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The Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) began operations on January 6, 2003, as part of the creation of the consolidated city-county government in Louisville, Kentucky. It was formed by the merger of the Jefferson County Police Department and the Louisville Division of Police. The Louisville Metro Police Department is headed by Chief Steve Conrad. LMPD divides Jefferson County into eight patrol divisions and operates a number of special investigative and support units.

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Data Extent

Firearms Intake

Data provided is representative of firearms taken into evidence by LMPD. The data is pulled from January 1, 2010 to February 22, 2017.

INCIDENT_NUMBER or CASE_NUMBER links these data sets together:

  1. https://data.louisvilleky.gov/dataset/crime-data
  2. https://data.louisvilleky.gov/dataset/uniform-citation-data
  3. https://data.louisvilleky.gov/dataset/firearms-intake
  4. https://data.louisvilleky.gov/dataset/lmpd-hate-crimes
  5. https://data.louisvilleky.gov/dataset/assaulted-officers

Data masked from :
1. HOMICIDE
2. NEGLIGENT HOMICIDE
3. FORCIBLE RAPE
4. SODOMY FORCE
5. SEXUAL ASSAULT W/ OBJECT
6. FORCIBLE FONDLING
7. INCEST
8. STAT RAPE
9. JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE
10. SUICIDE
11. DEATH INVESTIGATION

Note: When examining this data, make sure to read the LMPD Crime Data section in our Terms of Use.

Data and Resources

FieldValue
Publisher
Metro Police
Modified
2019-03-27
Release Date
2017-02-23
Frequency
Weekly
Identifier
ca9a8f68-62ec-47ba-bcb9-c68a05ee0ed6
Spatial / Geographical Coverage Area
POLYGON ((-85.585272053326 38.33943050674, -85.574725927596 38.333976819898, -85.561321517196 38.337124469417, -85.468205755185 38.28530907192, -85.404898970052 38.263729926094, -85.428829650836 38.118382676965, -85.479900537052 38.100127882032, -85.515669399683 38.088845798814, -85.557270194917 38.073840699338, -85.71257768941 38.087310672264, -85.874917060567 38.042497548191, -85.912789398268 38.020652085019, -85.91386635713 38.010842939494, -85.922968705068 38.008358251243, -85.934393316832 37.997210210835, -85.94504404219 38.002426170817, -85.923653751423 38.024856022327, -85.91897861252 38.040699089862, -85.916159645592 38.063634969105, -85.905038686638 38.089995706638, -85.904471614416 38.107042807849, -85.909096035422 38.142341491042, -85.906941832342 38.165516883622, -85.896049899443 38.185450668789, -85.874988049355 38.207697317443, -85.851673772408 38.22260745727, -85.838862598006 38.240536226458, -85.836049514108 38.26545659857, -85.829065053335 38.276554348977, -85.81454621842 38.283009847759, -85.788057847574 38.28835803304, -85.773074406773 38.285761074007, -85.760921709 38.271913901067, -85.741595182199 38.26766834773, -85.679961675582 38.297584551846, -85.654373194331 38.325351972185, -85.63863429852 38.363857374588, -85.63781706754 38.380239112642, -85.569412789133 38.341751850938))
Temporal Coverage
Friday, January 1, 2010 - 06:00
License
Other (Public Domain)
Data Dictionary

INCIDENT_NUMBER - the number associated with either the incident or used as reference to store the items in our evidence rooms and can be used to connect the dataset to the following other datasets:
1. https://data.louisvilleky.gov/dataset/crime-data
2. https://data.louisvilleky.gov/dataset/uniform-citation-data
3. https://data.louisvilleky.gov/dataset/lmpd-hate-crimes
4. https://data.louisvilleky.gov/dataset/assaulted-officers

UCR_CATEGORY - the UCR based highest offense associated with the incident. For more information on UCR standards please visit https://ucr.fbi.gov/ucr

TYPE_OF_FIREARM - based on the Firearm type, eg “pistol, revolver” or “shotgun, pump action” this field is for general categorization of the Firearm.

FIREARMS_MANUFACTURE - the group, or company who manufactured the Firearm

FIREARMS_MODEL - secondary information used to identify the Firearm.

FIREARMS_CALIBER - the caliber associated with the Firearm, we use federally supplied caliber codes.

RECOVERY_DATE - the date the item was identified or taken into custody.

RECOVERY_BLOCK_ADRESS - the location the items was identified or taken into custody.

RECOVERY_ZIPCODE - the zip code associated to the recovery block location.

PERSON_RECOVERED_FROM RACE - the race associated with person who identified the item or was taken into custody from. The person listed may be the person who found the item, not the person associated with the firearm or offense.

PERSON_RECOVERED_FROM _SEX - the sex associated with person who identified the item or was taken into custody from. The person listed may be the person who found the item, not the person associated with the firearm or offense.

PERSON_RECOVERED_FROM AGE - the age associated with person who identified the item or was taken into custody from. The person listed may be the person who found the item, not the person associated with the firearm or offense.

YEAR - the year the incident happened, useful for times the data is masked.
Public Access Level
Public