Calling the Cops

An EdSource investigation into policing in California schools

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911 Call (1,920) Alarm (2,824) Animal (226) Disturbance (1,634) Drill (487) Fire (148) Harassment (131) Incorrigible Juvenile (395) Lockdown (17) Medical (867) Mental Health (577) Missing Person (319) Other (5,530) Patrol (14,130) Physical Violence (1,354) Police Communications (394) Sex (342) Substances (1,237) Suspicion (986) Theft (755) Threats (716) Trespassing (589) Truancy (124) Unknown (6,088) Vandalism (303) Vehicle (3,081) 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 (1,528) Tactical Alert (1) Unclassified (7) Unknown (3,657) Unknown Trouble (3)

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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.

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Tactical Alert — Santa Ana High School

Santa Ana Unified School District, Orange County

TA-2 Reported to Santa Ana Unified Police Department

2/23/23 at 4:25:00 PM