NEWS.md

In tor-gu/njoaguof: NJ OAG Use of Force data package

njoaguof 1.17.0

• Update to most recent dataset from NJ OAG: "NJOAG Use of Force Data Dashboard 10-01-20 to 10-31-24.dta"

njoaguof 1.16.0

• Update to most recent dataset from NJ OAG: "NJOAG Use of Force Data Dashboard 10-01-20 to 09-30-24.dta"

• Change to incident:

• New variable other_officer_involved

• New variable officer_in_uniform

• Change to subject:

• New variable injured

• New variable injured_prior

• Change to incident_contact_origin:

• New level Officer Dispatched

• Change to incident_planned_contact:

• New level No Knock Warrant

njoaguof 1.15.0

• Update to most recent dataset from NJ OAG: "NJOAG Use of Force Data Dashboard 10-01-20 to 05-31-23.dta"

• Change to incident_subject_force_type:

• New level "Intent to strike with a motor vehicle".

njoaguof 1.14.0

• Update to most recent dataset from NJ OAG: "NJOAG Use of Force Data Dashboard 10-01-20 to 04-30-23.dta"

njoaguof 1.13.0

• Update to most recent dataset from NJ OAG: "NJOAG Use of Force Data Dashboard 10-01-20 to 03-31-23.dta"

njoaguof 1.12.0

• Update to most recent dataset from NJ OAG: "NJOAG Use of Force Data Dashboard 10-01-20 to 02-28-23.dta"

njoaguof 1.11.0

• Update to most recent dataset from NJ OAG: "NJOAG Use of Force Data Dashboard 10-01-20 to 12-31-22.dta"

njoaguof 1.10.0

• Update to most recent dataset from NJ OAG: "NJOAG Use of Force Data Dashboard 10-01-20 to 11-30-22.dta"

njoaguof 1.9.0

• Update to use most recent dataset from NJ OAG: "NJOAG Use of Force Data Dashboard 10-01-20 to 10-31-22.dta"

njoaguof 1.8.0

• Updated to use most recent dataset from NJ OAG: "NJOAG Use of Force Data Dashboard 10-01-20 to 09-30-22.dta"

njoaguof 1.7.0

• Updated to use most recent dataset from NJ OAG: "NJOAG Use of Force Data Dashboard 10-01-20 to 08-31-22.dta"

njoaguof 1.6.0

• Updated to use most recent dataset from NJ OAG: "NJOAG Use of Force Data Dashboard 10-01-20 to 07-31-22.dta"

njoaguof 1.5.0

• Updated to use most recent dataset from NJ OAG: "NJOAG Use of Force Data Dashboard 10-01-20 to 06-30-22.dta"

njoaguof 1.4.0

• Updated to use most recent dataset from NJ OAG: "NJOAG Use of Force Data Dashboard 10-01-20 to 05-31-22.dta"

• Change to incident_subject_force_type:

• New level "CS Gas".

njoaguof 1.3.0

• Updated to use most recent dataset from NJ OAG: "NJOAG Use of Force Data Dashboard 10-01-20 to 04-30-22.dta"

• Changes in incident_subject_reason_not_arrested:

• New level "No Probable Cause- Subject Not Involved".

• Level "Insufficient Probable Cause -includes continuing investigation" changed to "Insufficient Probable Cause- includes continuing investigation". (The whitespace around the - changed. This reflects a change in the raw data, and is more consistent with the other levels.)

njoaguof 1.2.3

• Changed three agency names to agree with njoagleod v1.1.2:

• "Toms River Township" --> "Toms River Twp PD"

• "Hardyston Twp Police Dept" --> "Hardyston Twp PD"
• "Linden Police Department" --> "Linden PD"

njoaguof 1.2.2

• Changed agency "Park Police" to "New Jersey State Park Police", to agree with value in njoagleod v1.1.0.

njoaguof 1.2.1

• Use census values for "county" and "county subdivision" for agency_county, incident_municipality and incident_municipality_county. In particular, the county values "Other" and "NJSP" now map to NA.

• Change some values of agency_name to agree with values in NJOAGLEOD package.

njoaguof 1.2.0

• Updated to use most recent dataset from NJ OAG: "NJOAG Use of Force Data Dashboard 10-01-20 to 03-31-22.dta"
• New factor level "Kneeling on Chest, Back" in column force_type.
• New factor levels "Insufficient Probable Cause -includes continuing investigation" and "No Probable Cause- Crime Unfounded" in column reason_not_arrested.
• FIX to column force_type: Previous releases erroneously treated "Chokehold, Carotid artery restraint" as two separate types, ("Chokehold" and "Carotid artery restraint"). This has been corrected in this release.

njoaguof 1.1.1

• README updated.

njoaguof 1.1.0

• Updated to use most recent dataset from NJ OAG: "NJOAG Use of Force Data Dashboard 10-01-20 to 02-28-22.dta"

Changes due to changes in the underlying raw dataset:

• incident_date_2, on_behalf_of_last_name, on_behalf_of_first_name columns removed from table incident
• Table incident_subject_resistance added.
• New factor level "CED Spark Display" in column force_type.
• In table incident_subject_injury, the values in the index column have been shuffled.

Other changes

• In incident table, columns officer_race, officer_gender, and in subject table, columns race and gender: The value of "Not Provided" is now coded as NA.
• In incident_subject_xxx tables, the index column is now an integer.
• format.stata attributes introduced by haven have all been removed.

njoaguof 1.0.0

• Added a NEWS.md file to track changes to the package.
• First public release, based on file "NJOAG Use of Force Data Dashboard 10-01-20 to 01-31-22.dta".

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