Stop Incidents Field Contact 2012 to 2017

<div style='text-align:Left;'><div><div><p><span>When a non-forcible stop is conducted, MPD officers may document it on a field contact report instead of an incident report. A field contact report is also used to record general contact with a citizen. This dataset only captures the field contact type where the officer has indicated it is a stop by classifying it as a “pedestrian stop”, “vehicle stop”, or “bicycle stop.”A “stop” is a temporary detention of a person for the purpose of determining whether probable cause exists to arrest a person. A “frisk” is a limited protective search on a person to determine the presence of concealed weapons and/or dangerous instruments.</span></p><p><span>The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) upgraded its records management system in 2012 and 2015. During each implementation, data collection processes may have changed. For example:</span></p><p><span>- The date field for field contact reports prior to January 2, 2012 was not migrated to the current record management system. As a result, tens of thousands of records carry a date of January 1, 2012. Therefore, MPD is unable to provide field contact data prior to January 2, 2012.</span></p><p><span>- With the implementation of the most recent RMS in 2015, MPD began collecting race and ethnicity data according to the United States Census Bureau standards (https://www.census.gov/topics/population/race/about.html). As a result, Hispanic, which was previously categorized under the Race field, is currently captured under Ethnicity. </span></p><p><span>Race and ethnicity data are based on officer observation, which may or may not be accurate. Individuals are not required to provide their date of birth and/or age; therefore, there may be blank and/or unknown ages.</span></p><p><a href='https://mpdc.dc.gov:443/stopdata' target='_blank' style='text-decoration:underline;' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'><span>https://mpdc.dc.gov/stopdata</span></a></p></div></div></div>

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