This is the open source code for the Citizens Police Data Project (CPDB.co) web site, an interactive repository of formal complaints registered against Chicago police offers. More information about the history and methods of the project are available at the site. This code is regularly deployed to production once per week, usually on Monday night or by sunrise on Tuesday.
We publish this code in order to practice the same transparency we advocate for police departments, and in the hopes that it will be useful for other jurisdictions. We welcome contributions and improvements; please use the issue tracker to ask questions, and use pull requests to suggest changes to the code or documentation.
NOTE: The rest of this documentation is still quite incomplete.
To make use of the instructions, you'll need a copy of the data. (TODO: is it here or here? Not sure; need to find out and document accordingly...)
python manage.py fix_final_finding_null
python manage.py set_final_outcome
python manage.py calculate_allegations_count
python manage.py capitalize_officer_name
python manage.py get_allegation_date_only
python manage.py investigator_summary
python manage.py update_documents
Place any shell commands into the pre_deploy.sh. These will run once per deploy (by checking timestamps). After deploy remember to blank out the file in the develop branch so that it is empty again and available for any pre_deploy commands
gulp build: build everything, only use this command on production.gulp watch_{app}: watch over and compile js/sass files of the app (allegation, dashboard, mobile) when necessary.