This dataset comprises all incidents reported to the Ada County Dispatch Center that were responded to by the Boise Police Department. It includes details about the date, type, general location and response time for each incident.

The fact that an incident was reported to Ada County Dispatch does not necessarily mean a crime was committed or that an arrest occurred. Data is based on initial information provided to Ada County Dispatch, and therefore may be inaccurate. This dataset does not include crime data, case records, arrest information, final case determination or any other incident outcome data.

To explore dashboards based on this dataset, please visit: https://www.cityofboise.org/government/data-transparency/data-and-dashboards/police-data-and-dashboards/.

Field Definitions:

Incident Number - Unique identifier of the incident.

Response Date Time - The date and time the incident was reported to Ada County Dispatch. Time is stored in UTC, but when viewing on the Open Data site, a correction is applied to show in local time zone. When downloading the data, the time zone will be UTC.

Jurisdiction Agency - The agency that has jurisdiction in the area an incident occurs. For example, if an incident occurs in eastern Meridian, a Boise police officer may be asked to respond if she is the closest to the scene of the incident. This incident would be included in the dataset because it was responded to by the Boise Police Department; however, the “Jurisdiction Agency” field would read Meridian Police Department because the incident occurred within Meridian’s jurisdiction.

Final Priority - Indicates the urgency or priority of police incident, where “3” is the highest priority and an emergency, and “1” is the lowest priority and least urgent response.

Call Source - "Public” indicates an incident was reported to dispatch by a member of the public. “Officer” indicates the incident was initiated by a police officer. For example, if a police officer witnesses an incident in progress it would be coded as “Officer.”

Call Type - Indicates whether an incident was reported via 911 or not. “Non-911” incidents include those reported to non-emergency dispatch or those initiated by a police officer.

Incident Category - Indicates the type of incident that occurred. There are 13 categories including:

• Community Assistance - A broad range of incident types including noise complaints, building or vehicle alarms, abandoned vehicles and complaints of suspicious suspects.

• Crash - Includes injury and non-injury crashes as well as hit-and-run incidents.

• Domestic Violence - Includes domestic battery, threats of violence and general domestic disputes.

• Emergency Management - Includes all incidents related to emergencies including flooding, hazardous material spills and assistance on fires.

• Graffiti - Any writing or drawing on a surface without permission.

• Mental Health - Includes requests for Police to check on the welfare of a person, and reports of suicidal person or a person in crisis.

• NCO\PO Violation - Any violation of a restraining order such as a "No Contact Order" or a "Protection Order", often related to domestic violence.

• Other - More than 40 different incident types ranging from a request to follow-up on a previous call, to boating or parking violations.

• Property Crimes - Includes theft, fraud, vandalism and burglary.

• Sex Crimes - Includes sexual assault, rape and indecent exposure.

• Society Crimes - A broad range of incident types including illegal fireworks, illegal dumping, illegal camping, and liquor or drug violations.

• Traffic - Any traffic incident (reckless driving, speeding, etc.) that does not involve a crash.

• Violent Crimes - A broad range of incident types including reports of assault, armed robbery, shootings, fights and kidnappings.

Census Tract - A geographic area used by the Census Bureau. A Census Tract is roughly the size of a neighborhood and typically has between 2,500 and 8,000 residents.

Census GEOID - A geographic identity code used by the Census Bureau to identify different areas. This dataset uses an 11-digit code that combines a 5-digit county code with a 6-digit census tract code.

Neighborhood Association - Names the neighborhood association in which the incident occurred. If an incident occurs outside the boundaries of a neighborhood association, this field has a null value.

First Assigned First Arrived Duration (sec) - The period of time (in seconds) between when dispatch assigns an officer to respond to an incident, and when the first officer arrives on scene. This could also be called the police travel time. This field may show as null or zero if the incident was initiated by an officer.

First Assigned First Arrived Duration (hh:mm:ss) - The period of time (hh:mm:ss) between when dispatch assigns an officer to respond to an incident, and when the first officer arrives on scene. This could also be called the police travel time. This field may show as null or zero if the incident was initiated by an officer.

Call Received First Assigned Duration (sec) - The period of time (in seconds) between when dispatch receives a call for service, and when they assign a police officer to respond. This could also be called the call time. This field may show as null or zero if the incident was initiated by an officer.

Call Received First Assigned Duration (hh:mm:ss) - The period of time (hh:mm:ss) between when dispatch receives a call for service, and when they assign a police officer to respond. This could also be called the call time. This field may show as null or zero if the incident was initiated by an officer.

Call Received First Arrived Duration (sec) - The period of time (in seconds) between when dispatch receives a call for service, and when the first officer arrives on scene. This field may show as null or zero if the incident was initiated by an officer.

Call Received First Arrived Duration (hh:mm:ss) - The period of time (hh:mm:ss) between when dispatch receives a call for service, and when the first officer arrives on scene. This field may show as null or zero if the incident was initiated by an officer.

First Assigned Last Cleared Duration (sec) (hh:mm:ss) - The period of time (in seconds) between when dispatch assigns an officer to respond to an incident, to when the final police officer leaves the scene of the incident.

First Assigned Last Cleared Duration (hh:mm:ss) - The period of time (hh:mm:ss) between when dispatch assigns an officer to respond to an incident, to when the final police officer leaves the scene of the incident.

Call Received Second Arrived Duration (sec)- The period of time (in seconds) between when dispatch receives a call for service, and when the second officer arrives on scene. This field may show as null or zero if the incident was initiated by an officer.

Call Received Second Arrived Duration (hh:mm:ss) - The period of time (hh:mm:ss) between when dispatch receives a call for service, and when the second officer arrives on scene. This field may show as null or zero if the incident was initiated by an officer.