We analyze misconduct complaints filed by police officers, using open-source data provided by the Invisible Institute.
CPDP: https://cpdp.co/ SQL Queries, Data visualization tools (Obervable, D3.js), Machine Learning (scikit-learn)
In the database, most records are for misconduct allegations filed by civilians against police officers. But there is also a significant number of anonymous complaints filed internally by officers against other officers. We look at these internal complaints to address several questions:
- Within a unit, does the rate of internal complaints indicate accountability?
- Do internal complaints have a greater impact than civilian-filed complaints on individual officers?
- Are internal complaints on an officer predictive of future civilian complaints?
Interactive visualization #1: https://observablehq.com/d/664d92cd192aa9f1
Interactive visualization #2: https://observablehq.com/d/691e08eae899d1e5