O'Reilly Radar has an interesting interview with Eric Gunderson of Development Seed on the Promise of Open Data. One of the projects Development Seed worked on is Stumblesafely which mashed-up bar locations with crime data to help Washington, D.C. area bar-goers pick the safest places to drink. Unfortunately, the mash-up shows there is no safe place to drink!
Being able to build these kinds of awareness tools with public data will objectively ground the conversation about the costs of safety for both the people and the police. They can both use the information to advocate for using money to an end that's success can be measured.
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