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Charlottesville, VA 2023
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SUMMARY OF FINDINGS
This assessment analyzes policing data, along with demographic and crime data, to identify which policing practices show patterns of racial disparities, and what factors may be contributing to those disparities.
Charlottesville Police Department (CPD) joined CPE’s National Justice Database project in August 2020. CPD shared data with CPE in order to receive analyses intended to support community and law enforcement collaboration on data-informed efforts to enhance equity in public safety. This assessment analyzes data on use of force from Jan 1, 2017 – Dec 31, 2019 and calls for service and officer activity from Jan 1, 2015 – Dec 31, 2019. CPD provided some data on vehicle stops. However, data were limited to stops in which a citation was issued. CPD did not provide data on pedestrian stops during the assessment period.
USE OF FORCE
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NEXT STEPS TO REDUCE DISPARITIES
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OUR METHODOLOGY
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Funding for this platform was provided by Google.org, Players Coalition, Joyce Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, and Lyda Hill Philanthropies. Funding for development of the National Justice Database infrastructure and the original analytic plan upon which these analyses are based was provided by the National Science Foundation, under awards led by Principal Investigators Phillip Atiba Goff, Jack Glaser, Amanda Geller, Steven Raphael, and Amelia Haviland.
Suggested citation: Center for Policing Equity (2022). Charlottesville Police Department, VA. Justice Navigator, justicenavigator.org.
