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I'm curious what the county data in question is? I'm a big fan of local-government data, so this is a super interesting niche to me.
by gameman144 4y ago
I'm curious what the county data in question is? I'm a big fan of local-government data, so this is a super interesting niche to me.
- mod 4y agoI'd rather not mention my county for personal privacy reasons, but I will just say the data in question is arrest/bookings/mugshots. The county uses some really unusable software to manage a "roster" of inmates, and to see arrests you have to catch it before someone is released. Even then, it's just highly difficult to use. Here's a county that isn't mine, using the same software, so you can see what I mean: https://www.dallascountyarsheriff.com/inmate-roster https://www.dallascountyarsheriff.com/inmate-roster People are dropped from the roster immediately upon release. One of the main users of my site is a friend of mine who is the crime editor in the local paper. It helps him to not have to sit and refresh the page all day.