Mapping Police Violence, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and independent research collaborative collecting data to quantify the impact of police violence on communities. MappingPoliceViolence was launched in early 2015 and has been publishing data on police violence nationwide ever since. To date, we’ve launched MappingPoliceViolence.us, PoliceScorecard.org, and PoliceViolenceReport.org as resources for communities and policymakers interested in research and data to end police violence.
We work to continuously refine and improve our database, analytics and methodology in response to feedback from communities, journalists, directly impacted families, and policing researchers across the country.
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Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey), 32, is a data scientist and policy analyst who built Mapping Police Violence and the Police Scorecard, and co-founded Campaign Zero, to advance data-driven solutions to end police violence in America. Previously, Sam worked at PolicyLink, where he worked to connect 61 federally-funded communities to research-based strategies to build cradle-to-career systems of support for low-income families. He has also helped city leaders, youth activists and community organizations develop citywide agendas to achieve quality education, health, and justice for young black men. Sam grew up in Orlando, FL, and has been involved in community organizing and advocacy since he was in high school. He graduated from Stanford University in 2012, where he studied how race and racism impact the U.S. political system.