NOPD Misconduct Complaints: Citizen and Employee Reports

New Orleans Police Department records of misconduct complaints filed by citizens or employees. The dataset is updated nightly and reflects the most current status of reports, though initial entries may be subject to change. The City of New Orleans provides this data with a disclaimer regarding its accuracy and completeness.

Use Cases

• Monitor trends in police misconduct reports based on the nightly update cycle
• Analyze complaint intake and investigation processes based on the policy framework mentioned
• Track the status and resolution of misconduct cases based on the current status information

Strengths

• Updated nightly, providing relatively current information
• Includes both citizen and employee-initiated complaints, offering multiple perspectives

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Data includes initial reports that may be subject to change, potentially affecting consistency

Provenance

Source

City of New Orleans

Collection Method

Complaints originated directly to NOPD or through the IPM, per NOPD Misconduct Complaint Intake and Investigation policy

Time Range

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Freshness

Updated nightly; last metadata update was 2026-03-22 02:53:26.013990

Geography

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA