Los Angeles Police Stops Under Racial Identity Profiling Act

Records from July 1, 2018 to present detail individual stops conducted by the Los Angeles Police Department. The dataset contains fields mandated by California's AB 953, the Racial and Identity Profiling Act, and is published by data.lacity.org. It documents the circumstances, outcomes, and perceived demographics of individuals involved in police stops.

Use Cases

• Analyzing correlations between Perceived: Hispanic/Latino(a), Perceived: Black/African American, or Perceived: Asian and Type of Stop or Search Basis Narrative.
• Modeling the likelihood of Result of Stop: Arrest Without Warrant Offense Statute based on Pretext and Perceived: Gender.
• Identifying temporal patterns in stop outcomes by analyzing Stop Time against Result of Stop: Citation for Infraction Offense Code or Result of Stop: Warning Offense Statute.
• Assessing the frequency of Property Seized: Weapon(s) other than a Firearm or Property Seized: Drugs/Narcotics across different perceived demographic groups.

Strengths

• Covers police stop data from July 1, 2018 to present, providing a multi-year time series.
• Includes over 30 specific data columns mandated by California law, such as perceived demographics and stop outcomes.
• Data is structured for direct analysis with clear categorical fields like Perceived: LGBT and Type of Stop.

Limitations

• Row count and total dataset size are unknown, limiting assessment of statistical power.
• Data relies on officer-reported Perceived demographics, which may introduce subjective bias.
• Sample data is unavailable, preventing verification of data formatting and value distributions.

Provenance

Source

data.lacity.org, sourced from the Los Angeles Police Department.

Collection Method

Collected by LAPD officers during stops as mandated by California AB 953 law.

Time Range

July 1, 2018 to present.

Freshness

Last updated April 2, 2026, indicating recent maintenance.

Geography

City of Los Angeles, California, USA.