How Apps Can Prompt Police Departments to Release More Stats

Route Fifty: Foxtrot Code, an analytics software company, is compiling information many cities are releasing through the White House Police Data Initiative so developers can build apps increasing our understanding of crime in the United States.

The online analytics platform is free to use, though there’s a fee to list apps for sale, and already has data from 17 police jurisdictions and other sources like Twitter and The Weather Channel.

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