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 19326 - 19350 records in total 45965
Non-Violent

Silent Alarm — Santa Ana High School

Santa Ana Unified School District, Orange County

459S Reported to Santa Ana Unified Police Department

2/20/23 at 12:38:00 AM

Patrol / School Check — Santa Ana High School

Santa Ana Unified School District, Orange County

PC Reported to Santa Ana Unified Police Department

2/20/23 at 4:53:00 AM

Patrol / School Check — Santa Ana High School

Santa Ana Unified School District, Orange County

PC Reported to Santa Ana Unified Police Department

2/20/23 at 8:11:00 AM

Patrol / School Check — Santa Ana High School

Santa Ana Unified School District, Orange County

PC Reported to Santa Ana Unified Police Department

2/20/23 at 12:10:00 PM

Patrol / School Check — Santa Ana High School

Santa Ana Unified School District, Orange County

PC Reported to Santa Ana Unified Police Department

2/21/23 at 7:41:00 AM

Not Serious Non-Violent

Found Property — Santa Ana High School

Santa Ana Unified School District, Orange County

FOUND Reported to Santa Ana Unified Police Department

2/21/23 at 9:17:00 AM

Not Serious Non-Violent

Assist School Staff / Site — Santa Ana High School

Santa Ana Unified School District, Orange County

STAFF Reported to Santa Ana Unified Police Department

2/21/23 at 10:02:00 AM

Serious Non-Violent

Truant — Santa Ana High School

Santa Ana Unified School District, Orange County

TRUANT Reported to Santa Ana Unified Police Department

2/21/23 at 10:09:00 AM

Serious Non-Violent

Trespassing — Santa Ana High School

Santa Ana Unified School District, Orange County

602 Reported to Santa Ana Unified Police Department

2/21/23 at 10:23:00 AM

Serious Non-Violent

Truant — Santa Ana High School

Santa Ana Unified School District, Orange County

TRUANT Reported to Santa Ana Unified Police Department

2/21/23 at 10:55:00 AM

Patrol / School Check — Santa Ana High School

Santa Ana Unified School District, Orange County

PC Reported to Santa Ana Unified Police Department

2/21/23 at 11:43:00 AM

Serious Violent

Weapon - Unknown — Santa Ana High School

Santa Ana Unified School District, Orange County

626.10 Reported to Santa Ana Unified Police Department

2/21/23 at 12:09:00 PM

Serious Violent

Weapon - Unknown — Santa Ana High School

Santa Ana Unified School District, Orange County

626.10 Reported to Santa Ana Unified Police Department

2/21/23 at 2:02:00 PM

Patrol / School Check — Santa Ana High School

Santa Ana Unified School District, Orange County

PC Reported to Santa Ana Unified Police Department

2/21/23 at 3:09:00 PM

Serious

Social Media — Santa Ana High School

Santa Ana Unified School District, Orange County

SOMEDIA Reported to Santa Ana Unified Police Department

2/22/23 at 9:03:00 AM

Patrol / School Check — Santa Ana High School

Santa Ana Unified School District, Orange County

PC Reported to Santa Ana Unified Police Department

2/22/23 at 12:06:00 PM

Serious

Social Media — Santa Ana High School

Santa Ana Unified School District, Orange County

SOMEDIA Reported to Santa Ana Unified Police Department

2/23/23 at 9:21:00 AM

Patrol / School Check — Santa Ana High School

Santa Ana Unified School District, Orange County

PC Reported to Santa Ana Unified Police Department

2/23/23 at 2:54:00 PM

Patrol / School Check — Santa Ana High School

Santa Ana Unified School District, Orange County

PC Reported to Santa Ana Unified Police Department

2/23/23 at 3:29:00 PM

Serious Non-Violent

Missing Person — Santa Ana High School

Santa Ana Unified School District, Orange County

920 Reported to Santa Ana Unified Police Department

2/23/23 at 3:32:00 PM

Tactical Alert — Santa Ana High School

Santa Ana Unified School District, Orange County

TA-2 Reported to Santa Ana Unified Police Department

2/23/23 at 4:25:00 PM

Patrol / School Check — Santa Ana High School

Santa Ana Unified School District, Orange County

PC Reported to Santa Ana Unified Police Department

2/23/23 at 10:05:00 PM

Patrol / School Check — Santa Ana High School

Santa Ana Unified School District, Orange County

PC Reported to Santa Ana Unified Police Department

2/24/23 at 10:25:00 PM

Serious Non-Violent

Fire Alarm — Santa Ana High School

Santa Ana Unified School District, Orange County

F-ALARM Reported to Santa Ana Unified Police Department

2/25/23 at 2:31:00 AM

Extra Check / Patrol — Santa Ana High School

Santa Ana Unified School District, Orange County

XPC Reported to Santa Ana Unified Police Department

2/25/23 at 4:12:00 AM