Access to data on police use of force
Some possible topics:
Problem of limited data on public health impact of use of force in civilian-police interactions
Factors that may increase risk of use of force, thinking about ways to track these factors
Data available from OPD Use of Force reports
[Scrubbing & normalization of non-narrative data collected; $ to pay for narrative data redaction costs; reduction techniques for narrative data]Additional resources for local data
[Civilian complaints & resolution; WISQARS...]Making Oakland a model for community collaborations to understand and minimize risks to both civilians and police would be awesome
Some background stuff at https://www.zotero.org/groups/police_use_of_force_police_data_transparency_us_focus