EdSource’s Calling the Cops investigation obtained an unprecedented trove of police call data for 852 school addresses covered by 164 local police, sheriffs and school-district police, which we have made public on our database website.
An analysis revealed:
- Nearly a third of all calls involved serious incidents, including reports of fights, assault and battery, sex crimes, threats, thefts, weapons, drugs, disturbances, mental health crises, overdoses, and in one instance a threat by a student to kill a school superintendent.
- More than a third of the serious incidents involved violence. Violent acts include fighting, assault and battery, sex crimes, self-harm, animal attacks, and anything involving weapons, among other things.
- Three out of 10 of all calls were noted by police as patrol logs with no details.
- More than 1% of police calls — for a total of 445 — involved the possession of, or…
