Chicago Police Department shuts down its arrest API
It's crazy to me that in 2020, there isn't comprehensive, mandatory Federal tracking of police-involved shootings. There's no reason that this data shouldn't be mandated to be aggregated and researched, other than to continue propagating a culture of secrecy.<p>From the FBI's Use-of-Force data collection site[0]:<p>> Is it mandatory for law enforcement agencies to contribute to this data collection?<p>> The FBI has no legal authority to mandate reporting of any data to the UCR Program. The FBI is working closely with the major law enforcement agency organizations and the CJIS APB, which is composed of local, state, tribal, and federal law enforcement partners, to obtain broad support and forge commitments from these members to report this critical information. National support is garnered through working partnerships with national law enforcement agencies as well. The National Use-of-Force Data Collection and community participation to report data will likely continue to evolve.<p>All data collected at the Federal level is voluntary, that's just unacceptable.<p>0: <a href="https://www.fbi.gov/services/cjis/ucr/use-of-force" rel="nofollow">https://www.fbi.gov/services/cjis/ucr/use-of-force</a>