I scraped local court records to find dirty cops

In plain words

This project involves scraping local court records to identify police officers with disciplinary issues or misconduct histories. It compiles publicly available legal data into a searchable resource for anyone interested in law enforcement accountability. The tool targets individuals researching officer backgrounds or those concerned with police conduct records in their jurisdictions. It makes court information that is already public more accessible and organized in one place.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

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Want to contribute to a larger project to collect this data from many more counties? https://www.reddit.com/r/DataPolice/wiki/how_to_contribute In the 2002 dystopian sci-fi film “Minority Report,” law enforcement can manage crime by “predicting” illegal behavior before it happens. While fiction, the plot is intriguing and contributes to the conversation on advanced crime-fighting technology. However, today’s world may not be far off. Data’s role in our lives and more accessibility to artificial intelligence is changing the way we approach topics such as research, real estate , and law enforcement. In fact, recent investigative reporting has shown that “ dozens of [American] cities ” are now…from lawsuit.org

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