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Identifying Racial Bias in Policing Practices: Open Data Policing

Identifying Racial Bias in Policing Practices: Open Data Policing

Colin Copeland

North Carolina developers and civil rights advocates used demographic data from nearly 20,000,000 unique NC traffic stops in the state to create a digital tool for identifying race-based policing practices: https://opendatapolicingnc.com/. Come learn more about the technology used (Python/Django) and how they're expanding into the state of Maryland.

PyData Carolinas 2016

Case Study from North Carolina: Identifying Racial Bias in Policing Practices

Case Study from North Carolina: Identifying Racial Bias in Policing Practices

Colin Copeland & Ian Mance - SCSJ

NC developers and civil rights advocates used demographic data from traffic stops to create a digital tool for identifying race-based policing practices. Learn more about how they are using it to challenge court procedure.

Code for America Summit 2015

OpenBlock: Overview & Initial Experience

OpenBlock: Overview & Initial Experience

Colin Copeland & Karen Tracey

OpenBlock is an open-source project aiming to provide a framework for "hyper-local" civic data. This talk provides an overview of OpenBlock, how to get started using it, and some extensions we have made to it.

DjangoCon 2012

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