Today in class we discussed Mahnoor’s project and the time series that she is working on. I found it interesting how she narrowed the data per state and then broke it down further by race. It is quiet impactful to see the data visually.

 

Regarding my project:

I have created heat maps representing:

• Locations where mentally ill individuals were shot and body cameras were used.
• Locations where body cameras were used.

(To create these maps, I used Esri’s ArcGIS Online program.)

When comparing both maps, I noticed that although body cameras were most frequently used in densely populated areas, the recorded instances involving individuals with mental illness are significantly fewer.