The Charlottesville Police Department is adding more information about people who are arrested to a recently unveiled open data system.
At Monday’s City Council meeting, Interim City Manager Mike Murphy announced that arrest report data now will include race and gender.
“Immediately after the initial launch, we worked toward what our initial intent was — to include the demographic data,” Murphy said.
Earlier this month, Police Chief RaShall Brackney held a press conference to discuss changes to the department and the data system, which provides information on individual arrests, such as the name of the person arrested, when and where they were apprehended and the charge. It is updated daily.
Crimes involving juveniles are not reported.
Also already included is information on excessive use of force and civilian complaints.
The data includes incidents over the past five years, which can be mapped.
The additional data announced Monday do not include any changes to how information is presented on stop-and-frisks, which Brackney calls “investigative detentions.”
That information will continue to be presented in PowerPoint displays posted monthly to the department’s website.
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