Bill > AB2524

This bill, known as the OpenJustice Data Act of 2016, aims to modernize how criminal justice data is collected, analyzed, and shared with the public in California. It requires the Department of Justice (DOJ) to make criminal statistics available through its OpenJustice Web portal, which will be updated at least annually, without increasing the reporting frequency for local agencies. The DOJ will also annually evaluate the transition from summary crime reporting to incident-based crime reporting, a more detailed method of collecting crime data, and report its progress to the Legislature through 2019. The bill also makes conforming changes to various laws to reflect these updates, including how "significant classes of stolen goods" are identified using the OpenJustice portal, how data on peace officer-involved shootings and use of force incidents is reported and displayed, and how information on hate crimes, identity theft, and homicide cases is made public. Additionally, it mandates that data related to the juvenile justice system be made available on the OpenJustice portal, and that the Racial and Identity Profiling Advisory Board (RIPA), a board established to combat racial profiling, analyze and report on complaint statistics and law enforcement training, with its findings also published on the OpenJustice portal.