ADDED 5 SEP 2021: Contracts for 140 police departments

This dataset is Part 2 of a three-part series that pulls together data from several different sources regarding police-related violence and racial equity in the United States. The datasets currently include these types of data:

Part 1: Citizen deaths, police deaths, and other outcomes

• Police shootings
• Citizen fatalities involving police
• Police officer deaths suffered in the line of duty

**Part 2: Demographics, crime stats, protests, and other data

• Social and economic data
• Political leanings of citizens
• Sales of DoD equipment to law enforcement agencies
• City budgets
• Police department headcounts
• Police department policies and contract provisions
• Juvenile arrests by type of crime and race
• Crimes and arrests for the prime city in the four largest metro areas.
• Protest activity
• Police response
• Press activity
• Video clips of incidents

I don't believe that any amount of data can fully describe the social dysfunction we have. At the same time, I hope these datasets can be an objective source for providing thoughtful, fact-based analysis of this important issue.