This dataset reflects incidents of a vehicle or pedestrian being stopped by the Los Angeles Police Department in the City of Los Angeles dating back to 2010. This data is transcribed from original stop reports that are typed on paper and therefore there may be some inaccuracies within the data. This data is as accurate as the data in the database. Please note questions or concerns in the comments. This dataset is part of the Police Data Initiative (https://www.policedatainitiative.org/). For questions, contact the dataset owner or leave a comment.
This dataset has the following 16 columns:
| Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Description | Sample Values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop Number | stop_nbr | text | A unique identifier for the event record. | 13895713 13895764 13896435 13896436 13896437 view top 100 |
| Form Reference Number | form_ref_nbr | text | The Form Reference Number. | 30486471 30486500 30486544 30486609 30486622 view top 100 |
| Sex Code | persn_gender_cd | text | F - Female M - Male T - Transgender Man W - Transgender Woman C - Nonconforming | M F view top 100 |
| Descent Code | persn_descent_cd | text | Descent Code: A - Other Asian B - Black C - Chinese D - Cambodian F - Filipino G - Guamanian H - Hispanic/Latin/Mexican I - American Indian/Alaskan Native J - Japanese K - Korean L - Laotian O - Other P - Pacific Islander S - Samoan U - Hawaiian V - Vietnamese W - White X - Unknown Z - Asian Indian | W O H B A view top 100 |
| Descent Description | descent_desc | text | Defines the Descent Code provided. | WHITE OTHER HISPANIC BLACK ASIAN view top 100 |
| Stop Date | stop_dt | calendar_date | MM/DD/YYYY | 2014-01-01T00:00:00 2017-12-02T00:00:00 view top 100 |
| Stop Time | stop_tm | text | In 24 hour military time. | 22:30 18:58 21:41 23:24 21:23 view top 100 |
| Officer 1 Serial Number | ofcr1_serl_nbr | text | The unique employee identifier assigned to each sworn officer within LAPD. | 51496 50921 49169 49618 52324 view top 100 |
| Officer 1 Division Number | ofcr1_div_nbr | text | The LAPD has 21 Community Police Stations referred to as Geographic Areas within the department. These Geographic Areas are sequentially numbered from 1-21. This is the division to which Officer 1 belonged. | 01 26 05 07 18 view top 100 |
| Division Description 1 | div1_desc | text | The 21 Geographic Areas or Patrol Divisions are also given a name designation that references a landmark or the surrounding community that it is responsible for. For example 77th Street Division is located at the intersection of South Broadway and 77th Street, serving neighborhoods in South Los Angeles. | CENTRAL VALLEY TRAFFIC HARBOR WILSHIRE SOUTH EAST view top 100 |
| Officer 2 Serial Number | ofcr2_serl_nbr | text | The unique employee identifier assigned to each sworn officer within LAPD. | 54301 51252 44652 16850 23918 view top 100 |
| Officer 2 Division Number | ofcr2_div_nbr | text | The LAPD has 21 Community Police Stations referred to as Geographic Areas within the department. These Geographic Areas are sequentially numbered from 1-21. This is the division to which Officer 2 belonged. | 01 26 05 07 18 view top 100 |
| Division Description 2 | div2_desc | text | The 21 Geographic Areas or Patrol Divisions are also given a name designation that references a landmark or the surrounding community that it is responsible for. For example 77th Street Division is located at the intersection of South Broadway and 77th Street, serving neighborhoods in South Los Angeles. | CENTRAL VALLEY TRAFFIC HARBOR WILSHIRE SOUTH EAST view top 100 |
| Reporting District | rpt_dist_nbr | text | A four-digit code that represents a sub-area within a Geographic Area. All stop records reference the "RD" that it occurred in for statistical comparisons. Find LAPD Reporting Districts on the LA City GeoHub at http://geohub.lacity.org/datasets/c4f83909b81d4786aa8ba8a74a4b4db1_4 | 1862 0235 1654 1342 1347 view top 100 |
| Stop Type | stop_type | text | Either Vehicle (VEH) or Pedestrian (PED). | VEH PED view top 100 |
| Post Stop Activity Indicator | post_stop_actv_ind | text | Identifies whether there was further activity after the stop was made. | Y N view top 100 |