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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 | No | Data is currently displayed as a table on a website, and the type or description of force used and the reason for the use of force is on YouTube as both a video and text. |
| Up-to-date | Yes | |
| Available free online | Yes | |
| Available free of charge | Yes | |
| In an open format | HTML, TXT | |
| findable | 4 | |
| findable_steps | Typed "LAPD use of force" into Google. It was the first result. | |
| licence_url | https://www.lapdonline.org/home/news_view/63555 | |
| Collected by government | Yes | |
| usability | 2 | Data is human-readable, but for machine-readability would need to be scrapped from a website and the YouTube transcription. |
| collector_name | Los Angeles Police Department | |
| characteristics | Date, Location, Type or description of force used, Reason for use of force | |
| location | href="https://www.lapdonline.org/use_of_force" https://www.lapdonline.org/use_of_force">rel="nofollow">https://www.lapdonline.org/use_of_force - LAPD Use of Force site |