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Incident data is published on a nightly basis by the City of Pittsburgh. The quality of incident level data may improve over time, and data published on the open data portal will reflect these changes. The data is presented in two separate files on the open data portal. | Incident data is published on a nightly basis by the City of Pittsburgh. The quality of incident level data may improve over time, and data published on the open data portal will reflect these changes. The data is presented in two separate files on the open data portal. | ||
* The Blotter will contain only the previous thirty days of reported crimes.The initial incident data can often change in the month following the initial incident report.Records older than thirty days will be deleted from this file and valid incidents will be moved to the archived dataset.Appropriate use of this file includes notifying community members of recent incidents. | * The Blotter will contain only the previous thirty days of reported crimes.The initial incident data can often change in the month following the initial incident report. Records older than thirty days will be deleted from this file and valid incidents will be moved to the archived dataset.Appropriate use of this file includes notifying community members of recent incidents. | ||
* Once quality control and coding procedures have been run against the data by the Police Bureau, the data will then be published to the archived data file thirty days after the initial report. Data in the archived file will be of greater data quality and is the file most appropriate for reporting crime statistics. Data within this file is also subject to change. Archived data (2005-2015) is also being shared as part of this release. | * Once quality control and coding procedures have been run against the data by the Police Bureau, the data will then be published to the archived data file thirty days after the initial report. Data in the archived file will be of greater data quality and is the file most appropriate for reporting crime statistics. Data within this file is also subject to change. Archived data (2005-2015) is also being shared as part of this release. | ||