Baltimore launches public safety accountability dashboard

The City of Baltimore has launched its first Public Safety Accountability Dashboard.

The data tool aims to increase transparency and enable the public to better hold agencies accountable on their public safety efforts.

It includes a summary of crime statistics, a crime map, demographics, and data on arrests and outcomes, including individual case information. A ‘community violence intervention ecosystem’ map shows the location of Safe Streets sites, hospital- and school-based violence intervention programmes, victim services support providers, and more.
'Data-driven'
"Evaluation and accountability are central pillars of Baltimore's Comprehensive Violence Prevention Plan, because when...