Brief Overall Description of the Dataset:
James City County Police’s mission is to "perform our duties and fulfill our responsibilities of enforcing the law, preserving the peace, and providing police services so that it improves the quality of life for all citizens within our jurisdiction.
The area uses RAIDS online program to map data Exact address hidden. Data is available to York County too http://raidsonline.com/overview/help.html
Incident data can also be found here (no historical data available here): http://www.jamescitycountyva.gov/pdf/police/crime/Incidents.pdf
Link: http://www.jamescitycountyva.gov/police/index.html
http://raidsonline.com/?address=6440%20Centerville%20Rd,%20Williamsburg,%20VA%2023188
Date Inventory Completed: 8/11/2015
Screening
- Is the data collected opinion-based?
- Is the data collection recurring (must be collected at least annually)?
- Is there data available for 2013?
- Is the data collected at the property or housing unit level?
- Can we access the data by August 15th?
Purpose
What is the purpose of the organization collecting the data?
James City County PD’s purpose is to reduce the incidence of crime and improve the quality of life in the county.
Why is it collected and how does the organization use it?
The data is collected for internal administrative purpose, to report to national organizations, like the FBI, to help make informed decisions about preventing crime.
Who else uses the data?
Citizens, researchers, policymakers
Who do they sell the data to?
Commercial/non profit entities who repurpose the data to create their own databases or products.
Method
What is the data collection method?
Operator entry
What is the type of data collected?
Administrative Data
If designed, who created the questions?
What is the raw source of the collected data (prior to any aggregation)?
Police reports and CAD data
Description
What is the general topic of the data (1-2 words)?
Crime
What are the earliest and latest dates for which data is available?
Unknown. Initial search of RAIDS shows limited coverage for data going back to 2009
Is data collected and available periodically?
Yes
How soon after a reference period ends can a data source be prepared and provided?
Unknown (Last upload to RAIDS in available one dashboard)
Selectivity
What is the universe (e.g., population) that the data represents?
Incidents involving the police in James City County
Accessibility
- How is the data accessed?
Incident tracking: pdf
RAIDS: table that can be copied and pasted
- Is it open data?
Yes
Any legal, regulatory, or administrative restrictions on accessing the data source?
None stated
Cost? - One time or annual or project based payment?
Free
Does this dataset appear to meet our needs for the Census study? Maybe
Explanation: Questionable if we could get data through the online system in time. No exact location Would have to work with the police department themselves.