Dispatch and Crime Report Data Extracts
Dispatch (CAD) Data Extracts
The Sacramento Police Department provides downloadable Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) data extracts. A CAD system is a highly specialized system that uses telecommunications and geographic display to support police dispatch and response functions. The Police Department's CAD system provides mission critical mapping capabilities for the 911 call center.
The files available through the Open Date Portal for Dispatch (CAD) Data represent annual calls for service received by the Sacramento Police Department for the current year-to-date and (5) five continuous years of archives. Visit the City of Sacramento Open Data Portal list to view these data sets.
Crime Report (RMS) Data Extracts
The Sacramento Police Department provides downloadable Records Management System (RMS) data extracts. An RMS is the specialized computer system utilized to secure and maintain all criminal intelligence and related reports generated by the department. The data extracts will contain all types of crime reports as well as reports where only information was gathered which did not meet a criminal threshold, such as vehicle collisions, information reports and health/medical related reports.
The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program is part of a nationwide, cooperative statistical effort administered by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). In the 1920s, the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) envisioned the need for statistics on crime in our nation. A voluntary national data collection effort was developed and initiated in 1930 and is the basis of the current UCR program. This data is used in law enforcement administration, operation and management, as well as to indicate the fluctuations in the level of crime throughout America.
The files available through the Open Data Portal for Crime Data represent annual calls for service which generated a report by the Sacramento Police Department for the current year-to-date and (5) five continuous years of archives. Visit the City of Sacramento Open Data Portal list to view these data sets.
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