Vermont State Police Officer Involved Shootings (1977-Present)

DISCLAIMER: This dataset only include cases that have been officially closed with a final court disposition made on the legality of the shooting. This dataset should not be compared to other similar datasets as they often use sources such as news reports, public records, and social media posts that unofficial and unverified.

SUMMARY: This dataset contains information related to officer involved shootings reported by the Vermont State Police (VSP) between 1977 and the previous year. These data are collected by the VSP investigative unit on a case-by-case basis. This particular dataset is made available in an effort to highlight and address both concerns of officer involved shootings. Should you have questions about this dataset, you may contact Scott Waterman at the Vermont State Police (802-241-5312 | scott.waterman@vermont.gov). To access a summary page of this dataset, select the “About” tab on the right side of this page and scroll down to the attachments and click on the PDF document.

Querying over HTTP

Splitgraph serves as an HTTP API that lets you run SQL queries directly on this data to power Web applications. For example:

curl https://data.splitgraph.com/sql/query/ddn \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d@-<<EOF
{"sql": "
    SELECT *
    FROM \"vermont-gov/vermont-state-police-officer-involved-shootings-du86-kfnp\".\"vermont_state_police_officer_involved_shootings\"
    LIMIT 100 
"}
EOF

See the Splitgraph documentation for more information.