIME POSS AFTERNOON/AFTER SCHOOL// R/P IS MOM SENT EMAIL SENT TO ATTENDANCE STAFF//R/P REQ EXTRA PATROL FOR PROTECTION FOR HER DAUGHTER BUT WILL HANDLE ISSUE WITH STAFF// R/P ADV SHE WILL TAKE TO OFFICE IN MORNING DURING DROP OFF TO SPEAK WITH STAFF
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Serious Violent

Criminal / Terrorist Threat - ShootingVillage Elementary School

Twin Rivers Unified School District, Sacramento County

422R - CRIMINAL OR TERRORIST THREATS - REPORT Reported to Twin Rivers Unified Police Department

1/31/23 at 10:05:17 AM

Incident details:

On Friday 01/27/2023 a student . Later continued to bother student and told her he would shoot her with a gun. Student was suspended and parents were advised
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Serious Violent

Criminal / Terrorist Threat - Unknown / OtherWarren A. Allison Elementary School

Twin Rivers Unified School District, Sacramento County

422R - CRIMINAL OR TERRORIST THREATS - REPORT Reported to Twin Rivers Unified Police Department

2/1/23 at 5:06:53 PM

Incident details:

PARENT ESTRADA, ISABELLA CONFRONTED AND HIS MOTHER LORENA VENTURA RE BULLYING HER AND ISABELLE YELLED AND USED FAUL LANGUAGE THEN THREATENED TO BEAT THE MOTHER'S "ASS" AS WELL AS
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Serious Violent

Criminal / Terrorist Threat - ShootingWarren A. Allison Elementary School

Twin Rivers Unified School District, Sacramento County

422R - CRIMINAL OR TERRORIST THREATS - REPORT Reported to Twin Rivers Unified Police Department

4/24/23 at 4:09:02 PM

Incident details:

stu said if he get suspended today he is going to come back and shoot up the school. stu incid oced today afterschool at 1435 teacher and nurse heard the stud make the threat. stud staying w/ older sister older sister have custody of the stud for a year now. stu was suspended for horse playing around and not listening to staff.
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Serious Violent

Criminal / Terrorist Threat - Unknown / OtherWestside Elementary School

Twin Rivers Unified School District, Sacramento County

422R - CRIMINAL OR TERRORIST THREATS - REPORT Reported to Twin Rivers Unified Police Department

3/28/23 at 8:12:40 AM

Incident details:

RP SAID DAUGH STU HAS ISSUES WITH OLDER STU //RP AVD OCC FRIDAY ON CAMPUS //STU GOT INTO 415 03/24/23 WITH YOUNGER SISTER OF THEN WAS THREATEND BY ON THE PLAYGOUND, SAID SHE WOULD BEAT HER ASS, CALLED HER HORRIBLE NAMES, NO INJURIES //RP NOTIFIED STAFF THEY SAID THEY WILL HANDLE//RP ADV OVER THE PAST WEEKEND TEXTED SAYING THEY WERE GOING TO BEAT HER UP, CALLED HER MORE NAMES,MOTHER HAS ALL THE TEXT MESSAGES//RP WANTS TO FILE REPORT
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Serious Violent

Criminal / Terrorist Threat - ShootingWestside Elementary School

Twin Rivers Unified School District, Sacramento County

422R - CRIMINAL OR TERRORIST THREATS - REPORT Reported to Twin Rivers Unified Police Department

4/28/23 at 1:20:19 PM

Incident details:

MADE A THREAT AN HOUR AGO TO THE TEACHER , BRADFORD, BECKY "IF HE HAD A GUN HE WOULD BLOW HER BRAINS OUT" .... STUDENT IS ALREADY OFF CAMPUS, & AT HOME BUT STAFF JUST WANTS TO CONFIRM THAT STUDENT DOES NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE FIREARMS
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Serious Violent

Criminal / Terrorist Threat - ShootingWilson C. Riles Middle School

Center Joint Unified School District, Sacramento County

422R - CRIMINAL OR TERRORIST THREATS - REPORT Reported to Twin Rivers Unified Police Department

3/29/23 at 10:46:44 AM

Incident details:

staff reqd check on stud resd for any guns .. stu live in two separate resd .. dad resd addr . mom addrs ... stud advs mother house does have a weapon but believe its locked up . stud made comments that he was going to sacrifice some stud here at school .. threats alluding to killing some stud. made comment on Monday afternoon and was brought to staff attention this morning. staff spoke to him this morning and he admitted to making the comment .. stud said he was just trying to scare some studs when he made that comment. ... staff spoke to parents this morning also. father, weinert, kyle poss 30 yold .... mom radobich, harley ..
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Serious Violent

Criminal / Terrorist Threat - ShootingWilson C. Riles Middle School

Center Joint Unified School District, Sacramento County

422R Reported to Twin Rivers Unified Police Department

3/29/23 at 10:46:44 AM

Incident details:

staff reqd check on stud resd for any guns .. stu live in two separate resd .. dad resd addr [redacted] .. mom addrs [redacted] ... stud advs mother house does have a weapon but believe its locke up . stu ma e comments that he was gorng to sacrifice some stud here at school .. threats alluding to killing some stud. made conunent on Monday afternoon and was brought to staff attention th.is moming. staff spoke to him this morning and he admitted to making the comment.. stud said he was just ttying to scare some studs when he made that comment. ... staff spoke to parents this morning also. father, weinert, kyle poss 30 yold.... mom radobich, harley ..
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Serious Violent

Criminal / Terrorist Threat - Unknown / OtherWoodlake Elementary School

Twin Rivers Unified School District, Sacramento County

422R - CRIMINAL OR TERRORIST THREATS - REPORT Reported to Twin Rivers Unified Police Department

2/15/23 at 10:18:03 AM

Incident details:

RP REQD OFFICER FOR RISK ASSESSMENT ... RP DOES NOT HAVE COUNSELOR OR THERAPIST ON CAMPUS TODAY. STU GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT W/ ANOTHER STUD. STU STATED HE JUST FINISH BUILDING AR -15 AND TOLD A STUD MEET HIM AT THE PARK AND HE WILL FIND OUT ..
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Serious Violent

Criminal / Terrorist Threat - Unknown / OtherWoodridge Elementary School

Twin Rivers Unified School District, Sacramento County

941 - ASSIST SCHOOL SITE Reported to Twin Rivers Unified Police Department

1/24/23 at 8:11:50 AM

Incident details:

PARENT SAID TO R/P "MEET YOU AFTER SCHOOL BANG BANG IN YOUR HEAD" MAKING GUN GESTERS // RED HUNYDAI ELNATRA LIC // DURING DROP OFF THIS MORNING// R/P REQ REPORT VIA 21 // PARENT SCARED FOR AFTER SCHOOL
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Serious Violent

Criminal / Terrorist Threat - ShootingWoodridge Elementary School

Twin Rivers Unified School District, Sacramento County

422R - CRIMINAL OR TERRORIST THREATS - REPORT Reported to Twin Rivers Unified Police Department

1/31/23 at 1:44:55 PM

Incident details:

STUD THREATENED TO BRING GUN TO SCHOOL AND SHOOT ANOTHER STUD // STAFF REQ OFFICER ASSIST BREANNA AHPO-TIAPULA - STUD OCCURRED TODAY // TEACHER ADV OF THIS KIM HERNANDEZ
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Serious Violent

Criminal / Terrorist Threat - ShootingApple Valley County Education Center School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

422 - TERRORIST THREAT Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

4/5/23 at 8:40:54 AM

Incident details:

SEE ATTACHED SHERIFF LOG / STUDENT THREATENED TO SHOOT A STUDENT TODAY. SHERIFF HANDLING.
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Serious Violent

Criminal / Terrorist Threat - ShootingApple Valley High School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

422 - TERRORIST THREAT Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

2/3/23 at 9:50:34 AM

Incident details:

ANNONOMOUS STUDENT OVERHEARD 2 STUDENTS IN THE BATHROOM SAYING THEY WERE GONNA "CAP SOMEBODY" SECURITY, 95P2 AND ADMIN WILL BE ENRT TO TAKE STUDENTS FROM CLASS - STUDENTS ARE IN ROOMS B4 AND C24 - THEY ARE ENRT NOW - 1 DETAINED FOR A KNIFE
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Serious Violent

Criminal / Terrorist Threat - Unknown / OtherApple Valley High School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

INC - INCIDENT MISC Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

3/15/23 at 12:42:32 PM

Incident details:

FRONT GATE, MHA, BLU JEANS, BLK HOODIE, POSS SAME EX STUDENT THAT HAS BEEN THERE BEFORE, HE IS AT THE FRONT GATE, ADGITATED SAYING HE WANTS TO KILL SOMEONE - 95C COPIES AND ADV'D TO HAVE 95P7 RESPOND, AND 95C WILL BACK - THIS MAY BE STEVEN HERNANDEZ, ON 3/9/23 95P2 ADV'D 602M WARNING - PER ALICIA- MALE WALKED INTO PLOT OF STATER BROS - 95C 97 THE AREA, A LOT OF OF KIDS THAT MATCH THAT DESC - PER ALICIA - WILL BE WMA APPROX 5'6 - ALICIA CALLED BACK ADV'ING THIS WAS NOT HMA, IT IS A WMA, APPROX 5'6" - 95P7 SO FAR UTL - WEARING A BALL CAP. GREEN WRITING ON BACK OF BLK HOODIE, APPROX 25 YEO - HOODIE SLEEVES WILL BE ROLLED UP TO THE ELBOWS
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Serious Violent

Criminal / Terrorist Threat - Unknown / OtherApple Valley High School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

INFO - INFORMATION CALL (DOCUMENTATION ONLY) Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

4/14/23 at 11:41:41 AM

Incident details:

PTY ADV'D THAT A STUDENT AT AVHS HAS THREATENED TO KILL HIM. HE SPOKE TO MR GOODROW. AND WENT TO SBSO STATION. MR IS ENRT TO STATION TO FILE INC REPORT. 95S1 COPIES, REQ 95P6 TO SPEAK TO THE PTY - 95P6 COPIES ENRT TO STATION - RP IS AT THE STATION FILLING OUT INC REPORT - PRIOR CONTACT WITH SBSO, AP182301321 DEP REX REF SAME STUDENT ADDRESS IS PER 95P6 THIS IS ALL OVER SOCIAL MEDIA - NOTHING DIRECTLY SAID TO RP - RP STATED HE OBSERVED THREATS BEING MADE AGAINST HIM ON HIS DAUGHTER'S SNAPCHAT ACCOUNT. RP STATED HE OBSERVED MESSAGES BETWEEN AND HIS DAUGHTER RP STATED SENT MESSAGES VIA SNAPCHAT TO ADVISING HER HE WAS GOING TO KILL HIM. RP ADVISED ME OF ONGOING ISSUE WITH AND RUNNING AWAY TOGETHER. RP ALSO STATED IAS BEEN MANIPULATING HIS DAUGHTER. RP ADVISED HE WANTED SCHOOL PD TO ADVISE TO STOP THREATENING HIM OVER SOCIAL MEDIA. RP STATED HE WILL MAKE A REPORT WITH SBSO.
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Serious Violent

Unfounded ThreatApple Valley High School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

INC - INCIDENT MISC Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

4/26/23 at 12:09:52 PM

Incident details:

COACH PULICE REQ OFFICER - SOCAIL MEDIA POST GOING AROUND, PICTURE OF 2 TEACHERS AND A STUDENT WITH THE CAPTION "R.I.P." / WANTS IT INVESTIGATED - REVIEWED THE POST IN QUESTIONS, NO 422 - PER 95P2 - UNFOUNDED
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Serious Violent

Criminal / Terrorist Threat - ShootingGranite Hills High School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

422 - TERRORIST THREAT Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

2/28/23 at 8:05:56 AM

Incident details:

STUDENT AND PARENT IN OFFICE, GOT A TEXT FROM ADV'ING TO "BRING THE HAT AND HOODIE", THEN SHOWED PICTURE OF A GUN. PER HE HAS BEEN GETTING THREATNING TEXTS FROM WAS IN CLASS THIS MORNING - PRE MR KING, DID NOT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT "SHOOTING" - PER IE AND HAVE 4TH PERIOD 12 (GUITAR) TOGETHER. AND HAS BEEN MESSING W/HIS BACKPACK DURING 4TH PERIOD, 08:21:01 14 PER YESTERDAY AFTER SCHOOL APPROCHED [redacted] AND HIS GIRLFRIEND, AND WAS MAKING VULGAR COMMENTS TO HIS GIRLFRIEND, ADV'D HIM TO STOP, AND TOLD HIM, "LETS GO INTO THE BATHROOM AND FIGHT" - I HAVE [redacted] IN MY OFFICE FOR A SEARCH - CAREGIVER AND UNCLE WHOS ADDRESS IS THE SAME (IN CUSTODY)
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