Baltimore Police Department

Dataset: Citizen Complaints

Last Updated January 19, 2021

Fields included in this dataset and their definitions:

Field	Information
Id	A unique identifier for a given complaint. Complaints may contain multiple allegations, officers, and residents. When that is the case, there will be multiple rows of data for a single complaint.
Case Number	The case number of the complaint.
Service Type	The reason for the interaction that generated the complaint.
Incident Type	The type of the complaint; may be External Complaints, Internal Complaints, or Ethics.
Source	The individual or organization that made the complaint.
Occurred Date	The date the alleged incident took place.
Received Date	The date the complaint was received.
Completed Date	The date the investigation of the allegation was completed.
Assignment	The officer's assignment at the time of the incident; may be one of nine patrol districts, as well as several other assignments that have specific functions related to investigations, enforcement, and training.
Allegation	The allegation that was made in the complaint.
Disposition	The disposition of the complaint, if the investigation has been completed. May be Unfounded (the alleged misconduct did not occur or did not involve the subject officer), Sustained (the alleged misconduct did occur), Exonerated (the alleged conduct did occur but did not violate policies, procedures, or training), or Not Sustained (the investigation was unable to determine whether the alleged misconduct occurred).
Resident Identifier	An identifier for a resident, unique to a single complaint.
Resident Role	Whether this resident was a complainant (the person who filed the complaint) or a witness.
Resident Race	The resident's race.
Resident Sex	The resident's gender.
Resident Age	The resident's age at the time of the incident, if known.
Officer Identifier	A unique identifier for an individual officer.
Officer Race	The officer's race.
Officer Sex	The officer's gender.
Officer Age	The officer's age at the time of the incident.
Officer Years of Service	The number of years the officer had been employed by BPD at the time of the incident.