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 13251 - 13275 records in total 45965
Not Serious Non-Violent

Meeting — Santiago High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F44 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

5/19/23 at 12:08:28 PM

Serious

Medical - Unknown — Santiago High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

929 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

5/25/23 at 3:44:28 AM

Serious

Welfare Check — Santiago High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

925W Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

5/27/23 at 10:26:50 AM

Incident details:

925W. NEAR SANTIAGO CROSSWALK ... SUBJ WAS FACE DOWN ON THE GROUND, RPS MOTHER [redacted] MOVED HIM OVER TO THE CURB AND IS NOW SITTING DOWN ... DOESNT THINK MEDICS ARE NEEDED, . . SUBJ IS [redacted] SAYS HE IS OK AND HAS A SCRAPE ON HIS KNEE ... M/H, 30s, WHIT SHIRT, BLK SHORTS, NEG WPNS CODE 30 23030327 subj goa. patrolled the area
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Not Serious Non-Violent

Citizen Assist / Contact — Santiago High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

930 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

5/28/23 at 9:43:11 PM

Not Serious Non-Violent

Citizen Assist / Contact — Santiago High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

930 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

5/29/23 at 2:22:33 PM

Investigation — Santiago High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F14 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

5/30/23 at 8:03:32 AM

Incident details:

100 kids
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Investigation — Santiago High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F14 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

5/30/23 at 10:05:08 AM

Serious Non-Violent

Reckless Driving — Santiago High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

505A Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

5/30/23 at 11:05:51 AM

Incident details:

red hynd tuburan and blk mustang driving 505a up and down street ifo the high school ... UTL
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Serious Violent

Weapon - Fake Gun — Santiago High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F42 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

6/1/23 at 1:05:42 PM

Incident details:

SHS Airdrop toy gun. No threat
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Patrol / School Check — Santiago High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F42 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

6/5/23 at 9:00:14 AM

Patrol / School Check — Santiago High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F42 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

6/5/23 at 12:46:08 PM

Incident details:

25 kids
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Patrol / School Check — Santiago High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F42 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

6/6/23 at 12:46:08 PM

Serious

Medical - Unknown — Santiago High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

929 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

6/7/23 at 7:11:29 AM

Incident details:

929 IN VEH, NEAR TRASK/LAUREL, IFO GATE TO CHANNEL BY THE H.S. SILV OR GRY HYUN ELANTRA, LIC [redacted] RP KNOCKED ON WINDOW AND SUBJ IS NOT RESPONDING. VEH IS ALSO PARKED SO IT COULD GET HIT BY ANOTHER VEH RP PKD NEARBY IN PUBLIC WORKS TRUCK CORR, PLATE IS [redacted] NEED FIRE FOR FIRE HYDRANT THAT WAS HIT HAVE CONTACT W/DRIVER FIRE ENRT rear cam b/o NEED TOW 10-39 BND T/C SUPP NEED CFP TO THE JAIL 10-39 CFP CFP ETA 25-30
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Patrol / School Check — Santiago High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F42 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

6/8/23 at 9:40:48 AM

Not Serious

Animal Complaint / Control — Santiago High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

905L Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

6/8/23 at 11:57:31 AM

Incident details:

GERM SHEP RUNNING AT LARGE NEAR SCHOOL HAS A COLLAR WITH A BLUE TAG WAS IN SCHOOL PLOT RUNNING ON TRASK TOWARDS FAIRVIEW GOA. UTL. NO FLAG DOWNS
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Patrol / School Check — Santiago High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F42 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

6/9/23 at 11:41:28 AM

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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Patrol / School Check — Santiago High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F42 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

6/15/23 at 11:50:37 AM

Patrol / School Check — Santiago High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F42 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

6/22/23 at 8:37:12 AM

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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Special Detail / Assignment — Santiago High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F47 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

6/26/23 at 3:41:40 PM

Patrol / School Check — Santiago High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F42 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

6/28/23 at 12:58:42 PM

Investigation — Santiago High School

Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County

F14 Reported to Garden Grove Police Department

6/29/23 at 12:42:56 PM

School Related Business — Irvine High School

Irvine Unified School District, Orange County

SCHOOL RELATED BUSINESS Reported to Irvine Police Department

1/18/23 at 9:23:23 AM

Special Detail / Assignment — Irvine High School

Irvine Unified School District, Orange County

ON A DETAIL Reported to Irvine Police Department

1/18/23 at 3:28:53 PM