With the White House Police Data Initiative and other local and non-governmental projects in place, there are signs that transparency is coming to local police misconduct. Indianapolis has constructed the Police Open Data Census, a data portal that provides the public access to incident-level information that sets the stage for police-community dialogue. (Sunlight Foundation, October 25, 2016, by Emily Shaw)
President Barack Obama began the transparency push in 2014 with a study that resulted in the Police Data Initiative, and now 129 communities have responded to adopt open data policies and practices as a way to build community trust and accountability regarding police activity. (Sunlight Foundation, October 24, 2016, by Noel Isama)