Adult Arrests

This data includes adult arrests made by the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). The information within this report pertains to reports entered into MPD’s Record Management System (Cobalt) whereby an arrest occurred. Totals are based on the most serious arrest charge (i.e., each row denotes one arrest, not one charge), and one person may be booked on more than one arrest charge.

Due to privacy considerations, exact CCNs and arrest numbers for these arrest datasets are not provided. In lieu, hash numbers are provided for CNN which allows individuals to determine whether there are multiple arrests associated with one event. Additionally, arrest numbers can be linked directly to an individual and therefore DC government does not provide this more generally, but again as hash numbers.