Police Transparency

Understand and share information about the diversity of your agency demographics and promote equitable hiring practices. Use dashboards to understand race and gender characteristics and how they compare to the community as a whole.

Public crime mapping applications can help residents identify and understand historic and emerging crime patterns in their neighborhoods. Easy-to-create custom reports can facilitate community action meetings and help residents visualize crime trends.

See statistics about how and why force was used and learn more about the communities most impacted by police use of force. Help the community understand police use-of-force incidents.

Data is foundational to police transparency and accountability. Use GIS tools to publish your agency's key documents and authoritative datasets, including crime and incident data, jurisdictional boundaries, general orders, annual reports, and any other key performance indicators that can help foster transparent and open policing.