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)

Overview

From entire sample of counties, school districts and schools in the database.

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45965
Incidents reported
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164
Police Departments
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852
Schools
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192
School Districts
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57
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

Incident Logs

displaying 40301 - 40325 records in total 45965

Redacted — Merrill F. West High School

Tracy Joint Unified School District, San Joaquin County

[redacted] Reported to Tracy Police Department

3/29/23 at 11:14:00 AM

Serious Violent

Weapon - Unknown — Merrill F. West High School

Tracy Joint Unified School District, San Joaquin County

WEAPON - WEAPON VIOLATION Reported to Tracy Police Department

3/30/23 at 9:57:00 AM

Serious Violent

Criminal / Terrorist Threat - Shooting — Merrill F. West High School

Tracy Joint Unified School District, San Joaquin County

422R-THREATSRPT Reported to Tracy Police Department

4/3/23 at 2:10:00 PM

Incident details:

RP REQ AND SRO, ADV THERE WAS A 415 BTWN STUDENTS AND ONE STUDENT MADE A THREAT TO SHOOTTHE OTHER STUDENT. SUSP IS STILL IN CLASS, THE VIC IS IN THE OFFICE
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Serious Non-Violent

Drugs - Unknown — Merrill F. West High School

Tracy Joint Unified School District, San Joaquin County

415J - DISTURB JUV MISC Reported to Tracy Police Department

4/6/23 at 3:50:00 PM

Incident details:

RP'S 14YO IS REFUSING TO GET IN RP'S VEH - RP IN BLK HONDA CRV JUV WEARING ALL BLK - JUV "DISAPPEARED" FROM THE RES THIS MORNING AS WELL - RP BELIEVES H IS SMOKING H&S
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Serious

Suspicious Person — Merrill F. West High School

Tracy Joint Unified School District, San Joaquin County

1066-SUSP PERSON Reported to Tracy Police Department

4/9/23 at 5:07:00 PM

Incident details:

EMPTY LOC ACROSS FROM LOC - CODE 4
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Not Serious Non-Violent

911 - Misdial / Hangup — Merrill F. West High School

Tracy Joint Unified School District, San Joaquin County

911CEL-911 CELL PHONE Reported to Tracy Police Department

4/15/23 at 10:00:00 AM

Incident details:

HANG UP ON ANSWER VM ON CALL BACK X 2
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Non-Violent

Audible Alarm — Merrill F. West High School

Tracy Joint Unified School District, San Joaquin County

1033A-AUDIBLE ALARM Reported to Tracy Police Department

4/18/23 at 6:34:00 AM

Incident details:

1ST FLOOR ADMIN MOTION....NO RESPONDER
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Serious

Welfare Check — Merrill F. West High School

Tracy Joint Unified School District, San Joaquin County

WELCHK-WELFARE CHECK Reported to Tracy Police Department

4/18/23 at 2:34:00 PM

Serious Non-Violent

Drugs - Unknown — Merrill F. West High School

Tracy Joint Unified School District, San Joaquin County

H&S - H&S VIOLATIONS Reported to Tracy Police Department

4/20/23 at 11:36:00 AM

Serious Non-Violent

Drugs - Unknown — Merrill F. West High School

Tracy Joint Unified School District, San Joaquin County

H&S - H&S VIOLATIONS Reported to Tracy Police Department

4/20/23 at 11:36:00 AM

Serious

Suspicious Person — Merrill F. West High School

Tracy Joint Unified School District, San Joaquin County

1066-SUSP PERSON Reported to Tracy Police Department

4/20/23 at 2:50:00 PM

Incident details:

C4
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Not Serious Non-Violent

911 - Misdial / Hangup — Merrill F. West High School

Tracy Joint Unified School District, San Joaquin County

911D- DISCONNECT CELL Reported to Tracy Police Department

4/20/23 at 3:08:00 PM

Incident details:

AUTOMATED RECORDING THAT SAID "CONNECTING TO USER NOW" THEN DISTANT DOG BARKING HEARD ON OPEN LINE - PINGING WITHIN 719M - UNABLE TO CB
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Not Serious Non-Violent

911 - Misdial / Hangup — Merrill F. West High School

Tracy Joint Unified School District, San Joaquin County

911CEL-911 CELL PHONE Reported to Tracy Police Department

4/20/23 at 3:46:00 PM

Incident details:

OPEN LINE, VOICES HEARD, SOUNDS C4
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Not Serious Non-Violent

911 - Misdial / Hangup — Merrill F. West High School

Tracy Joint Unified School District, San Joaquin County

911CEL-911 CELL PHONE Reported to Tracy Police Department

4/21/23 at 12:33:00 PM

Incident details:

ABDN. ON CALL BACK, ADV'D MISDIALED.
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Not Serious Non-Violent

911 - Misdial / Hangup — Merrill F. West High School

Tracy Joint Unified School District, San Joaquin County

911CEL-911 CELL PHONE Reported to Tracy Police Department

4/25/23 at 8:17:00 AM

Incident details:

HANG UP
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Serious Violent

Weapon - Unknown — Merrill F. West High School

Tracy Joint Unified School District, San Joaquin County

WEAPON - WEAPON VIOLATION Reported to Tracy Police Department

4/26/23 at 9:35:00 AM

Serious Violent

Hit and Run — Merrill F. West High School

Tracy Joint Unified School District, San Joaquin County

20002R- H&R-PROP DAM RP Reported to Tracy Police Department

4/26/23 at 2:26:00 PM

Incident details:

RP'S VEH WAS HIT AND THE SUSP VEH LEFT .. SUSP VEH/ GRY KIA SOUL [redacted]
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Not Serious Non-Violent

Supplement — Merrill F. West High School

Tracy Joint Unified School District, San Joaquin County

SUPP-SUPP REPORT Reported to Tracy Police Department

4/26/23 at 6:09:00 PM

Incident details:

RP IS CALLING FOR JUV'S MOM PH [redacted] SPANISH SPEAKING ONLY REGARDING HER SON [redacted] WHO WAS DETAINED AT THIS LOC EARLIER TODAY, RP IS JUV'S GODSON AND FRIEND OF FAMILY CALLING BECAUSE MOM IS SPANISH SPEAKING ONLY, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED AND WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK WITH OFCR
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Not Serious Non-Violent

Supplement — Merrill F. West High School

Tracy Joint Unified School District, San Joaquin County

SUPP-SUPP REPORT Reported to Tracy Police Department

4/26/23 at 9:26:00 PM

Incident details:

RP'S SON [redacted] HEARD FROM [redacted] FROM LAST SAID THAT THE KIDS FRIEND "WERE GOING TO FINISH WHAT THEY STARTED" [redacted] RP REQ
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Area / Location Check — Merrill F. West High School

Tracy Joint Unified School District, San Joaquin County

1059-SECURITY CHECK Reported to Tracy Police Department

4/27/23 at 7:54:00 AM

Serious

Suspicious Incident — Merrill F. West High School

Tracy Joint Unified School District, San Joaquin County

1066C - SUSP INCIDENT Reported to Tracy Police Department

4/27/23 at 8:40:00 AM

Area / Location Check — Merrill F. West High School

Tracy Joint Unified School District, San Joaquin County

1059-SECURITY CHECK Reported to Tracy Police Department

4/27/23 at 9:51:00 AM

Area / Location Check — Merrill F. West High School

Tracy Joint Unified School District, San Joaquin County

1059-SECURITY CHECK Reported to Tracy Police Department

4/27/23 at 1:28:00 PM

Area / Location Check — Merrill F. West High School

Tracy Joint Unified School District, San Joaquin County

1059-SECURITY CHECK Reported to Tracy Police Department

4/28/23 at 12:45:00 PM

Serious Violent

Criminal / Terrorist Threat - Shooting — Merrill F. West High School

Tracy Joint Unified School District, San Joaquin County

1066C - SUSP INCIDENT Reported to Tracy Police Department

4/28/23 at 12:54:00 PM

Incident details:

RP'S DAUGHTER TEXTED HIM AND TOLD HIM THERE WAS A RUMOR OF A SHOOTING IN AN HOUR .. NO NAMES ASSOCIATED WITH IT. DAUGHTER TOLD THE PRINCIPAL
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