LAPD RIPA (AB 953): Person-Level Police Stop Records from 2018 to Present

Los Angeles Police Department data on individual persons involved in police stops, mandated by California's Racial and Identity Profiling Act (RIPA) from July 1, 2018 onward. The dataset contains fields required by AB 953 and other data collected during a stop, where a 'STOP' is defined as any detention or interaction by a peace officer. It is provided by the City of Los Angeles and was last updated on March 22, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze demographic patterns in police interactions based on mandated RIPA data fields.
• Assess compliance with the Racial and Identity Profiling Act (AB 953) based on stop detail reporting.
• Model factors associated with different types of police stops based on collected interaction data.

Strengths

• Data collection is mandated by California state law (AB 953), suggesting a standardized reporting framework.
• Covers a significant time period from July 1, 2018 to the present.
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats (CSV, JSON, RDF, XML).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

City of Los Angeles

Collection Method

Data collected by the Los Angeles Police Department during law enforcement stops, as mandated by California Assembly Bill 953 (RIPA).

Time Range

From July 1, -2018 to present

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-22 03:08:25.139448; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Los Angeles, California, USA