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The Data Dashboard

Washington State Data Exchange for Public Safety

PLEASE NOTE:
The state Office of the Attorney General will determine the start day for law enforcement agencies to begin reporting the required data to WADEPS. Agencies will have 90 days to complete onboarding and comply.

Introduction

Powered by leading data analytics technology, the WADEPS dashboard will combine data from multiple sources to create visualizations centered on the use of force by officers and contextualized with data about community and agency characteristics and total police incidents.

Dashboard visitors will be able to create and review data stories about individual agencies, selected agencies, or all agencies in the state, and/or by regions (city, county, or state), such as:
  • Community characteristics
  • All incident call types
  • Agency compliance with the law
  • Rate of force for specific time periods
  • Rate of force by community characteristics
  • Rate of force by call type
  • Subject demographics (if known)
  • Officer demographics

About the Dashboard

Four tabs will provide four different ways to look at data provided to WADEPS by law enforcement agencies in Washington state.
Combines required use-of-force incident data with incident-based computer-aided dispatch (CAD) data for all calls for service. Default view is statewide. Enables users to draw insights by county, city, or agency over a selected time frame.

Data blocks include:
  • Top Row :
    Three statistics for Total Dispatches (CAD), Total Use-of-Force (UOF) Incidents, and the Rate of Force (ROF.)
  • Rate of Force (ROF):
    A horizontal bar chart showing ROF for agencies/counties/cities from highest to lowest. Hover over the chart to reveal options to switch to city view and/or select specific counties or cities to display.
  • Force Used by Month:
    Shows the monthly count of all incidents as a vertical bar chart overlayed with the average monthly ROF as a line graph.
  • Use-of-Force Statistics:
    Three blocks of statistics showing the average before force is used, the average number of officers present per use-of-force incident, and the percentage of use-of-force incidents within policy.
  • Use-of-Force Incidents by Call Type:
    A circle (pie) chart displaying the type of incident calls which resulted in a use of force.
  • Rate of Force by Agency:
    A heat map comparing agencies use of force over time.
An in-depth view of use-of-force incident data, CAD data for all calls for service, and contextual data (such as socio-economic demographics and agency characteristics).

Using drop-down controls above two side-by-side maps, users can select from four different views: Rate of Force by County, Rate of Force by City, Raw Count by County, and Raw County by City.

Left-side map: Rate of Force data

Right-side map: Contextual data
A single table containing available data for the filters selected by the user. This view provides the user with the most options for filtering data by agency, incident type, participants, etc.

The top half is a county-based heat map display of agencies reporting UOF data as of the date selected.

The data table below the map contains additional compliance information (data use agreement status, percentage of officers who have completed training, and other operational details).


The WADEPS data dashboard will be available no later than 90 days following the start date set by the state Office of the Attorney General for law enforcement agencies to begin reporting the required data to WADEPS. Agencies will have 90 days to complete onboarding and comply.

Side-by-side maps of the state of Washington above filtering options, all overlayed with the text "Sample".

Potential Data Lag

The data displayed and available for download will be the most accurate in the WADEPS system at the time and is subject to change.

Each agency may adhere to its own data upload cycle within the mandatory reporting window. As a result, there may be instances of data lag. For example, a reportable use of force occurring on March 1 may not appear for several weeks. Not only do agencies have 30 days to submit the required incident data to WADEPS, some additional time may be required for the verification process within the WADEPS Reporting Tool.

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