The city has unveiled a new police bureau website that tracks the implementation of changes recommended by the Community Task Force on Police Reform.

The website, which can be found on the Pittsburgh Police Bureau’s homepage, has a chart broken into four categories that outline what the task force recommendations are, steps the bureau has already taken, steps they plan to take and an anticipated timeline.

Some areas are already marked complete, such as the recommendation to create new and modify existing programs to support a culture of community policing, while others, such as reviewing hiring practices, don’t currently have a timeline posted.

The Community Task Force on Police Reform was created by Mayor Bill Peduto in June and had released a final report in October that included focus areas such as eliminating racial disparities, use of force changes needed, reimagining policing and others.

“The website launched today will provide transparency on the implementation of the task force recommendations and be updated as actions are completed,” the city said in a news release.

The site also links to a Pittsburgh Public Safety database that holds the annual reports and includes things like reports on the overall trends in violence and gun violence data.

To improve the city’s data on gun violence, Pittsburgh City Council is set to approve legislation Tuesday that would accept a $200,000 grant from the Everytown Support Fund.

The Everytown Support Fund is “the education, research and litigation arm of Everytown for Gun Safety, the largest gun violence prevention organization in the country,” the city said. 

This grant will go toward hiring a gun violence data fellow, who is “dedicated to collecting, organizing, analyzing, and interpreting information related to gun violence including homicides, aggravated assaults, shots fired, gun arrests, and officer-involved shootings,” the city said in a news release.

First Published: May 3, 2021, 11:58 p.m.