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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Civil (3) Cops Activity in Schools (184) Incident (73) Municipal Code Violation (1) Other (158) Other Non-Criminal (1) Raptor Hit (2) Redacted (86) SRO (66) School Resource Duty (197) School Resource Officer (121) School Visit (1528) Tactical Alert (1) Unclassified (7) Unknown (3657) Unknown Trouble (3)

Unknown incidents

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

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6088
Incidents reported
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146
Police Departments
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518
Schools
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157
School Districts
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47
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 Unknown

Incident Logs

displaying 1776 - 1800 records in total 6088

Unknown — Heinz Kaiser Elementary School

Newport-Mesa Unified School District, Orange County

POLICE PUBLIC ASSIST Reported to Costa Mesa Police Department

5/12/23 at 8:05:32 AM

Unknown — Fullerton Union High School

Fullerton Joint Union High School District, Orange County

CSI (CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION) Reported to Fullerton Police Department

4/13/23 at 1:57:23 PM

Unknown — Fullerton Union High School

Fullerton Joint Union High School District, Orange County

OTHER (OTHER) Reported to Fullerton Police Department

4/27/23 at 10:24:05 AM

Unknown — Fullerton Union High School

Fullerton Joint Union High School District, Orange County

TEST (TEST CALL) Reported to Fullerton Police Department

5/5/23 at 9:33:25 AM

Unknown — Fullerton Union High School

Fullerton Joint Union High School District, Orange County

CSI (CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION) Reported to Fullerton Police Department

5/19/23 at 11:15:11 AM

Unknown — Fullerton Union High School

Fullerton Joint Union High School District, Orange County

PAST (PUBLIC ASSIST) Reported to Fullerton Police Department

6/9/23 at 4:47:26 PM

Unknown — Nicolas Junior High School

Fullerton Elementary School District, Orange County

919 (KEEP THE PEACE) Reported to Fullerton Police Department

3/31/23 at 3:04:05 PM

Unknown — Sunny Hills High School

Fullerton Joint Union High School District, Orange County

HV (HOME VISIT) Reported to Fullerton Police Department

1/31/23 at 4:42:21 PM

Unknown — Sunny Hills High School

Fullerton Joint Union High School District, Orange County

PAST (PUBLIC ASSIST) Reported to Fullerton Police Department

2/15/23 at 9:31:02 AM

Unknown — Sunny Hills High School

Fullerton Joint Union High School District, Orange County

207R (KIDNAPPING RPT) Reported to Fullerton Police Department

2/27/23 at 9:37:12 AM

Unknown — Sunny Hills High School

Fullerton Joint Union High School District, Orange County

PAST (PUBLIC ASSIST) Reported to Fullerton Police Department

2/28/23 at 11:38:42 AM

Unknown — Rancho Alamitos High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

HFU Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

3/1/23 at 12:38:31 PM

Unknown — Santiago High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

HC Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

3/22/23 at 3:38:29 PM

Unknown — Santiago High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

6/12/23 at 7:25:26 PM

Incident details:

OCC WHILE CP WAS AT VOLLEY BALL PRACTICE TODAY ... SUBJS WERE TELLING CP TO WATCH HIS BACK BECAUSE OCC WHILE CP WAS AT VOLLEY BALL PRACTICE TODAY •.. SUBJS WERE TELLING CP TO WATCH HIS BACK BECAUSE OTHER SUBJS THOUGHT HE WAS PUSHING AROUND A KNOWN FEMALE... CP CLAIMING HE WASN'T... ALREADY REPORTED TO COACH, CP WANTS TO BE TO OFFICER Officer's Report
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Unknown — Santiago High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F0 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

6/22/23 at 8:38:07 AM

Incident details:

300 kids
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Redacted — Irvine High School

Irvine Unified School District, Orange County

[redacted] Reported to Irvine Police Department

2/1/23 at 5:50:07 PM

Redacted — Irvine High School

Irvine Unified School District, Orange County

[redacted] Reported to Irvine Police Department

2/8/23 at 11:40:05 AM

Unknown — Irvine High School

Irvine Unified School District, Orange County

C6 Reported to Irvine Police Department

2/13/23 at 9:52:32 AM

Redacted — Irvine High School

Irvine Unified School District, Orange County

[redacted] Reported to Irvine Police Department

2/23/23 at 11:54:35 AM

Unknown — Irvine High School

Irvine Unified School District, Orange County

C6 Reported to Irvine Police Department

3/8/23 at 12:02:48 PM

Redacted — Irvine High School

Irvine Unified School District, Orange County

[redacted] Reported to Irvine Police Department

3/29/23 at 2:46:18 PM

Unknown — Irvine High School

Irvine Unified School District, Orange County

IRVINE MUNCIPICAL CODE Reported to Irvine Police Department

3/29/23 at 4:12:03 PM

Redacted — Irvine High School

Irvine Unified School District, Orange County

[redacted] Reported to Irvine Police Department

4/19/23 at 9:31:10 AM

Unknown — Irvine High School

Irvine Unified School District, Orange County

CPC Reported to Irvine Police Department

4/27/23 at 12:59:59 PM

Unknown — Irvine High School

Irvine Unified School District, Orange County

928 - FOUND Reported to Irvine Police Department

5/3/23 at 7:29:37 PM