Other Accountability Resources
Below are some resources related to police accountability; OIG does not make any representation as to the accuracy of external web sites.
Reports
- Community Police Commission [Reports] - CPC Reports and Recommendations
- Community Police Commission [Meetings] - CPC meeting minutes
- Office of Police Accountability [Reports] - The reports page for OPA
- Seattle Police Monitor - All of the federal monitoring team's assessments of SPD can be found here, along with the original consent decree
Policing Data/Information
- SPD Crime Dashboard - SPD has an incredible amount of crime data publicly available, including by neighborhood
- SPD Blotter - SPD Seattle Crime News
- Police Foundation's Police Data Initiative - Compilation of police databases
- Washington Post Fatal Force - Data on police fatal shootings by year
- Fatal Encounters - A database of police shootings since 2000 maintained by D. Brian Burghart
- NACOLE civilian oversight agency directory - NACOLE is beginning to compile a national database of oversight agency characteristics
Legislation
- Police Accountability Ordinance - Ord. 125315 (all Council files)
- Ordinance 125315 - The actual ordinance
- Accountability Resolution - Res. 31753 companion resolution to Police Accountability Ordinance (all Council files)
- Resolution 31753 - The actual resolution
- Surveillance Ordinance - Ord. 125376 (all Council files), updating SMC Chapter 14.18
- SMC Chapter 14.12 - Collection of Information for Law Enforcement Purposes (police intelligence)
Other
- Seattle Municipal Archives: Police Accountability in Seattle - Exhibit, timeline, history, and bibliography