Community Advisory Board and West Sacramento Police Department Partner to Set, Track Data with New Platform
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif., Oct. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Measures for Justice (MFJ), a nonprofit that develops tools to help communities reshape the criminal justice system, today kicked off a data transparency initiative with the West Sacramento Police Department (WSPD) and a Community Advisory Board (CAB). The partnership was created to establish shared policy goals and track police data using MFJ's public platform, Commons, a tool that makes it easier for local communities to get, track, and understand criminal justice data.
- The partnership was created to establish shared policy goals and track police data using MFJ's public platform, Commons, a tool that makes it easier for local communities to get, track, and understand criminal justice data.
- WSPD will become one of the first police departments in the country to deploy Commons and implement a new set of National Police Measures developed with input from community leaders and police experts nationwide.
- The West Sacramento Community Advisory Board includes ten local members with a diverse set of backgrounds, experiences, and voices who are committed to partnering with WSPD to discuss what data needs to be shared with the public and what policy goals need to be set.
- The West Sacramento CAB was created in 2022 and includes members like Marisela Romero and Andrea Van Cleave, who represent the Washington Unified School District and the West Sacramento Chamber of Commerce, respectively.