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The Police Data Initiative defines use of force as “the means of compelling compliance or overcoming resistance to an officer’s command(s) in order to protect life or property or to take a person into custody.” Use-of-force data should include data, location, a description or type of forced used, and a reason for use of force.This data is crucial for police accountability. (More info)
| Question | Answer | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Openly licensed | Yes | |
| Available in bulk | Yes | |
| Up-to-date | Yes | |
| Available free online | Yes | |
| Available free of charge | Yes | |
| In an open format | These are Socrata datasets so they are not in any of these formats but are easily exportable in several, plus API enabled. | |
| findable | 4 | |
| findable_steps | I created the datasets in the first place but I think a reasonable search would find them. | |
| licence_url | https://data.cityofchicago.org/Public-Safety/COPA-Cases | |
| Collected by government | Yes | |
| usability | 3 | |
| collector_name | Chicago Civilian Office of Police Accountability | |
| characteristics | Date, Location, Type or description of force used | |
| location | href="https://data.cityofchicago.org/Public-Safety/COPA-Cases-Summary/mft5-nfa8" https://data.cityofchicago.org/Public-Safety/COPA-Cases">rel="nofollow">https://data.cityofchicago.org/Public-Safety/COPA-Cases - , href="https://data.cityofchicago.org/Public-Safety/COPA-Cases-By-Complainant-or-Subject/vnz2-rmie" https://data.cityofchicago.org/Public-Safety/COPA-Cases">rel="nofollow">https://data.cityofchicago.org/Public-Safety/COPA-Cases - , href="https://data.cityofchicago.org/Public-Safety/COPA-Cases-Summary/mft5-nfa8" https://data.cityofchicago.org/Public-Safety/COPA-Cases">rel="nofollow">https://data.cityofchicago.org/Public-Safety/COPA-Cases - |