The Police Foundation promotes the use of open data to encourage joint problem solving, enhanced understanding, and accountability between communities and the law enforcement agencies that serve them. We’re excited to join the Sunlight Foundation in 2018 as they empower communities across the nation and share the importance of releasing open police use of force data as part of the 2018 U.S. City Open Data Census.
Continue readingHow opening city data can support racial justice
Cities collect, store, analyze and disclose many different kinds of government data that are critical to understanding and addressing social inequality and racial justice. Advocates for equity can and must do more to demand more transparency from local authorities by working with cities to open up, close information gaps in their communities, and end data poverty.
Continue readingThe local projects that are making police complaint data open and accessible
Police complaint data can fuel transparency — here are the local projects that are leading the way.
Continue readingFrom Anchorage to Little Rock, cities commit to opening up police data
Little Rock, Ark., and Anchorage, Alaska, recently announced their participation in the Police Data Initiative.
Continue readingLessons learned from a year of opening police data
April's White House Police Data Initiative celebrated its progress by gathering industry leaders for a two-day event discussing challenges and successes of releasing open police data to the public.
Continue readingAre the government’s commitments on criminal justice open data enough?
The White House released its Open Government National Action Plan last month, and while it contains many worthwhile goals regarding criminal justice data, there is much more work to be done on the issue.
Continue readingSunlight proud to join White House’s Police Data Initiative
Sunlight is proud to have the opportunity to support the White House’s new Police Data Initiative, serving as a resource to police departments interested in creating sustainable open data policies.
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