Officer Traffic Stops

An Officer Involved Shooting (OIS) is the discharge of a firearm, whether accidental or intentional, by a police officer, whether on or off duty. For the purposes of this posting, an OIS will only refer to the instances in which an officer discharged a firearm at a person. CMPD posts Officer Involved Shootings in an effort to create greater transparency of the actions of our employees. It is important to us that members of the community are informed whenever an officer discharges his/her firearm at a person and whether the shooting follows department policies and procedures. We believe that your trust and confidence in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department will increase as you understand what our officers encounter and how we hold them accountable for their actions. The CMPD is continuously reviewing and improving our practices to reduce the likelihood of deadly force incidents.

FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Homicide (Murder and Non-Negligent Manslaughter) victims in the CMPD jurisdiction.  Murder and Non-Negligent Manslaughter is defined by the FBI as, "The willful (non-negligent) and illegal (non-justified) killing of one person by another." This dataset is updated nightly and includes geographic coordinates and the NPA (Neighborhood Profile Area) for each homicide (murder) victim when available.

The CMPD Diversion Program offers first time offenders ages 6 to 17 an opportunity to have their cases diverted from the Juvenile Justice system while maintaining accountability for delinquent acts and providing appropriate supports to redirect behavior. Youth referred to the program are assessed and assigned to an appropriate workshop consisting of 8 hours of interpersonal skills building accompanied by a parent or guardian while the youth can have weekly contacts with their School Resource Officer. The goal is for youth to improve personal decision-making skills and empower the families through education, direction, and guidance. The CMPD Diversion Program helps reduce the use of formal processing and incarceration, improve public safety, avoid wasteful spending, reduce racial and ethnic disparities, and limit the collateral consequences youth encounter through exposure to the juvenile justice system. For more information, please visit http://charlottenc.gov/CMPD/Pages/Resources/OpenData_Source.aspx.

The Areas of Priority Mobility Need were identified from mapping overlap of several Safe and Equitable Mobility Criteria. The Priority Mobility Need areas are currently being reviewed to identify planned city or NCDOT projects, projects currently under construction or recently completed, and anticipated or active private development. This review will result in a refined list of areas from which preliminary project feasibility will be conducted to identify potential projects within each area.

This dataset includes reports for all incident types responded to by the Charlotte Fire Department including calls for Fires, EMS, HazMat, Technical Rescue, Service Calls, and others. The data covers locked incident reports for incidents worked within the past two years, up to the last data update, and only includes fields that can be released to the public. For more details on fire-specific incident reports, please refer to the “CFD Public Incident Reports (Fires Only)” dataset. CFD reports its incidents in a manner consistent with the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS). Detailed information on NFIRS data and fire data can be found on FEMA’s US Fire Administration Website, usfa.fema.gov. (End of Use Constraint: The City of Charlotte makes no warranty, either expressed or implied, as to the accuracy or completeness of any information archived and distributed.)

This dataset contains polygon features representing areas of additional taxation for growth and development in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.