New Orleans Police Misconduct Complaint Records

Over 20 columns detail allegations against officers, including complainant demographics, incident types, and investigation outcomes. The New Orleans Police Department provides this data, which is updated nightly to reflect the most current status of reports.

Use Cases

• Analyze disparities in complainant demographics (Complainant Ethnicity, Complainant Gender, Complainant Age) relative to incident outcomes (Disposition).
• Model investigation timelines using Date Complaint Occurred, Date Complaint Received by NOPD, and Date Complaint Investigation Complete.
• Identify patterns in allegations by cross-referencing Incident Type, Rule Violation, and Officer years of service.
• Assess case volume and status by filtering on Investigation status and Complaint classification.

Strengths

• Contains over 20 structured columns for detailed analysis of complaint attributes.
• Nightly updates ensure data reflects current investigation status.

Limitations

• Unknown row count prevents assessment of statistical significance.
• Initial reports may be subject to change per the review process, introducing potential label noise.
• Geographic coverage is limited to the jurisdiction of the New Orleans Police Department.

Provenance

Source

New Orleans Police Department via data.nola.gov.

Collection Method

Complaints originated by citizens directly to NOPD or through the IPM, or by NOPD employees, per department policy.

Freshness

Updated nightly.

Geography

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.