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Animal Control Incidents
data.brla.gov | Last Updated 2024-10-09T11:05:21.000ZIncidents responded to by the Baton Rouge Animal Control and Rescue Center (ACRC). ACRC is responsible for carrying out duties related to animal-related situations, including: administering the anti-rabies vaccination, licensing, and tag program; investigating animal cruelty incidents; investigating dog fighting; resolving dangerous animal situations; rescuing injured animals; investigating abandoned animal cases; investigating occult, animal sacrifice, and bestiality cases; resolving stray animal situations; enforcing the leash law and owned animal problems; assisting law enforcement with narcotics, evictions, and DWI cases; enforcing barking dog cases; inspecting dog yards/pens; chaining or tethering compliance; assisting animal welfare groups with feral interventions; and conducting educational programs. As many of the incidents included within this data set involve active cases that are currently under investigation and computerized system limitations do not allow for automated screening of open/closed cases, the identity of animal owners is redacted to protect the privacy of the animal owner. Members of the public interested in the identity of a specific incident may contact ACRC directly to inquire about the incident and, if it is closed, ACRC will release a copy of the file to the person requesting it. However, location data regarding where the incident was reported or occurred is included within this data set, which may or may not be the same location as the animal owner's home or property. In addition, to protect the identity of the complainant (person filing the complaint or alerting ACRC to a potential incident), only the complainant's street name is included as part of this data set. Finally, while all incidents are updated on a daily basis, incidents involving animal cruelty are updated based on a rolling 30-day delay to allow for ACRC to investigate the incident and make a determination as to the validity of the cruelty complaint.
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Open Checkbook BR
data.brla.gov | Last Updated 2024-10-09T11:08:58.000ZDataset used to support the Open Checkbook BR web portal (http://checkbook.brla.gov). This data set contains department level City-Parish spending. Some expenditures are not included as they are not tied to a particular department. In an effort to protect certain information telephone numbers and account numbers are masked with X's. Also, the Check Number field only includes the last 4 digits of the check number. To see all expenditures please visit the City-Parish Expenditures data set (https://data.brla.gov/Government/City-Parish-Expenditures/vwa8-ps2a)
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City-Parish Expense Budget
data.brla.gov | Last Updated 2024-10-09T11:16:06.000ZThe operating budget portion of Open Budget BR allows users to drill down into spending categories such as department-level and service-specific budgets. Browse the budget based on the fund or department and drill down to each spending category to better understand departmental expenses and revenue sources along with budgeted versus actual expenses incurred throughout the year, which can be viewed in greater detail at checkbook.brla.gov.
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City-Parish Revenue Budget
data.brla.gov | Last Updated 2024-10-09T11:16:18.000ZThe City-Parish operating budget is supported by various revenue streams such as sales/use and property taxes, fees that range from occupational licenses to sewer user fees, bond sales, interagency transfers, and more. Projected revenues are used to responsibly develop the City-Parish budget each year with actual revenues collected throughout the year used to deliver critical services, programs, and projects to Baton Rouge residents.
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Legacy Baton Rouge Police Crime Incidents
data.brla.gov | Last Updated 2023-09-08T00:06:46.000Z***On January 1, 2021, the Baton Rouge Police Department switched to a new reporting system. This dataset contains data starting on 1/1/2011 through 12/31/2020. For data from 1/1/2021 onward, please visit: https://data.brla.gov/Public-Safety/Baton-Rouge-Police-Crime-Incidents/pbin-pcm7 Crimes reported in Baton Rouge and handled by the Baton Rouge Police Department. Crimes include Burglaries (Vehicle, Residential and Non-residential), Robberies (Individual and Business), Theft, Narcotics, Vice Crimes, Assault, Nuisance, Battery, Firearm, Homicides, Criminal Damage to Property, Sexual Assaults and Juvenile. In order to protect the privacy of sexual assault victims and juvenile victims, these incidents are not geocoded and will not be mapped. Please see the disclaimer in the Attachments section of the About page.
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Baton Rouge Fire Incidents
data.brla.gov | Last Updated 2024-03-23T11:02:05.000ZEmergency calls responded to by the Baton Rouge Fire Department.
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Open Checkbook BR Logo - Large
data.brla.gov | Last Updated 2018-04-22T17:06:29.000ZOpen Checkbook BR logo in standard colors
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Legacy Purchase Orders
data.brla.gov | Last Updated 2023-05-16T19:23:15.000Z***On September 15, 2017, the City-Parish switched to a new system to track all purchase order processing. This dataset contains data through 9/14/2017. For data from 9/15/2017 onward visit: https://data.brla.gov/Government/Purchase-Orders-and-Contracts/2ung-w7t4 Listing of all purchase orders issued to procure goods and/or services within City-Parish. In the City-Parish Purchasing system, a purchase order (PO) is made up of two components: a header and one or many detail items that comprise the overarching PO. The header contains information that pertains to the entire PO. This includes, but is not limited to, the total amount of the PO, the department requesting the purchase and the vendor providing the goods or services. The detail item(s) contain information that is specific to the individual item ordered or service procured through the Purchase Order. The item/service description, item/service quantity and the cost of the item is located within the Purchase Order details. There may be one or many detail items on an individual Purchase Order. For example, a Purchase Order for a computer equipment may include three items: the computer, the monitor and the base software package. Both header information and detail item information are included in this dataset in order to provide a comprehensive view of the purchase order data. The Record Type field indicates whether the record is a header record (H) or detail item record (D). In the computer purchase example from above, the system would display 4 records – one header record and 3 detail item records. It should be noted header information will be duplicated on all detail items. No detail item information will be displayed on the header record.
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Baton Rouge Annexation History
data.brla.gov | Last Updated 2022-10-21T14:12:00.000ZThis dataset depicts the expansion of the Baton Rouge city limits from 1817 to the present. All individual annexations since 1949 are depicted as well as select snapshots of the city boundary dating back to the original incorporation of the city of Baton Rouge.
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Legacy Crime Type Comparison Chart
data.brla.gov | Last Updated 2022-03-09T19:16:33.000ZCrimes reported in Baton Rouge and handled by the Baton Rouge Police Department. Crimes include Burglaries (Vehicle, Residential and Non-residential), Robberies (Individual and Business), Theft, Narcotics, Vice Crimes, Assault, Nuisance, Battery, Firearm, Homicides, Criminal Damage to Property, Sexual Assaults and Juvenile. In order to protect the privacy of sexual assault victims and juvenile victims, these incidents are not geocoded and will not be mapped. Please see the disclaimer in the Attachments section of the About page.