Dallas Police Active Calls

www.dallasopendata.com | Last Updated 7 Jul 2023

<b><p>Due to technical issues the Active Calls dataset may experience intermittent delays in automated data refreshing.</b></p> <b>Staff is actively monitoring the situation.</b> <p>The calls listed here are only those where the element assigned to the call has arrived and is currently working the call. It does not include any calls for service, whether currently being worked or not, that are not releasable due to privacy laws. </p>

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This dataset has the following 13 columns:

Column NameAPI Column NameData TypeDescriptionSample Values
Incident Numberincident_numbertextMaster incident number as it relates to the call (different from incident as it relates to an offense)
DivisiondivisiontextThe Largest of the police geographic areas ( 7 patrol divisions)
Nature of Callnature_of_calltextProblem type of call, for example loud music, burglary…etc.
PriorityprioritytextCalls are broken down to priority type 1-4,…. 1 being most urgent
Date_Timedate_timecalendar_dateDate and Time of the call
Datedatecalendar_dateCall Date
TimetimetextCall Time
Unit Numunit_numbertextResponding officers element (unit) number
BlockblocktextBlock number of address for the call
LocationlocationtextStreet name of address for call
BeatbeattextThe 2nd to smallest police geography (Beats are made of Reporting Areas)
Reporting Areareporting_areatextSmallest police geography which makes up all other police geographic areas (Beats, Sectors, Divisions)
StatusstatustextStatus of the call as it relates to the responding officers