Open BBarr-PDAP opened 1 month ago
There's a municipal data scraper for PA here, that could help get budgets: https://github.com/Police-Data-Accessibility-Project/scrapers/issues/240
Crime data is usually easy to find: https://data-sources.pdap.io/search/crime/pennsylvania
So, if we have municipal data over a long enough time range, we could correlations...cause is more difficult to understand. Analysts would probably want to look at a few case studies, and explore calls for service too.
Someone has requested help on a data project:
Submission notes
Can we find data to determine whether putting more funding in to conventional policing (e.g., staffing, equipment, training, etc.) is effective in reducing crime? What are the cost to alternatives?
Location
Pittsburgh, PA or comparable cities
Requirements
Overlapping budget and crime data from multiple years in multiple cities
How to help
Leave a comment if you'd like to help. Do you have ideas, questions, or need any more information to get started?