Nearly three years ago, the City of Philadelphia made one of its first banner data releases: “Part I” crime data, or data about violent and property crimes.
Thursday, it released the other half of that crime data — nonviolent crimes, including disorderly conduct and drug-related offenses.
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It’s another victory for the city’s open data efforts, following up the city’s release of property data. This data set, as the city noted in its open data census, was in high demand and also harder to release.
“Over time we have seen that the most effective policing occurs when residents are active partners in public safety initiatives,” Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey said in a statement. “Publishing Part II crime information as open data supports community engagement by empowering residents to move beyond the headlines to see actual neighborhood crime patterns.”
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