Some key findings from the assessment are displayed below. These findings are described and explained in detail in the tabbed sections found at the top of this page. When viewing specific findings in each tab, readers can click the captions to filter results and scroll through supporting analyses to learn how we arrived at a finding.
Richmond, CA 2023
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.
The vast majority of law enforcement agencies in the United States do not choose to share their policing data publicly or receive independent analyses of these data. Justice Navigator Assessments examine data from law enforcement agencies that voluntarily partnered with CPE to receive standardized analyses that put policing data to work and serve as a starting point for addressing the kinds of racial disparities that persist in policing across the country. Communities can’t improve their public safety systems without identifying opportunities to do so; CPE commends Richmond Police Department (RPD) for partnering with us to take this first step in addressing racial disparities in their policing.
RPD joined CPE’s National Justice Database project in November 2020. RPD shared data with CPE in order to receive analyses intended to support community and law enforcement collaboration on data-informed efforts to advance equitable outcomes in policing and public safety. This assessment analyzes use of force data from 2019 – 2022, traffic and non-traffic stop data from 2022, and calls for service and officer-initiated activity data from 2019 – 2022.
USE OF FORCE
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TRAFFIC STOPS
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NON-TRAFFIC STOPS
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CALLS FOR SERVICE AND OFFICER ACTIVITY
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NEXT STEPS TO REDUCE DISPARITIES
Our resources can help communities and law enforcement agencies assess solutions and take action to reduce racial disparities in policing and design more equitable public safety systems.
OUR METHODOLOGY
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This platform has been generously supported to drive meaningful change by Ballmer, Google.org, Joyce Foundation, Lyda Hill Philanthropies, NextEra, Players Coalition, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, TED, and Valhalla. 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 (2023). Richmond Police Department. Justice Navigator, justicenavigator.org.
