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Awesome. Did the police department release this data willingly or from a FOIA request? I've been trying to get this exact type of data from local police departm

by comrh 12y ago

Awesome. Did the police department release this data willingly or from a FOIA request? I've been trying to get this exact type of data from local police departments but I've never seen it with Lat/Longs and clearance.

sgk284 12y ago
The Seattle PD is very open about their data. Every single beat has it's own twitter stream of dispatches (delayed by an hour, for obvious security reasons): http://www.seattle.gov/police/tweets/ http://www.seattle.gov/police/tweets/ Whenever I hear a bunch of sirens driving by, it's great to know that in short order I'll see what was happening in my Twitter feed.
- jonjenk 12y ago
  It's interesting that they delay the Twitter by an hour. You can get real time 911 info for Seattle here. http://www2.seattle.gov/fire/realtime911/getRecsForDatePub.asp?action=Today&incDate=&rad1=des http://www2.seattle.gov/fire/realtime911/getRecsForDatePub.a...
  - headstorm 12y ago
    afaict from checking that site for years, that's only fire department responders, not police.
  - comrh 12y ago
    Holy crap. Wow I have a serious respect for the Seattle PD now, that is very open. edit: I found out why that one is real time. It isn't Seattle PD but Seattle Fire. (https://twitter.com/SeattlePD/status/502651325117526016 https://twitter.com/SeattlePD/status/502651325117526016)
ajiang 12y ago
Hi comrh, Seattle has been really great at releasing data. Not sure whether or not it came from a FOIA request, but I know from working with Joy Bonaguro (Chief Data Officer of San Francisco) that SF has been working with the police department as well to release as much data as possible in leveraging data science to help fight crime. The data from Seattle is located here: https://data.seattle.gov/Public-Safety/Seattle-Police-Department-911-Incident-Response/3k2p-39jp https://data.seattle.gov/Public-Safety/Seattle-Police-Depart... The data from San Francisco is located here: https://data.sfgov.org/Public-Safety/SFPD-Reported-Incidents-2003-to-Present/dyj4-n68b https://data.sfgov.org/Public-Safety/SFPD-Reported-Incidents... I wholeheartedly agree that police data should be available from all cities / counties with the type of detail that SF and Seattle show. Open Data Standards are still not where they need to be. If you're interested in helping civic organizations get there, shoot me a message -- we're actively working with Federal and municipal governments on this.
cwal37 12y ago
You can find some data of mixed completeness/usefulness here[1]. Data.gov has gotten much better in terms of usability over the past few years, but it's still a crapshoot, and it's generally more effective to go directly to the agency/organization that you want data from/about. I think it's a great idea though, and I hope it's not the sort of thing that will get neglected or die if there's a party change at the White House level (although I suspect that could easily happen). [1] http://catalog.data.gov/dataset?q=police&sort=score+desc%2C+name+asc http://catalog.data.gov/dataset?q=police&sort=score+desc%2C+...
ErikRogneby 12y ago
http://data.seattle.gov http://data.seattle.gov is powered by Socrata. Here is a list of cities that they support: https://opendata.socrata.com/dataset/Socrata-Customer-Spotlights-Cities-Map/ivbs-benj https://opendata.socrata.com/dataset/Socrata-Customer-Spotli...

by comrh 12y ago

sgk284 12y ago

The Seattle PD is very open about their data. Every single beat has it's own twitter stream of dispatches (delayed by an hour, for obvious security reasons): http://www.seattle.gov/police/tweets/ http://www.seattle.gov/police/tweets/ Whenever I hear a bunch of sirens driving by, it's great to know that in short order I'll see what was happening in my Twitter feed.

jonjenk 12y ago
It's interesting that they delay the Twitter by an hour. You can get real time 911 info for Seattle here. http://www2.seattle.gov/fire/realtime911/getRecsForDatePub.asp?action=Today&incDate=&rad1=des http://www2.seattle.gov/fire/realtime911/getRecsForDatePub.a...
- headstorm 12y ago
  afaict from checking that site for years, that's only fire department responders, not police.
- comrh 12y ago
  Holy crap. Wow I have a serious respect for the Seattle PD now, that is very open. edit: I found out why that one is real time. It isn't Seattle PD but Seattle Fire. (https://twitter.com/SeattlePD/status/502651325117526016 https://twitter.com/SeattlePD/status/502651325117526016)

ajiang 12y ago

Hi comrh, Seattle has been really great at releasing data. Not sure whether or not it came from a FOIA request, but I know from working with Joy Bonaguro (Chief Data Officer of San Francisco) that SF has been working with the police department as well to release as much data as possible in leveraging data science to help fight crime. The data from Seattle is located here: https://data.seattle.gov/Public-Safety/Seattle-Police-Department-911-Incident-Response/3k2p-39jp https://data.seattle.gov/Public-Safety/Seattle-Police-Depart... The data from San Francisco is located here: https://data.sfgov.org/Public-Safety/SFPD-Reported-Incidents-2003-to-Present/dyj4-n68b https://data.sfgov.org/Public-Safety/SFPD-Reported-Incidents... I wholeheartedly agree that police data should be available from all cities / counties with the type of detail that SF and Seattle show. Open Data Standards are still not where they need to be. If you're interested in helping civic organizations get there, shoot me a message -- we're actively working with Federal and municipal governments on this.

cwal37 12y ago

You can find some data of mixed completeness/usefulness here[1]. Data.gov has gotten much better in terms of usability over the past few years, but it's still a crapshoot, and it's generally more effective to go directly to the agency/organization that you want data from/about. I think it's a great idea though, and I hope it's not the sort of thing that will get neglected or die if there's a party change at the White House level (although I suspect that could easily happen). [1] http://catalog.data.gov/dataset?q=police&sort=score+desc%2C+name+asc http://catalog.data.gov/dataset?q=police&sort=score+desc%2C+...

ErikRogneby 12y ago

http://data.seattle.gov http://data.seattle.gov is powered by Socrata. Here is a list of cities that they support: https://opendata.socrata.com/dataset/Socrata-Customer-Spotlights-Cities-Map/ivbs-benj https://opendata.socrata.com/dataset/Socrata-Customer-Spotli...