lucyparsons/OpenOversight

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Police oversight and accountability through public data 👮

Stars: 256
Forks: 81
Open beginner issues: 0
Indexed issues: 112

Dominant language: Python
License: GPL-3.0
Last GitHub push: Mar 11, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
Contributing guide: No contributing guide
Code of conduct: Code of conduct
Beginner labels: help wanted good first issue
PR merge metrics: No merged PRs in 30d

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112 open issues indexed

Support cross-agency identifier field such as for the California POST id Open

lucyparsons/OpenOversight#1148 · 2 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Jan 16, 2025
Allow bulk upload of officer images for LAPD Open

lucyparsons/OpenOversight#1147 · 2 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Jan 16, 2025
"Clear Filters" Button Resets User's Page Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 35/100

lucyparsons/OpenOversight#1079 · 1 comment · Opened Dec 27, 2023
Determine standard model scheme Open

tech debt

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

lucyparsons/OpenOversight#1012 · Opened Aug 6, 2023
`allegations` table addition for `incidents` Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

lucyparsons/OpenOversight#983 · 8 comments · Opened Jul 23, 2023
Accessibility Review Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

lucyparsons/OpenOversight#932 · Opened Jun 26, 2023
Improve /department/id search view for mobile Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

lucyparsons/OpenOversight#931 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 26, 2023
Add security policy Open

lucyparsons/OpenOversight#922 · 2 comments · 1 assignee · Opened May 11, 2023
LAPD Data Source Inqury Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 20/100

lucyparsons/OpenOversight#919 · Opened May 1, 2023
CSV Import improvements Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

lucyparsons/OpenOversight#866 · Opened May 4, 2021
Aligned project: PDAP, Police Data Accessibility Project Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 15/100

lucyparsons/OpenOversight#861 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 16, 2021
Fix all issues with image formats & add tests Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

lucyparsons/OpenOversight#847 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 27, 2020
Ignore whitespace in name search Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

lucyparsons/OpenOversight#846 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 22, 2020
Indicate whether officers are actively employed or retired Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

lucyparsons/OpenOversight#836 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 28, 2020
Salary filter on browse page Open

lucyparsons/OpenOversight#834 · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 27, 2020
List of instances with links, organizer contact info, advice for setting up Open

docs

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 35/100

lucyparsons/OpenOversight#823 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 2, 2020
Image tagging queue Open

improve tagging

lucyparsons/OpenOversight#821 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 2, 2020
Support for deployment scripts Open

feature-request good first issue help wanted tech/operations

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

lucyparsons/OpenOversight#804 · 9 comments · Opened Aug 18, 2020
Bug: photos are upright in tagging workflow but rotated 90° when cropped Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

lucyparsons/OpenOversight#802 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 15, 2020
Favicon Open

design goals: improve mobile experience size/S

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

lucyparsons/OpenOversight#801 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 15, 2020
Surfacing form validation errors in tests Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

lucyparsons/OpenOversight#786 · 3 comments · Opened Aug 9, 2020
Add documentation on areas that people will need to change if they launch their own deployment of OpenOversight Open

docs

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 58/100

lucyparsons/OpenOversight#784 · 3 comments · Opened Aug 7, 2020
Streamlined Tagging Experience Open

improve tagging

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

lucyparsons/OpenOversight#775 · 3 comments · Opened Jul 28, 2020
Spam user registrations Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

lucyparsons/OpenOversight#761 · 3 comments · Opened Jul 19, 2020
Handle officer promotions smoothly w/o promotion date data Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

lucyparsons/OpenOversight#753 · Opened Jul 13, 2020
'Sort by' dropdown on browse page Open

feature-request

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 20/100

lucyparsons/OpenOversight#752 · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 12, 2020
backups are way too big Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

lucyparsons/OpenOversight#740 · 4 comments · Opened Jun 18, 2020
bulk upload: units Open

good first issue python

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 42/100

lucyparsons/OpenOversight#734 · 4 comments · Opened Jun 15, 2020
More explicit instructions on takedown notices Open

lucyparsons/OpenOversight#722 · 2 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Jun 9, 2020
officer and incident collections Open

feature-request needs discussion

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

lucyparsons/OpenOversight#721 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 9, 2020
bulk upload: enable area coordinator to perform bulk upload via the webapp Open

help wanted size/M tech/python

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

lucyparsons/OpenOversight#718 · 3 comments · Opened Jun 8, 2020
documentation: volunteer tutorial Open

docs help wanted

Difficulty 2/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

lucyparsons/OpenOversight#717 · Opened Jun 8, 2020
documentation: area coordinator capabilities Open

docs help wanted

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

lucyparsons/OpenOversight#716 · 1 reaction · Opened Jun 8, 2020
documentation: describe what is needed to add another department Open

docs help wanted

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

lucyparsons/OpenOversight#715 · 5 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jun 8, 2020
Add officer collections that include officers not associated with one of our tracked departments Open

feature-request

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

lucyparsons/OpenOversight#690 · Opened Sep 2, 2019
Add AC review step for officer face tagging Open

improve tagging

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

lucyparsons/OpenOversight#684 · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 1, 2019
Incorporate USA Today collection of banned officers Open

cross-database-linking

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

lucyparsons/OpenOversight#678 · Opened Jun 1, 2019
Add multi-factor authentication for user accounts Open

feature-request requested/baltimore security

lucyparsons/OpenOversight#645 · 2 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Mar 17, 2019
Feedback for users upon adding info to officers/submitting photos Open

ux/ui

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

lucyparsons/OpenOversight#626 · Opened Jan 29, 2019
AWS Environment Setup Instructions need updating Open

docs good first issue

lucyparsons/OpenOversight#625 · 2 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Jan 27, 2019
Add a "last employment date" field Open

lucyparsons/OpenOversight#604 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened Dec 17, 2018
Add "year" selector to browse officers/departments Open

lucyparsons/OpenOversight#589 · 3 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Dec 14, 2018
Navigating to a page that doesn't exist restarts the scroll through officers browse Open

bug low priority

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

lucyparsons/OpenOversight#586 · Opened Dec 10, 2018
Remove duplicate profiles Open

lucyparsons/OpenOversight#583 · 4 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Dec 10, 2018
Remove/disable departments -> Create a departments API Open

lucyparsons/OpenOversight#576 · 3 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Dec 4, 2018
Better help text for descriptions and notes Open

bmore/low priority requested/baltimore ux/ui

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

lucyparsons/OpenOversight#573 · 1 comment · Opened Nov 12, 2018
Return to previous page when logging in/out Open

feature-request requested/baltimore

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

lucyparsons/OpenOversight#568 · Opened Nov 12, 2018
Add lawsuits BPD officers have been involved in Open

data requested/berkeley-copwatch

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 28/100

lucyparsons/OpenOversight#562 · 7 comments · Opened Oct 2, 2018
Confirmation of image submission Open

bmore/low priority requested/baltimore tech/frontend

lucyparsons/OpenOversight#560 · 4 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 26, 2018
Graph/network analysis of department Open

feature-request Pending PR requested/baltimore tech/frontend

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

lucyparsons/OpenOversight#527 · 7 comments · Opened Aug 3, 2018

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