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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 | No | |
| Available in bulk | Yes | |
| Up-to-date | Yes | |
| Available free online | Yes | |
| Available free of charge | Yes | |
| In an open format | CSV, KML, SHP | |
| findable | 4 | |
| findable_steps | Went to the open data portal, clicked on the police transparency hub, clicked on view use of force open dataset | |
| Collected by government | Yes | |
| usability | 3 | |
| collector_name | City of South Bend Police Department | |
| characteristics | Date, Location, Type or description of force used | |
| location | href="https://data-southbend.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/police-use-of-force-incidents" https://data-southbend.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/poli">rel="nofollow">https://data-southbend.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/poli - Open Data Portal - Use of Force Dataset |