This directory contains the data and code behind the story The Dallas Shooting Was Among The Deadliest For Police In U.S. History. The primary source of data is the Officer Down Memorial Page (ODMP), started in 1996 by a college student who is now a police officer and who continues to maintain the database.
File descriptions:
| File | Description |
|---|---|
scrape.R |
Scrapes data on the death of every officer tracked on ODMP |
all_data.csv |
Output of scrape.R |
clean.R |
Takes the data in all_data.csv, cleans it and formats the dates correctly, and tags every entry as human or canine. |
clean_data.csv |
Output of clean.R |
plot.R |
Summarizes police deaths by category and generates a plot similar to the one below |
