OpenOversight VA: The Police Data Project
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Mission
OpenOversightVA.org is Virginia's first and only police transparency database. We maintain searchable records on over 27,000 Virginia police officers and sheriff's deputies from more than 290 law enforcement agencies. We index incidents of civilian complaints, archive body camera footage, and collect and publicize documents obtained through hundreds of volunteers' Freedom of Information Act requests.
Ruling year
2023
Principal Officer
Alice Minium
Co Principal Officer
Kevin Finity
Main address
701 E Franklin St Ste 105 # 1141
Richmond, VA 23219 USA
EIN
93-1612195
NTEE code
Interdisciplinary Research (V30)
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Searchable Officer Database
We maintain a public, searchable database of over 27,000 law enforcement employees in Virginia. Through hundreds of regular Virginia Freedom of Information Act requests, we obtain employee rosters from over 290 agencies. We convert this information into officer profiles which can be accessed and searched for by the public at openoversightva.org/search (with name) or openoversightva.org/find (if name unknown).
Officers are listed with names, job titles, and salaries. Many officer entries include dates of hire, badge numbers, racial demographic category, gender demographic category, unit of assignment, previous departments, and photos. Some officer profiles include links to indexed incidents of alleged misconduct or complaints via public information we crowdsource from legal filings, body camera footage, news articles, and public records requests.
We update and add to the database regularly.
General Orders & Policy Manual Collection
We've collected and publish policy manuals for local police departments and sheriff's offices in over 100 localities. Many of these documents have never been released and most were not previously public. We want people to have access to information about how their local law enforcement agency works.
Where we work
External reviews
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of requests for data
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Searchable Officer Database
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of press articles published
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of attorney volunteers
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Context - describing the issue we work on
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of letters demanding government cease unlawful behavior
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Total dollars received in contributions
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Searchable Officer Database
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Decreasing
Number of external speaking requests for members of the organization
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of organizations accessing technical assistance offerings
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of overall donors
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Searchable Officer Database
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Decreasing
Number of training workshops
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Searchable Officer Database
Type of Metric
Context - describing the issue we work on
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of civil litigation matters handled
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Searchable Officer Database
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Total number of volunteer hours contributed to the organization
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of conference attendees
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Other - describing something else
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Number of grants received
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We act on the feedback we receive
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
We don’t have the right technology to collect and aggregate feedback efficiently, It is difficult to find the ongoing funding to support feedback collection
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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OpenOversight VA: The Police Data Project
Board of directorsas of 10/19/2023
Alice Minium
Kevin Finity
Bryan Davis
Jimmie Lee Jarvis
Atticus Johnson
Kristopher Goad
Bananabelle Kolb
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Not applicable -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Not applicable -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Not applicable
Organizational demographics
Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.
Leadership
The organization's leader identifies as:
The organization's co-leader identifies as:
Race & ethnicity
Gender identity
Sexual orientation
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Disability
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Equity strategies
Last updated: 10/19/2023GuideStar partnered with Equity in the Center - an organization that works to shift mindsets, practices, and systems to increase racial equity - to create this section. Learn more
- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
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