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    Police Accountability Misconduct Cases and Allegations

    Metadata Updated: February 8, 2026

    A. SUMMARY This dataset contains public information on police misconduct cases split up by unique allegations. This includes case numbers, dates of receipt, incident locations, police districts involved, allegations made, investigation findings, issuance dates of findings, and case closure dates. Its purpose is to enhance transparency and accountability by providing accessible details about alleged misconduct to the public. By offering insights into the scope and outcomes of investigations, it enables citizens to stay informed about incidents in their communities, fostering trust and facilitating discussions on police accountability and reform efforts. Access to this dataset empowers individuals to monitor the progress of cases and engage in constructive dialogue to promote positive change in law enforcement practices.

    B. HOW THE DATASET IS CREATED The data set is created when a complaint is made to DPA. DPA opens the case and date is developed through out the life of the case.

    C. UPDATE PROCESS The data is downloaded once a week from DPA’s Case Management System.

    D. HOW TO USE THIS DATASET The dataset includes information on complaints received and closed in the current calendar year. Some cases will display received dates in previous years due to them being closed out in the current year.

    E. RELATED DATASETS

  • Police Accountability Misconduct Cases and Allegations

    • Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. Non-Federal: This dataset is covered by different Terms of Use than Data.gov. License: See this page for license information.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date March 29, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date February 8, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from SFO JSON

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date March 29, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date February 8, 2026
    Publisher data.sfgov.org
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://data.sfgov.org/api/views/b4we-97wx
    Data First Published 2024-10-28
    Data Last Modified 2026-02-06
    Category City Management and Ethics
    Public Access Level public
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://data.sfgov.org/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id 69353d62-2b8e-4e0e-be58-529438289023
    Harvest Source Id 8507fa43-f429-4095-b732-2177330ce485
    Harvest Source Title SFO JSON
    Homepage URL https://data.sfgov.org/d/b4we-97wx
    License http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/pddl/1.0/
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash e98aeffa82d110f4cb5c63f4c9b35d93e56d378548ee14468574925e7900c3c5
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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