Look up LAPD officers
- Go to WhosThatCop.com.
- Enter the serial number of an LAPD officer.
- See information about that officer.
WhosThatCop is a static site built with Jekyll.
LAPD roster data is included as CSV files in the _data directory.
A custom generator
(LosAngelesPolice::Generator) uses that data
to generate a unique page for every officer on the roster.
JavaScript in the search form send users the officer's page when they enter their serial number.
- Install Ruby (version).
- Install bundler.
gem install bundler - Download the repository.
git clone [email protected]:ExMember/whosthatcop.git - Install dependencies.
bundle install
Contributions, issues, and feature requests are welcome!
I am especially interested in expanding to include other policing agencies. Send me any publicly-available rosters and I will add them to the site.
Adrian Riskin is responsible for making the LAPD roster available to the public. He is a pioneer in records-based journalism.
NN built the original WhosThatCop Twitter bot. When their bot was quickly (though briefly) banned from Twitter, I decided the same functionality should be available off of Twitter.
Damien Burke
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