Calling the Cops

An EdSource investigation into policing in California schools

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 1351 - 1375 records in total 45965

Area / Location CheckEl Cerrito High School

West Contra Costa Unified School District, Contra Costa County

1059 - SECURITY CHECK (IN PROGRESS) Reported to El Cerrito Police Department

3/24/23 at 9:06:48 PM

Serious Non-Violent

Missing JuvenileEl Cerrito High School

West Contra Costa Unified School District, Contra Costa County

MISJUV - MISSING JUVENILE (IN PROGRESS) Reported to El Cerrito Police Department

3/28/23 at 5:05:27 PM

Serious Violent

Disturbing the PeaceEl Cerrito High School

West Contra Costa Unified School District, Contra Costa County

415 - DISTURBANCE (IN PROGRESS) Reported to El Cerrito Police Department

3/29/23 at 1:53:19 AM

Area / Location CheckEl Cerrito High School

West Contra Costa Unified School District, Contra Costa County

1059 - SECURITY CHECK (IN PROGRESS) Reported to El Cerrito Police Department

3/30/23 at 2:44:11 PM

Area / Location CheckEl Cerrito High School

West Contra Costa Unified School District, Contra Costa County

1059 - SECURITY CHECK (IN PROGRESS) Reported to El Cerrito Police Department

4/2/23 at 7:15:04 PM

Area / Location CheckEl Cerrito High School

West Contra Costa Unified School District, Contra Costa County

1059 - SECURITY CHECK (IN PROGRESS) Reported to El Cerrito Police Department

4/3/23 at 11:09:08 PM

Area / Location CheckEl Cerrito High School

West Contra Costa Unified School District, Contra Costa County

1059 - SECURITY CHECK (IN PROGRESS) Reported to El Cerrito Police Department

4/9/23 at 8:55:14 PM

Serious

Suspicious IncidentEl Cerrito High School

West Contra Costa Unified School District, Contra Costa County

SUSCIR - SUSPICIOUS EVENT (IN PROGRESS) Reported to El Cerrito Police Department

4/11/23 at 5:41:18 PM

Area / Location CheckEl Cerrito High School

West Contra Costa Unified School District, Contra Costa County

1059 - SECURITY CHECK (IN PROGRESS) Reported to El Cerrito Police Department

4/12/23 at 7:45:33 AM

Serious

Suspicious PersonEl Cerrito High School

West Contra Costa Unified School District, Contra Costa County

1066 - SUSPICIOUS PERSON (IN PROGRESS) Reported to El Cerrito Police Department

4/14/23 at 3:41:36 PM

Serious Violent

Criminal / Terrorist Threat - ShootingEl Cerrito High School

West Contra Costa Unified School District, Contra Costa County

422 - CRIMINAL THREATS (REPORT) Reported to El Cerrito Police Department

4/19/23 at 10:19:41 AM

Incident details:

PR IS PRINCIPAL / 5-10 AGO SCHOOL RECEIVED CALL TO MAIN OFFICE ; UNK MALE ASKING FOR MONEY AND THREATENING TO SHOOT UP THE SCHOOL / CALLER ID WAS "CHRSITOPHER COLUMBUS" CELL # Redacted
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PatrolEl Cerrito High School

West Contra Costa Unified School District, Contra Costa County

XPAT - EXTRA PATROL (REPORT) Reported to El Cerrito Police Department

4/19/23 at 11:14:13 AM

Area / Location CheckEl Cerrito High School

West Contra Costa Unified School District, Contra Costa County

1059 - SECURITY CHECK (IN PROGRESS) Reported to El Cerrito Police Department

4/19/23 at 2:34:08 PM

Area / Location CheckEl Cerrito High School

West Contra Costa Unified School District, Contra Costa County

1059 - SECURITY CHECK (IN PROGRESS) Reported to El Cerrito Police Department

4/20/23 at 10:10:18 AM

Serious Non-Violent

Drugs - UnknownEl Cerrito High School

West Contra Costa Unified School District, Contra Costa County

PMISC - POLICE MISCELLANEOUS (REPORT) Reported to El Cerrito Police Department

4/20/23 at 3:08:22 PM

Incident details:

pr is waiting in the main office - student turned in 3 baggies filled w. powder - unk if h&s or not - pr wants to give it to pd
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Serious Violent

BatteryEl Cerrito High School

West Contra Costa Unified School District, Contra Costa County

243A - BATTERY (IN PROGRESS) Reported to El Cerrito Police Department

4/20/23 at 3:57:48 PM

Follow UpEl Cerrito High School

West Contra Costa Unified School District, Contra Costa County

FOLLOW - FOLLOW UP (REPORT) Reported to El Cerrito Police Department

4/21/23 at 2:12:50 PM

Serious Non-Violent

TrespassingEl Cerrito High School

West Contra Costa Unified School District, Contra Costa County

UNWANT - UNWANTED PERSON (IN PROGRESS) Reported to El Cerrito Police Department

4/21/23 at 4:10:50 PM

Area / Location CheckEl Cerrito High School

West Contra Costa Unified School District, Contra Costa County

1059 - SECURITY CHECK (IN PROGRESS) Reported to El Cerrito Police Department

4/21/23 at 7:28:53 PM

Area / Location CheckEl Cerrito High School

West Contra Costa Unified School District, Contra Costa County

1059 - SECURITY CHECK (IN PROGRESS) Reported to El Cerrito Police Department

4/22/23 at 10:15:26 PM

Follow UpEl Cerrito High School

West Contra Costa Unified School District, Contra Costa County

FOLLOW - FOLLOW UP (REPORT) Reported to El Cerrito Police Department

4/24/23 at 11:42:24 AM

Serious Non-Violent

VandalismEl Cerrito High School

West Contra Costa Unified School District, Contra Costa County

594 - VANDALISM (IN PROGRESS) Reported to El Cerrito Police Department

4/26/23 at 7:29:15 PM

Serious

Mentally Unstable PersonEl Cerrito High School

West Contra Costa Unified School District, Contra Costa County

5150 - MENTAL PATIENT (IN PROGRESS) Reported to El Cerrito Police Department

4/27/23 at 10:47:58 AM

Not Serious Non-Violent

Parking Enforcement / ViolationEl Cerrito High School

West Contra Costa Unified School District, Contra Costa County

PARKER - PARKING VIOLATION (IN PROGRESS) Reported to El Cerrito Police Department

4/27/23 at 5:45:48 PM

Serious Non-Violent

BurglaryEl Cerrito High School

West Contra Costa Unified School District, Contra Costa County

459C - BURGLARY COMMERCIAL (IN PROGRESS) Reported to El Cerrito Police Department

4/28/23 at 12:00:18 PM