Top Three Datasets Your Police Agency Should Start Releasing Openly
With the initiation of the White House Task Force on 21st Century Policing earlier this year, more and more police agencies are voluntarily signing up to take part in the Police Data Initiative . The initiative centers around police agencies opening up dozens of data sets that have otherwise been hard to find by the general public. 26 agencies are currently participating Here are just a few of the datasets being published openly by police agencies nationwide: Computer aided dispatch logs (CAD) Records management system logs (RMS) Response time Use of Force Complaints Officer Involved Shootings Assaults on officers Citations Traffic Stops Pedestrian Stops Pursuits This list may seem overwhelming to some, however it's not impossible. So, where to start ? In some cases, we've seen agencies start to tackle this laundry list of data sets by publishing one dataset at a time. If this is the route your police agency decides, we've picked our top thre