Citizen Complaints: Formal Allegations Against Police Officers in Bloomington

Citizen Complaints is a dataset from the City of Bloomington's Police Department, published on Data.gov. It contains information from formal complaints filed by citizens alleging officer misconduct or violations of rules and regulations. The dataset was last updated on March 22, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in citizen-reported misconduct based on complaint categories mentioned in the description
• Study demographic patterns in complaints based on the detailed race and ethnicity key codes provided
• Map complaint locations or officer assignments based on the Reading Districts key code structure
• Assess data quality and reporting consistency over time for transparency initiatives

Strengths

• Includes a detailed, standardized key code for race and ethnicity with 13 distinct categories
• Provides a structured key for interpreting geographic and incident-type codes for Reading Districts
• Published by an official municipal source, the City of Bloomington Police Department
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, RDF, and XML

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• The dataset includes a disclaimer noting potential errors and that information may change over time

Provenance

Source

City of Bloomington Police Department

Collection Method

Information obtained from formal complaints filed by citizens.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-22 02:51:29.325384; freshness should be verified

Geography

Likely focuses on the jurisdiction of the Bloomington Police Department, based on the district key codes.