Technology has the power to drive action. And right now, a call to action is needed to eradicate racism. Black lives matter.
We recognize technology alone cannot fix hundreds of years of racial injustice and inequality, but when we put it in the hands of the Black community and their supporters, technology can begin to bridge a gap. To start a dialogue. To identify areas where technology can help pave a road to progress.
From traffic stops and arrests to sentencing and parole decisions, this project is an effort to use technology to better analyze real-world data, provide insights and make recommendations that will drive racial equality and reform across criminal justice, and public safety.
This is one of three open source projects underway as part of the Call for Code Emb(race) Spot Challenge led by contributors from IBM and Red Hat.
The desired outcome of this effort is an open source technology solution that can have a measurable impact on the problem statements and hills below. That solution can then be put to work within IBM and Red Hat, as well as society at large.
This repository is expected to evolve into a piece of technology that can be created and deployed, similar to the steps for other Call for Code starter kits, such as the kit for Community Cooperation or Crisis Communications.
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Police interactions with members of the Black community disproportionately end in unnecessary and avoidable escalation.
The public will have access to factual data on police behavioral infractions so that police officers can be held publicly accountable for their actions.
Law enforcement has technology embedded in their equipment to help objectively assess accurate threat level and providesguidance on appropriate threat response in real time.
Law enforcement agencies have access to free technology which identifies both singular incidents and behavioral patterns so that regular data-driven evaluations of policing outcomes take place.
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At this time, datasets are provided for reference only. Do not include dataset information in any solutions until further notice.
The lack of transparent and accurate data available to assess police behavioral infractions means police reports can be falsified and contain other inaccuracies.
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At this time, datasets are provided for reference only. Do not include dataset information in any solutions until further notice.
People in the Black Community are faced with harsher downstream effects (charged at higher rates, assigned more significant charges, convicted at higher rates, given longer sentences, and denied parole more often) than people of other races for similar offenses.
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At this time, datasets are provided for reference only. Do not include dataset information in any solutions until further notice.
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This solution starter is made available under the Apache 2 License.