Officers engaged in police pursuits must continually balance the safety of the public and themselves against law enforcement's duty to apprehend law violators. Officers must discontinue a pursuit whenever circumstances indicate that continuation of the pursuit would be unsafe or when life or property is endangered. This dataset shows vehicle pursuit data provided to the California Highway Patrol.
This dataset has the following 36 columns:
| Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Description | Sample Values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OccurredDateTime | occurreddatetime | calendar_date | Incident occurrence date and time | 2020-11-11T00:10:00.000 2017-03-23T00:39:00.000 2021-02-19T23:08:00.000 2021-03-22T23:12:00.000 2016-01-09T21:43:00.000 view top 100 |
| Violation | violation | text | Violation reason for engaging in a pursuit | Felony Infraction Misdemeanor view top 100 |
| InfluencingFactor | influencingfactor | text | Alcohol Drugs Alcohol and drugs view top 100 | |
| Arrest | arrest | checkbox | Whether there was an arrest | false view top 100 |
| DUIArrest | duiarrest | checkbox | Whether there was a DUI arrest | false true view top 100 |
| Accident | accident | checkbox | Whether there was an accident | false true view top 100 |
| DamageType | damagetype | text | Type of damage from the accident | Citizen and suspect vehicles Suspect vehicle only Property only Citizen, suspect and police vehicles Suspect and police vehicles view top 100 |
| InjuryType | injurytype | text | Type of injury from the accident | None Suspect only Suspect and un-involved citizen(s) Un-involved citizen(s) view top 100 |
| DamagePolice | damagepolice | number | Total cost of damage to police vehicles | 0 1 6000 view top 100 |
| DamageParkedVehicle | damageparkedvehicle | number | Total cost of damage to other parked vehicles | 0 1000 20000 300 1500 view top 100 |
| DamageProperty | damageproperty | number | Total cost of damage to other property | 0 1000 5000 15000 1500 view top 100 |
| DamageSuspectVehicle | damagesuspectvehicle | number | Total cost of damage to suspect vehicles | 0 5000 10000 30000 1000 view top 100 |
| VehicleType | vehicletype | text | Type of suspect vehicle | Passenger Car SUV Pickup Truck Motorcycle Van view top 100 |
| Distance | distance | text | Total distance of pursuit | 1 to 2 miles Less than 1 mile 2.1 to 5 miles More than 15 miles 5.1 to 10 miles view top 100 |
| MaxSpeed | maxspeed | number | Maximum speed during pursuit | 60 80 120 90 110 view top 100 |
| OffenderAge | offenderage | number | 0 20 26 30 23 view top 100 | |
| OffenderSex | offendersex | text | Male Female Unknown view top 100 | |
| OffenderRace | offenderrace | text | Black Hispanic White Unknown view top 100 | |
| CopterAvailable | copteravailable | checkbox | Whether there was a helicopter available to assist | false true view top 100 |
| CopterUsed | copterused | checkbox | false true view top 100 | |
| AircraftAvailable | aircraftavailable | checkbox | Whether there was aircraft available to assist | false true view top 100 |
| AircraftUsed | aircraftused | checkbox | false true view top 100 | |
| Aborted | aborted | checkbox | Whether the pursuit was aborted | false true view top 100 |
| AbortedBy | abortedby | text | Involved officer(s) Supervisor Suspect Other agency view top 100 | |
| ConcludedBy | concludedby | text | Conclusion of the pursuit | Pursuit Aborted by Police Suspect Collision Suspect Vehicle Voluntarily Stopped Suspect Escaped on Foot Suspect Escaped in Vehicle view top 100 |
| StopDeviceUsed | stopdeviceused | checkbox | Whether a stop device was used | false true view top 100 |
| StopDevice | stopdevice | text | Type of stop device used | view top 100 |
| LocationBegan | locationbegan | text | Beat the pursuit began in | Beat 6 Beat 7 Beat 5 Beat 3 Beat 1 view top 100 |
| LocationEnded | locationended | text | Beat the pursuit ended in | Outside City Limits Beat 3 Beat 7 Beat 5 Beat 6 view top 100 |
| TotalTimeMinutes | totaltimeminutes | number | Total time of the pursuit in minutes | 1 2 3 5 4 view top 100 |
| Justified | justified | checkbox | Whether the pursuit was justified | true false view top 100 |
| WeatherCondition | weathercondition | text | Clear Raining Cloudy view top 100 | |
| InitiatedByAgency | initiatedbyagency | text | Which agency initiated the pursuit | Richmond PD Contra Costa Sheriff San Pablo PD CA Highway Patrol view top 100 |
| ConcludedByAgency | concludedbyagency | text | Which agency concluded the pursuit | Richmond PD CA Highway Patrol Contra Costa Sheriff Solano Sheriff El Cerrito PD view top 100 |
| WorkGroup | workgroup | text | Which Richmond Police Department team/group was involved in the pursuit | Team 6 Team 3 Team 5 Team 4 Team 2 view top 100 |
| AssociatedOfficerCount | associatedofficercount | number | Number of officers involved/associated with the pursuit | 1 2 3 4 5 view top 100 |