Police Alcohol Violations with Demographic and Temporal Detail

Daily updated records of individuals with alcohol-related offenses, as reported by the Montgomery County of Maryland police. The dataset includes demographic attributes such as Age, Race, Ethnicity, and Gender, alongside administrative details like District, Division, and Bureau. Event Date/Time columns suggest the data can be analyzed as a time series to track trends in enforcement.

Use Cases

• Analyzing temporal trends in alcohol violations using Event Date/Time
• Investigating demographic disparities in enforcement using Age, Race, Ethnicity, and Gender
• Mapping enforcement activity by administrative jurisdiction using District and Division
• Tracking case volume and individual records using the ID column

Strengths

• Daily update frequency ensures the data is frequently refreshed
• Presence on multiple platforms (Socrata, Data.gov) suggests official dissemination and importance
• Contains specific demographic and administrative columns for detailed analysis

Limitations

• Conflicting 'last updated' dates between sources (2026-05-29 vs 2024-04-12)
• Key metadata such as row count, total size, and license information is missing from all sources
• The description is identical across platforms, indicating a potential lack of detailed documentation

Provenance

Source

Montgomery County of Maryland

Collection Method

Likely collected from police records of alcohol-related offenses.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-29 08:58:38 according to Socrata

Geography

Montgomery County, Maryland, USA