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record type: Traffic Stops and agency: Albuquerque Police Department.To add to our software development budget, you can donate here.
Police misconduct records, let alone usable data, are not often easy to come by. Independent civilian police review boards may publish these complaints and their findings (e.g. Pittsburgh and New York) but the quality of the presentation varies.
When agencies keep misconduct and discipline records internally, they may be difficult to compare—buried without specifics in annual reports or unavailable even by FOIA request.
In response, community organizations have sprung up to collect and publish their own data sources. We're aware of two state-level community projects:
Do you know of any other projects we should feature? As always, you can reply with questions or comments. Thanks for reading!
—Josh from PDAP