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Spotcrime and Maryland Open Crime Data
- 1. Open, Equal, and Fair Access to Crime Data
- 2. 8 years Largest crime alerting system in the US 140 million emails annually Sustainable Profitable
- 3. Are Maryland Police Agencies Open? Ocean CitySalisbury Annapolis City of
- 4. Agency Format Data type Lat/Long Frequency Access Vendor Annapolis Web* P1 Crimes No Daily Web Yes Anne Arundel .xls P1 & P2 Crimes No Weekly FOIA (no charge) No Baltimore City Open P1 Victim Based Yes Every 2 weeks Open Data site No Baltimore Co. .DBF P1 Crimes No Weekly Email Yes Cecil n/a n/a n/a n/a None Yes City of Frederick .pdf P1 Crimes No Monthly FOIA (charge) Yes Howard .pdf Robbery, Burglary, & Theft No M-F Web Yes Montgomery Open P1 & P2 Crimes Yes Daily Open Data Site No Ocean City Web* Calls for Service No Daily Web No PG County .txt P1 Crimes No M-F Email Yes Salisbury .pdf Calls for Service No M-F Web Yes Wicomico .pdf Calls for Service No Daily Web No * = Unrestricted Web Service
- 5. A More Open Maryland Vendor controlled public data ≠ open data Denton, TX Adopt standards (SOCS) Increase frequency & speed
- 6. Benefits Reduced costs statewide Long term consistency Better internal reporting Free apps FOIA efficiency More involved public ‘The Yelp Effect’
- 7. Suggested Approach Require GOCCP grants used for any public facing software: to allow open access to have clear reporting standards
- 8. #OpenCrimeData The White House Police Data Initiative PDI Participating Agencies Poynter: Disputes over crime maps highlight challenge of outsourcing public data GovTech: Crime Data Transparency Ranking by City Open Crime Data Feed Checklist SpotCrime Open Crime Standard (SOCS) SpotCrime Catapult
Editor's Notes
- The Yelp Effect - Yelp created a LIVES standard which makes restaurant inspection data more accessible to residents. Once businesses became aware that consumers had access to data, they responded better to low ratings leading to a reduced risk of foodborne illnesses in the US. We believe the same results can be achieved with crime data. https://hbr.org/2015/02/city-governments-are-using-yelp-to-tell-you-where-not-to-eat http://blog.spotcrime.com/2015/04/open-data-makes-public-safety-better.html http://www.govtech.com/data/Can-Food-Inspection-Data-Standards-Stop-an-Epidemic.html
- White House Police Data Initiative (https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2015/05/18/launching-police-data-initiative) PDI Participating Agencies (http://publicsafetydataportal.org/participating-agencies/) Poynter: Disputes over crime maps highlight challenge of outsourcing public data(http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/213443/disputes-over-crime-maps-highlight-challenge-of-outsourcing-public-data/#.VeXEXf1bU8g.twitter) Crime Data Transparency Ranking (http://www.govtech.com/data/What-is-Your-Citys-Crime-Data-Transparency-Score.html) SpotCrime Open Crime Standard (SOCS) (http://blog.spotcrime.com/2014/03/the-spotcrime-open-crime-data-standard.html) SpotCrime Catapult (http://blog.spotcrime.com/2013/07/spotcrime-offers-free-software-to-police.html)