Calling the Cops

An EdSource investigation into policing in California schools

La Mesa Arts Academy School

La Mesa-Spring Valley School District, San Diego County

4200 Parks Ave., La Mesa, CA
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63

Incidents reported
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1

Police Departments
(La Mesa Police Department)
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1052

Enrollment
2022-23

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.

School information

School demographics
Percentage of students eligible for free and reduced price meals (FRPM)
School suspension rate and state average (%)

Data source: California Department of Education; Year 2022-23

Incident Breakdown

Incident Logs

displaying 1 - 25 records in total 63

Serious Non-Violent

Transient — La Mesa Arts Academy School

La Mesa-Spring Valley School District, San Diego County

TRANSIENT PD*   Reported to La Mesa Police Department

1/26/23 at 11:08:47 AM

Incident details:

Male transient yelled at parent, last seen s/b Parks
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Serious Non-Violent

Traffic Control / Complaint — La Mesa Arts Academy School

La Mesa-Spring Valley School District, San Diego County

TRAFFIC EXTRA PATROL   Reported to La Mesa Police Department

1/27/23 at 7:30:00 AM

Incident details:

Traffic extra patrol during school drop off
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Extra Check / Patrol — La Mesa Arts Academy School

La Mesa-Spring Valley School District, San Diego County

RSVP   Reported to La Mesa Police Department

1/27/23 at 7:46:46 AM

Incident details:

RSVP extra patrol
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Serious Non-Violent

Traffic Stop — La Mesa Arts Academy School

La Mesa-Spring Valley School District, San Diego County

TS   Reported to La Mesa Police Department

1/30/23 at 7:20:27 AM

Incident details:

Traffic stop
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Serious Non-Violent

Traffic Control / Complaint — La Mesa Arts Academy School

La Mesa-Spring Valley School District, San Diego County

TRAFFIC EXTRA PATROL   Reported to La Mesa Police Department

1/30/23 at 7:30:00 AM

Incident details:

Traffic extra patrol during school drop off
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Serious Non-Violent

Traffic Stop — La Mesa Arts Academy School

La Mesa-Spring Valley School District, San Diego County

TS   Reported to La Mesa Police Department

1/30/23 at 7:40:59 AM

Incident details:

Traffic stop
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Serious Non-Violent

Traffic Stop — La Mesa Arts Academy School

La Mesa-Spring Valley School District, San Diego County

TS   Reported to La Mesa Police Department

1/30/23 at 7:52:55 AM

Incident details:

Traffic stop
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Serious Non-Violent

Traffic Stop — La Mesa Arts Academy School

La Mesa-Spring Valley School District, San Diego County

TS   Reported to La Mesa Police Department

1/30/23 at 8:01:12 AM

Incident details:

Traffic stop
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Serious Non-Violent

Traffic Control / Complaint — La Mesa Arts Academy School

La Mesa-Spring Valley School District, San Diego County

TRAFFIC EXTRA PATROL   Reported to La Mesa Police Department

1/31/23 at 7:30:00 AM

Incident details:

Traffic extra patrol during school drop off
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Serious Non-Violent

Traffic Stop — La Mesa Arts Academy School

La Mesa-Spring Valley School District, San Diego County

TS   Reported to La Mesa Police Department

1/31/23 at 7:40:57 AM

Incident details:

Traffic stop
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Serious Non-Violent

Traffic Stop — La Mesa Arts Academy School

La Mesa-Spring Valley School District, San Diego County

TS   Reported to La Mesa Police Department

1/31/23 at 7:50:56 AM

Incident details:

Traffic stop
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Serious Non-Violent

Traffic Stop — La Mesa Arts Academy School

La Mesa-Spring Valley School District, San Diego County

TS   Reported to La Mesa Police Department

1/31/23 at 8:00:07 AM

Incident details:

Traffic stop
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Serious Non-Violent

Traffic Stop — La Mesa Arts Academy School

La Mesa-Spring Valley School District, San Diego County

TS   Reported to La Mesa Police Department

2/1/23 at 7:29:20 AM

Incident details:

Traffic stop
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Serious Non-Violent

Traffic Control / Complaint — La Mesa Arts Academy School

La Mesa-Spring Valley School District, San Diego County

TRAFFIC EXTRA PATROL   Reported to La Mesa Police Department

2/1/23 at 7:30:00 AM

Incident details:

Traffic extra patrol during school drop off
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Serious Non-Violent

Traffic Stop — La Mesa Arts Academy School

La Mesa-Spring Valley School District, San Diego County

TS   Reported to La Mesa Police Department

2/1/23 at 7:39:30 AM

Incident details:

Traffic stop
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Serious Non-Violent

Traffic Stop — La Mesa Arts Academy School

La Mesa-Spring Valley School District, San Diego County

TS   Reported to La Mesa Police Department

2/1/23 at 7:48:40 AM

Incident details:

Traffic stop
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Serious Non-Violent

Traffic Stop — La Mesa Arts Academy School

La Mesa-Spring Valley School District, San Diego County

TS   Reported to La Mesa Police Department

2/2/23 at 7:20:46 AM

Incident details:

Traffic stop
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Serious Non-Violent

Traffic Control / Complaint — La Mesa Arts Academy School

La Mesa-Spring Valley School District, San Diego County

TRAFFIC EXTRA PATROL   Reported to La Mesa Police Department

2/2/23 at 7:30:00 AM

Incident details:

Traffic extra patrol during school drop off
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Serious

Suspicious Vehicle — La Mesa Arts Academy School

La Mesa-Spring Valley School District, San Diego County

1150*   Reported to La Mesa Police Department

2/7/23 at 4:02:20 AM

Incident details:

Officer checking suspicious vehicle
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Unknown — La Mesa Arts Academy School

La Mesa-Spring Valley School District, San Diego County

O SCHOOL RES OFCR ACTIVITY   Reported to La Mesa Police Department

2/9/23 at 11:36:25 AM

Incident details:

SRO activity
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Serious Violent

Criminal / Terrorist Threat - Unknown / Other — La Mesa Arts Academy School

La Mesa-Spring Valley School District, San Diego County

422   Reported to La Mesa Police Department

2/10/23 at 11:45:31 AM

Incident details:

Threatening graffiti in restroom
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Not Serious Non-Violent

Citizen Assist / Contact — La Mesa Arts Academy School

La Mesa-Spring Valley School District, San Diego County

CITIZEN CONTACT   Reported to La Mesa Police Department

2/10/23 at 6:02:43 PM

Incident details:

Parent wishing to speak with SRO
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Area / Location Check — La Mesa Arts Academy School

La Mesa-Spring Valley School District, San Diego County

1153*   Reported to La Mesa Police Department

2/14/23 at 7:03:35 AM

Incident details:

Security check
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Area / Location Check — La Mesa Arts Academy School

La Mesa-Spring Valley School District, San Diego County

1153*   Reported to La Mesa Police Department

2/14/23 at 1:00:00 PM

Incident details:

Security check
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Unknown — La Mesa Arts Academy School

La Mesa-Spring Valley School District, San Diego County

O SCHOOL RES OFCR ACTIVITY   Reported to La Mesa Police Department

2/15/23 at 7:34:40 AM

Incident details:

SRO activity
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