The lack reporting use of force by cops is a hot topic lately, and with good reason — it’s not helping ease the worries of citizens concerned with police brutality. Bayes Impact is a nonprofit that’s working on using tech to rebuild trust between the officers and citizens.
Through a partnership with California Department of Justice, Bayes just released a really cool platform and app called URSUS, which will make reporting these incidents really simple. The data will be synced up with an upcoming website called OpenJustice where all the info will be open source. It’s a big win for transparency. The idea is that the simpler it is, the more it will be used.
“We hope our approach will inspire other states and the country to act, and make critical police data, such as use of force, available to the public,” says Co-Founder and President, Eric Liu.
URSUS is launching in California, in tandem with a new bill that legally requires all 800 departments to report every incident. The Golden State is hoping to set a good example with URSUS so that it might catch the attention of the feds and become a nation-wide thing. That would be HUGE.
This is the first piece in a big puzzle for Bayes Impact . Their plan is to continue to develop new tech tools to help keep both our police and our communities safe. Peace and protection for all of us.
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