Go to the FBI’s Crime Data Explorer (CDE :: Home (cloud.gov) https://crime-data-

Go to the FBI’s Crime Data Explorer (CDE :: Home (cloud.gov) https://crime-data-explorer.app.cloud.gov/pages/home
Scroll to the map and click on Washington state.
Under “Agency Select” type Spokane and select “Spokane Police Department”. Leave the “Location Select” and “Agency Select” as is.
Scroll to about halfway down the page (until you see “Summary Crime reported by the Spokane Police Department 2009-2019”).
Play around with the data on the site! Look at rates of various crimes, demographics, characteristics, etc. Check out the left sidebar to explore even more data on hate crimes, expanded crime data, and arrests in Spokane.
In >300 words (total, not per question), answer the following:
Choose a graph/report (such as the “Summary Crime” graph(s))–how are the numbers calculated? Does this explanation align with what you now know about crime measurement? Why/why not?
Is there anything about this data that surprises you, alarms you, pleases you (in other words, does anything stand out to you)? What is it/are they? Why does it/do they stand out?
Do you believe the data are accurate? Why/why not?
Imagine you are on the city council. How might you use this data to suggest crime policy(ies) for the city?