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
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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 23601 - 23625 records in total 45965

Extra Check / Patrol — Apple Valley High School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

XPAT - EXTRA PATROL Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

6/21/23 at 9:23:53 AM

Serious Non-Violent

Traffic Stop — Apple Valley High School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

T - TRAFFIC STOP Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

6/22/23 at 7:49:45 AM

Incident details:

CITED FOR NO POSS OF CDL, AND BRAKE LIGHT
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Serious Non-Violent

Traffic Control / Complaint — Apple Valley High School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

DIS - TRAFFIC CONTROL AT DISMISSAL Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

6/22/23 at 11:22:24 AM

Serious Non-Violent

Traffic Stop — Apple Valley High School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

T - TRAFFIC STOP Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

6/22/23 at 11:31:10 AM

Extra Check / Patrol — Apple Valley High School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

XPAT - EXTRA PATROL Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

6/23/23 at 6:52:20 AM

Serious Non-Violent

Traffic Control / Complaint — Apple Valley High School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

DIS - TRAFFIC CONTROL AT DISMISSAL Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

6/23/23 at 10:51:12 AM

Extra Check / Patrol — Apple Valley High School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

XPAT - EXTRA PATROL Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

6/26/23 at 11:26:58 AM

Serious Non-Violent

Traffic Control / Complaint — Apple Valley High School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

DIS - TRAFFIC CONTROL AT DISMISSAL Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

6/27/23 at 11:24:57 AM

Serious Non-Violent

Drugs - Unknown — Apple Valley High School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

H&S - POSSESSION OF DRUGS, PARAPHERNALIA Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

5/12/24 at 11:30:48 AM

Incident details:

DR FOR DESTRUCTION
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Not Serious Non-Violent

Assist Other Department — Apple Valley Virtual Academy School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

AOD - ASSIST OTHER DEPARTMENT Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

1/31/23 at 8:26:12 AM

Incident details:

PER TRANS RADIO. STUDENT TRYING TO EXIT THE EMERGENCY EXIT AT COUNTY - PER KATHY COUNTY SCHOOL - UNAWARE OF ANYTHING - STS STUDENT JUST WALKED INTO OFFICE AFTER GETTING OFF BUS / POSS WAS THE STUDENT BUT SHE HAS NO INFO
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Not Serious Non-Violent

Assist Other Department — Apple Valley Virtual Academy School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

SHERIFF - SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SHERIFF CALLS Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

2/10/23 at 9:31:22 AM

Incident details:

RP WAS ADV'G TO CB TODAY TO FINISH RPT FROM YESTERDAY IN FEF TO STUDENT THREATENING TO BRING GUN TO SCHOOL. SEE ATTACHED SBSO CALL
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Serious Non-Violent

Missing Juvenile — Apple Valley Virtual Academy School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

MISJUV - MISSING JUVIE Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

2/21/23 at 9:35:47 AM

Incident details:

EMERGENY SCHOOL NOTIFICATION
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Not Serious Non-Violent

911 Test — Desert Knolls Elementary School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

911FU - 911 FOLLOW UP Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

1/19/23 at 8:15:17 AM

Incident details:

TESTING 911 SYSTEM
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Serious Non-Violent

Traffic Control / Complaint — Desert Knolls Elementary School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

TC - TRAFFIC CONTROL AT ARRIVALS Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

1/19/23 at 8:53:27 AM

Serious Non-Violent

Missing Juvenile — Desert Knolls Elementary School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

MISJUV - MISSING JUVIE Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

1/20/23 at 4:50:32 PM

Incident details:

MISSING JUVS - 3 SIBLINGS - MOTHER ADV'D THEY DID NOT GET OFF THE BUS / CALLED TRANSPORTATION WHO ADV'D JUVS EXITED AT TAO AND RESOTO AND WERE WAITING BY THE TREE, THAT WAS AT 0400/ HOME - PER ISABELLA - JUVS WERE PICKED UP AND ARE HOME NOW C8623 16:57:17 6 AUNT DID PICK UP STUDENTS AND ARE NOW EITHER ENR HOME OR ARE HOME - PER MOTHER GRANDMOTHER PICKED UP THE STUDENTS AND HAS THEM W/ HER AT 10 GROCERY STORE IN VICTORVILLE / MOTHER IS ENR TO THE GROCERY 11 STORE TO PICK UP THE STUDENTS
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Serious Violent

Fighting — Desert Knolls Elementary School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

INFO - INFORMATION CALL (DOCUMENTATION ONLY) Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

1/23/23 at 9:26:32 AM

Incident details:

2 STUDENTS - AND WERE IN A FIGHT ON FRIDAY - SCHOOL HANDLED DISCIPLINE - MOTHER OF CAME INTO SCHOOL UPSET THAT POSTED A COMMENT ABOUT THE FIGHT ON TIK TOK, STS IT IS HARASSMENT / PAM ADV'D SHE WILL BE TALKING TO STUDENT AGAIN BUT PARENT SAID SHE WANTED POLICE / PAM ONLY GIVING HEADS UP THAT MOTHER MAY COME TO STN REF THIS / NO POLICE NEEDED AT THIS TIME, SCHOOL HANDLING DISCIPLINE
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Serious Non-Violent

Traffic Control / Complaint — Desert Knolls Elementary School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

TC - TRAFFIC CONTROL AT ARRIVALS Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

1/24/23 at 8:30:23 AM

911 - Unknown — Desert Knolls Elementary School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

911FU - 911 FOLLOW UP Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

1/25/23 at 10:36:54 AM

Serious Violent

Fighting — Desert Knolls Elementary School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

415F - FIGHT IN PROGRESS Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

1/26/23 at 1:23:48 PM

Incident details:

PER ISABELLA , 415F ADMIN CANNOT BREAK UP, OUT ON THE BLACKTOP - 6TH GRADE STUDENTS - On 01-26-2023, officers J. Mata and R. Franco responded to Desert Knolls Elementary School regarding a fight on campus and students would not stop fighting. A later 911 call was forwarded to us about a parent that said she was going to driver her
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911 - Unknown — Desert Knolls Elementary School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

911FU - 911 FOLLOW UP Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

1/26/23 at 1:29:20 PM

Incident details:

WAITING FOR FURTHER - SCHOOL CALLED 911 AGAIN AT 1:36 - CABINET WAS UPDATED W/ SHERIFF INFO REGARDING 911
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Not Serious Non-Violent

Provide Transportation — Desert Knolls Elementary School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

INFO - INFORMATION CALL (DOCUMENTATION ONLY) Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

1/31/23 at 4:34:59 PM

Incident details:

MOTHER OF 3 STUDENTS CALLED TRANPORTATION TO SEE IF THEY GOT OFF TH BUS YET / TRANSPORTATION CIRCLED BACK. JUVS WERE NOT AT THE BUS STOP / SCHOOL UNABLE TO GET IN CTC W/ MOTHER / BUS STOP RESOTO/ TAO /// WHILE LL W/ ISABELA THE PRINCIPLE WAS ABLE TO GET MOM TO ANSWER PHONE - JUVS ARE HOME NOW / DISPATCH CALLED AT SCHOOLS REQUEST BECAUSE THIS IS ONGOING ISSUE W/ SAME MOTHER / SPOKE TO MOTHER SHE ADV'D SHE WAS ONLY CALLING TRANSPORTATION TO RELAY MESSAGE TO KIDS TO NOT GO INTO THE HOUSE WHEN THEY GET THERE AS THEY ARE FUMIGATING - NO POLICE NEEDED
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911 - Unknown — Desert Knolls Elementary School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

911FU - 911 FOLLOW UP Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

2/9/23 at 10:04:13 AM

Incident details:

WAITING FOR FURTHER
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Serious

CPS Referral — Desert Knolls Elementary School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

INFO - INFORMATION CALL (DOCUMENTATION ONLY) Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

2/10/23 at 3:47:37 PM

Incident details:

PER SHERIFF - SCHOOL JUV W/ SELF INFLICTED SCRATCHES ON THE WRIST, IN OFFICE, NOT VIOLENT / SPECAIL ED STUDENT //// PER MRS GARRETT - ONGOING THING W/ SAME STUDENT, STUDENT WENT HOME / CAME IN TO SUB NURSE TODAY REPORTING 288 / 288 OCCR'D YEARS AGO AND SUSP IS INCUST / PER PRINCIPLE, CALLED SHERIFF PER PROTOCOL W/ CPS / WILL BE CPS CALL / SHERIFF ADV'D
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Serious Non-Violent

Traffic Control / Complaint — Desert Knolls Elementary School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

TC - TRAFFIC CONTROL AT ARRIVALS Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

2/14/23 at 9:00:46 AM

Serious Non-Violent

Traffic Control / Complaint — Desert Knolls Elementary School

Apple Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County

TC - TRAFFIC CONTROL AT ARRIVALS Reported to Apple Valley Unified Police Department

2/15/23 at 8:49:28 AM