DATA & THE POLICE

REFORM ORGANIZING
PROJECT
 HELLO!
We call ourselves the Data
Whizzes.
Nikhil Jain (Team Lead), Denver Blevins, Efe Alonge, and
Lexie Lehmann

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Did you know that, in the last year, the
NYPD made over 2 million arrests,
summonses, and stops?

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Because there is no centralized, transparent
data source for court monitoring in NYC,

how can we...

help PROP interns collect standardized,
interpretable data in court?

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Empathy Journey

Volunteer Volunteers All of the Interns input

Data is
Data is
recorders observe and filled-out forms data in a cleaned,
enter take notes by are given to an spreadsheet or visualized,
sorted,
courtroom hand intern database analyzed
totaled

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Empathy Journey

Volunteer Volunteers All of the Interns input

Data is
Data is
recorders observe and filled-out forms data in a cleaned,
enter take notes by are given to an spreadsheet or visualized,
sorted,
courtroom hand intern database analyzed
totaled

We identified two pain points. 6

 Volunteers
observe and
take notes by
hand

Prototype 1
and Testing

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Volunteers
observe and
take notes by Prototyping involved looking at data form best practices.
hand

Structure Field Labels and Input Feedback/Error Handling

Ordering for fields, Fields This is what happens when
appearance on the page, Describes what the something anomalous
and logical connection corresponding text field, happens. Think about a
between multiple fields. check box, or slider does. form that says “other” as a
final option.

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 Volunteers
observe and
take notes by
hand

Prototype 2

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Volunteers
observe and
take notes by Reference Sheet
hand
[TV] Traffic
Violation [IE] Indecent
Exposure
[DP] Drug
Possession [BA] Basic
+ An [PT] Petty Theft
Assault

improved [CI] Criminal

[Tr] Trespassing

volunteer Impersonation [Ot] Other

experience [PI] Public

Intoxication

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 Interns input
data in a
spreadsheet or
database

Prototype 1
and Testing

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 Interns input
data in a
spreadsheet or
database

Prototype 1
and Testing

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 Interns input
data in a
spreadsheet or
database

Prototype 2

Using Typeform, a
digital,
user-friendly form
for quick, precise
input.

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THANK YOU!
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