Police Officer Safety Technology and Crash Data from Six U.S. Agencies

A collection of data from six U.S. police agencies collected between 2013 and 2021, focusing on officer safety during emergency response. It includes response-to-call data, vehicle crash data, and officer survey and focus group feedback on in-vehicle technology interventions. The study used a mixed-methods approach involving four agencies in a technology intervention.

Use Cases

• Analyze response-to-call data to evaluate the impact of speed cap policies on call outcomes.
• Correlate vehicle crash data with agency driving policies to assess safety risks during emergency responses.
• Use post-intervention officer survey data to understand perceptions of in-vehicle technology enhancements.
• Examine pre-intervention focus group data to identify baseline officer concerns about technology use in patrol vehicles.

Strengths

• Data sourced from six police agencies across the United States, providing geographic distribution.
• Includes multiple data types: response-to-call, crash, survey, and focus group data for a mixed-methods analysis.
• Temporal coverage spans from 2013 to 2021, capturing longitudinal trends.

Limitations

• Focus group data (DS9) are noted as not currently available, limiting qualitative analysis.
• The dataset's sample size for qualitative components is limited (e.g., 31 officers participated in focus groups).
• Use and monitoring data from the commercial software interventions were not shared with researchers, creating data gaps.

Provenance

Source

ICPSR Harvested Dataverse

Collection Method

Mixed-methods research including analysis of agency crash and dispatch data, focus groups, and officer surveys.

Time Range

2013-2021

Freshness

Data covers up to 2021, with metadata last updated in 2026.

Geography

United States (six police agencies)