Cincinnati Police Traffic Stops With Subject Demographics And Outcomes

Daily updated records of traffic stops conducted by the Cincinnati Police Department. The dataset includes the time of incident, officer assignment, demographic details of the subject (RACE, SEX, AGE_RANGE_CID), and the outcome of the stop (ACTIONTAKENCID, DISPOSITION_TEXT). Data is collected via officer-completed Contact Cards as part of the Collaborative Agreement and is published by the City of Cincinnati's Office of Performance and Data Analytics.

Use Cases

• Analyzing disparities in stop outcomes (DISPOSITION_TEXT, ACTIONTAKENCID) by subject demographics (RACE, AGE_RANGE_CID, SEX).
• Mapping the geographic distribution of traffic stops using geocoded coordinates (LATITUDE_X, LONGITUDE_X) and neighborhood fields (CPD_NEIGHBORHOOD, SNA_NEIGHBORHOOD).
• Modeling the likelihood of specific actions (ACTIONTAKENCID) based on incident features like time (INTERVIEW_DATE), officer assignment (OFFICER_ASSIGNMENT), and vehicle details (VEHICLE_MAKE, VEHICLE_YEAR).
• Tracking temporal patterns in stop frequency and types (INCIDENT_TYPE_DESC) by police district (DISTRICT) or beat (BEAT).
• Joining records on INTERVIEW_NUMBER to analyze stops involving multiple subjects or outcomes.

Strengths

• Includes detailed demographic fields (RACE, SEX, AGE_RANGE_CID) and stop outcomes (ACTIONTAKENCID, DISPOSITION_TEXT) for analysis.
• Enhanced with administrative geography (neighborhoods, police districts, community councils) and daily updates ensure recency.
• Provides a unique identifier (INTERVIEW_NUMBER) for linking all records from a single traffic stop.

Limitations

• Addresses are anonymized (ADDRESS_X ends with 'XX') and coordinates (LATITUDE_X, LONGITUDE_X) are randomly skewed, limiting precise location analysis.
• Sample size and potential class imbalances in outcome or demographic categories are unknown without row count data.

Provenance

Source

Cincinnati Police Department

Collection Method

Officers record traffic stops involving motor vehicles via Contact Cards.

Freshness

Updated daily.

Geography

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA