(FOX40.COM) — On Wednesday night, the West Sacramento Police Department unveiled a new transparency tool for residents called Commons. It gives the public direct access to criminal justice data in West Sacramento.
The Commons website shares relevant crime statistics and long-term trends in West Sacramento. WSPD is working with the national non-profit Measures for Justice and has been guided by a community advisory board. It’s the first of its kind in Northern California, a resource WSPD hopes will build community trust.
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“It allows us to come together in that commonality around that objective information and not demote somebody’s personal experience, but be able to contextualize it within that data,” said WSPD Chief Robert Strange.
Here’s how to access Commons:
- Go to measuresforjustice.org
- Click on What We Do
- Then Click Commons
- Scroll down and click on California , under Where Commons is helping communities today
- Finally, click EXPLORE under West Sacramento, CA
The top of the Commons dashboard features three tabs, including policy goal, police data, and city information…