The California Attorney General's Office is adding new features and information to its transparency website for policing and criminal justice data.
Beginning Feb. 11 the updated OpenJustice 1.1. platform will add new data, including "visual tools and interactive charts to allow users to compare and cross reference county and agency data sets against statewide averages, and local crime data," an announcement from the AG's Office said.
The additions mark the one-year anniversary of Attorney General Kamala Harris convening the new 21st Century Policing Working Group, which is examining issues in the public spotlight such as implicit bias and use of force.
Harris announced the launch of OpenJustice, a criminal justice open data initiative, in September 2015. The platform consists of two components: a dashboard that shows key criminal justice indicators with user-friendly visualization tools and an open data portal that publishes raw data from the California Department of Justice’s statewide repository of criminal justice data sets.
The dashboard currently includes three data sets: (1) Law Enforcement Officers Killed or Assaulted in the Line of Duty; (2) Deaths in Custody, including arrest-related deaths; and (3) Arrests and Bookings.
