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