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 13151 - 13175 records in total 45965

Patrol / School Check — Rancho Alamitos High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F42 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

4/11/23 at 9:45:25 AM

Patrol / School Check — Rancho Alamitos High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F42 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

4/13/23 at 10:09:36 AM

Not Serious Non-Violent

Parking Enforcement / Violation — Rancho Alamitos High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

586 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

4/15/23 at 7:54:36 AM

Patrol / School Check — Rancho Alamitos High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F42 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

4/18/23 at 11:42:22 AM

Patrol / School Check — Rancho Alamitos High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F42 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

4/19/23 at 10:57:54 AM

Patrol / School Check — Rancho Alamitos High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F42 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

4/21/23 at 1:02:04 PM

Serious Non-Violent

Missing Person — Rancho Alamitos High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

920JL Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

4/24/23 at 12:07:31 PM

Patrol / School Check — Rancho Alamitos High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F42 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

4/25/23 at 11:19:02 AM

Patrol / School Check — Rancho Alamitos High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F42 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

4/26/23 at 2:13:51 PM

Patrol Check — Rancho Alamitos High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F15 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

4/26/23 at 6:52:30 PM

Patrol / School Check — Rancho Alamitos High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F42 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

4/27/23 at 9:31:10 AM

Serious

Suspicious Person — Rancho Alamitos High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

925 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

4/30/23 at 10:29:22 AM

Serious Non-Violent

Recovered Stolen Vehicle — Rancho Alamitos High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

503S Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

5/1/23 at 2:03:32 AM

Serious Non-Violent

Burglary — Rancho Alamitos High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F14 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

5/1/23 at 3:22:50 PM

Incident details:

SUBJECT NEAR NORTH FENCE OF SCHOOL PROPERTY TRYING TO GET INTO PICK-YOUR-PART SUBJECT NEAR NORTH FENCE OF SCHOOL PROPERTY TRYING TO GET INTO PICK-A-PART UTL
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Serious Violent

Hit and Run — Rancho Alamitos High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

483R Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

5/1/23 at 5:16:23 PM

Incident details:

UNK VEH HIT RP'S 2022 WHITE PRIUS PRIME LIC: ... NO WITNESS OR NOTES LEFT .. . T87 W/ RP AT 20002
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Patrol / School Check — Rancho Alamitos High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F42 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

5/2/23 at 2:26:57 PM

Serious

Suspicious Vehicle — Rancho Alamitos High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

925C Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

5/8/23 at 6:49:22 AM

Patrol / School Check — Rancho Alamitos High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F42 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

5/9/23 at 12:14:51 PM

Patrol / School Check — Rancho Alamitos High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F42 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

5/10/23 at 1:03:43 PM

Patrol / School Check — Rancho Alamitos High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F42 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

5/11/23 at 11:27:44 AM

Serious Violent

Criminal / Terrorist Threat - Unknown / Other — Rancho Alamitos High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F42 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

5/12/23 at 2:13:32 PM

Incident details:

inv possible criminal threats between a current rancho student, [redacted] Inv no credible threat made directly to [redacted] Made contact with both students and their parents. Matter resolved over t21.
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Serious Non-Violent

Burglary — Rancho Alamitos High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F32 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

5/13/23 at 3:02:20 AM

Incident details:

STA 18 LOOKING FOR ASSIST WITH ACCESS TO SCHOOL ... WANT: 459 OF PICK-YOUR-PART ... 2 JUMPED THE FENCE INTO THE SCHOOL ... TWO STILL POSB STILL AT THE PICK YOUR PART ... CODE 1 STA 18 ONLY HAS 2 UNITS ONS ONLY ... SUBJS THAT JUMPED THE FENCE: BOTH M/HS, HAVE VEH PARTS AND TOOLS •.. ONE POSB HAS A BIKE WITH UNK OBJECT ON IT ... FROM THE WESTERN OFFICE NOW STA 18 T22'ING ... T22 CALL
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Investigation — Rancho Alamitos High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F14 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

5/17/23 at 10:35:46 AM

Patrol / School Check — Rancho Alamitos High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F42 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

5/18/23 at 10:26:59 AM

Serious Violent

Fighting — Rancho Alamitos High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F42 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

5/23/23 at 1:14:59 PM

Incident details:

responded for student who pushed csa staff after being involved in a fight, no injuries, no prosecution desired, asst principal [redacted] will document incident and handle discipline,
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