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 13176 - 13200 records in total 45965
Serious Non-Violent

Car Accident - Injury — Rancho Alamitos High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

901T Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

5/24/23 at 9:04:15 AM

Incident details:

2 VEHS INVOLVED, .. WHT MERZ VS LEXUS ... CP REQ MEDICS FOR STOMACH INJURY ... NFI, NFD T39 FIRE utl as well dale/lamp to dale/kat
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Serious Non-Violent

Burglary — Rancho Alamitos High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F42 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

5/31/23 at 9:06:36 AM

Incident details:

459r
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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

6/5/23 at 8:54:19 AM

Patrol / School Check — Rancho Alamitos High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F42 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

6/5/23 at 12:49:57 PM

Serious Non-Violent

Missing Juvenile — Rancho Alamitos High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

920J Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

6/6/23 at 2:21:17 PM

Incident details:

LAST SEEN THIS MORNING AT 0820. LAST SEEN WRNG: BLK BEANIE, BLK HOODIE, BLK CP WILL BE STANDING BY IFO SCHOOL, GRY LEXUS
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Not Serious Non-Violent

911 - Misdial / Hangup — Rancho Alamitos High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

911T Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

6/6/23 at 5:34:50 PM

Incident details:

text to 911 received from [redacted] pinging at the school ..... text saids: "these mexicans are never going to let us get out of here" also saying 925 things about someone named [redacted] mother holding her kids hostage ... not making much sense ... this t21 is the same lady that called on call c23038568 ... utl anything
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Investigation — Rancho Alamitos High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F14 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

6/7/23 at 10:52:04 AM

Patrol / School Check — Rancho Alamitos High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F42 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

6/8/23 at 9:04:36 AM

Patrol / School Check — Rancho Alamitos High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F42 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

6/8/23 at 1:27:20 PM

Patrol / School Check — Rancho Alamitos High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F42 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

6/13/23 at 9:13:11 AM

Investigation — Rancho Alamitos High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F14 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

6/15/23 at 11:42:00 AM

Not Serious Non-Violent

Assist Other Department — Rancho Alamitos High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F32 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

6/17/23 at 4:10:37 AM

Incident details:

STATION 18 IS 1097 AT 8188 KATELLA, REQ GGPD OFCRS FOR A SUBJ THAT IS THROWING TIRES OVER THE FENCE ONTO THE FIEKD AT RANCHO ALAMITOS HS, STATION 18 REQ OFCRS ASSIST WITH GETTING ON THE FIELD, SUBS DESCRIPTION 1 MALE WRNG: A BB CAP DRK SHIRT DRK COLORED PANTS, NFD 1022 PER STATION 18
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Serious Non-Violent

Trespassing — Rancho Alamitos High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

602R Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

6/20/23 at 7:17:37 AM

Incident details:

CONTINUING PROBLEM WITH SUBJ STEALING ITEMS FROM PICK YOUR PART AND THROWING ITEMS ONTO SCHOOL GROUNDS, .. SUBJ THEN COMES ONTO SCHOOL GROUNDS AND RETRIEVES PARTS, ALSO TRIES TO BREAK INTO SCHOOL BLDGS ... CP WAS TRANSFERRED FROM STA 18 ... REQ OFFICER OUT 602/594 rpt
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Serious

Suspicious Vehicle — Rancho Alamitos High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

925V Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

6/23/23 at 8:41:50 AM

Incident details:

VEH PARKED IN BUS DROP OFF SINCE BEFORE SCHOOL STARTED ... GRY TOYT CAMRY, PLT .. NFD/NF Nature change from 586 to 925V OWNER MOVED VEH T22
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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

6/27/23 at 9:32:30 AM

Incident details:

100 kids at lunch
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Serious Non-Violent

Car Accident — Rancho Alamitos High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

901 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

6/27/23 at 12:34:07 PM

Incident details:

on dale ifo the school ... rp not involved silver sonata and brown scion ... tbon received t21 from iphone that owner in severe car crash BAND D ENRT T39 AAA ORDER #300211 , ACTION ENRT info exchanged between both parties
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Investigation — Rancho Alamitos High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F14 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

6/28/23 at 9:00:33 AM

Not Serious Non-Violent

911 - Misdial / Hangup — Santiago High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

911OC Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

1/17/23 at 9:57:14 AM

Patrol / School Check — Santiago High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F42 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

1/17/23 at 11:42:08 AM

Patrol / School Check — Santiago High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F42 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

1/18/23 at 8:30:07 AM

Patrol / School Check — Santiago High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F42 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

1/20/23 at 12:12:39 PM

Patrol / School Check — Santiago High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F42 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

1/25/23 at 11:07:44 AM

Patrol / School Check — Santiago High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F42 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

1/25/23 at 1:23:45 PM

Patrol / School Check — Santiago High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F42 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

1/26/23 at 1:25:24 PM

Patrol / School Check — Santiago High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F42 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

1/26/23 at 3:06:18 PM