Last week, New Orleans held an event to preview three datasets on policing they plan to open to the general public (use of force, 911 calls for service with arrival times included, and field interview cards). At the event, city officials worked with a group of young coders to build apps powered by this newly unlocked data.
Read more in this White House Office of Science Technology & Policy blog post by Denice Ross and U.S. Chief Data Scientist DJ Patil…
Rising ninth-grader Demond Fortenberry opened his first city data set: “Use of Force” records created by the Public Integrity Bureau at the New Orleans Police Department. As part of a three-day event engaging youth to build apps on top of soon-to-be released policing data sets, he was one of the first New Orleanians to ever see these records.
Read more of Demond’s story on the White House Medium channel…
(View the email that announced this piece on the White House Blog.)
Denice W. Ross 