Police data, standardized.
OpenPDI is an open-source effort to standardize and present data on police activity in the U.S. — to make it easier for journalists, researchers, and citizens to explore police-related data at the department, state, and national level.
Every data source we standardize, use, or present is freely available to the public.
Our source code, data, and website are all open source and available on GitHub.
Explore the data
Officer-involved shootings
Every fatal officer-involved shooting in the U.S. since 2015, from The Washington Post's database — searchable, and summarized by state.
Explore shootings →Use of force
Over 50,000 use-of-force incident reports standardized from the Police Data Initiative — why, how, and where officers use force.
Explore use of force →Create your own dataset
Get started with your own research using our open-source Python library to build a dataset from standardized PDI data. Learn more ↗
OpenPDI is an unofficial, open-source effort to document, standardize, and present data on police activity in the U.S. Data comes from public releases via the Police Data Initiative. Source ↗