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language:
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pretty_name: Possible Police Agency Homepage URLs
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This dataset aggregates potential homepage URLs for police agencies, paired with Google Search snippets that describe each homepage. It aims to facilitate research, development, and verification tasks related to digital public safety resources.
## Dataset Details

This dataset compiles ten pairs of URLs and corresponding Google Search snippets for each police agency investigated.

### Dataset Description

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- **Curated by:** Police Data Accessibility Project
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- **Repository:** https://github.com/Police-Data-Accessibility-Project/data-source-identification

## Uses

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### Direct Use

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This dataset is suitable for use in projects that require the identification or verification of official police agency homepages, such as data enrichment in research databases, verification tasks for public safety applications, and training datasets for machine learning models focused on URL classification or information retrieval.
### Out-of-Scope Use

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This dataset is not intended for use in operational systems without further verification of URL authenticity. It should not be used as a sole source for critical applications that require up-to-date and officially verified data.

## Dataset Structure

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Each entry in the dataset represents a police agency, identified by a unique agency ID and name, and includes a list of ten URL and snippet pairs that potentially correspond to the agency's official homepage.

## Dataset Creation

### Curation Rationale

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The dataset was created to address the need for a comprehensive and accessible repository of potential police agency homepage URLs, to support research, development, and verification efforts in public safety and law enforcement domains.

### Source Data

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#### Data Collection and Processing

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Data was collected using automated scripts that performed Google Searches for each police agency and extracted the top ten URLs and their corresponding snippets.

#### Who are the source data producers?

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The data was produced by automated scripts designed and implemented by the dataset curators, with manual oversight to ensure quality and relevance.

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#### Personal and Sensitive Information

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The dataset does not contain personal or sensitive information. URLs and snippets were collected from public Google Search results.

## Bias, Risks, and Limitations

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The dataset may reflect the biases inherent in Google Search algorithms and the potentially dynamic nature of URLs. Users should be aware that the dataset might not always represent the current official homepage of a police agency.

### Recommendations

Users are encouraged to verify the currentness and authenticity of URLs when using this dataset for critical applications. Additionally, consideration should be given to the potential biases in search engine results.

## Citation [optional]

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**BibTeX:**

@misc{possible_police_agency_homepage_urls,
  author = {Police Data Accessibility Project},
  title = {Possible Police Agency Homepage URLs Dataset},
  year = {2024},
  publisher = {GitHub/HuggingFace},
}

**APA:**

Police Data Accessibility Project. (2024). Possible Police Agency Homepage URLs Dataset. GitHub/HuggingFace.

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