Re:Walking The Beat – Mining Seattle's Police Report Data
by ajiang on Thursday August 21, 2014 @01:39PM
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Hi comrh, Seattle has been really great at releasing data. Not sure whether or not it came from a FOIA request, but I know from working with Joy Bonaguro (Chief Data Officer of San Francisco) that SF has been working with the police department as well to release as much data as possible in leveraging data science to help fight crime.
I wholeheartedly agree that police data should be available from all cities / counties with the type of detail that SF and Seattle show. Open Data Standards are still not where they need to be. If you're interested in helping civic organizations get there, shoot me a message -- we're actively working with Federal and municipal governments on this.
The data from Seattle is located here: https://data.seattle.gov/Public-Safety/Seattle-Police-Depart...
The data from San Francisco is located here: https://data.sfgov.org/Public-Safety/SFPD-Reported-Incidents...
I wholeheartedly agree that police data should be available from all cities / counties with the type of detail that SF and Seattle show. Open Data Standards are still not where they need to be. If you're interested in helping civic organizations get there, shoot me a message -- we're actively working with Federal and municipal governments on this.