Context "Law enforcement in Cook County, which includes Chicago, seized items from residents ranging from a cashier's check for 34 cents to a 2010 Rolls Royce Ghost with an estimated value of more than $200,000. They also seized Xbox controllers, televisions, nunchucks, 12 cans of peas, a pair of rhinestone cufflinks, and a bayonet." -[Reason.com][2] Content There wasn't much documentation on the dataset, but the data fields are somewhat explanatory. - InventNumb: Inventory number - PolRptNumb: Police report number - INumber: ? - SeizeDate: Date siezed - SeizeAddress: Address where it was siezed - SeizeCity: City where it was siezed - SeizeState: State where it was siezed - SeizeZip: Zip code for where it was siezed - InvItemNumb: Invenotry Item number? - Descr: Description of item - EstValue: estimated value of item - Vin: VIN number? (vehicles) - Findings: ? - ForfDate: Forfieture date? - ForfValue: Value of forfieture? - CaseNumb: Case number - AD: ? - ADDate: Date? Acknowledgements This dataset is the result of [FOIA][1] request by Lucy Parsons Labs, a Chicago-based transparency non-profit. It contains information about to the seizures of assets in Cook County (Chicago, IL). These data were presented in a Reason.com article showing the disparity of Police seizures between poor and wealthier parts of Cook County, IL. [http://reason.com/blog/2017/06/13/poor-neighborhoods-hit-hardest-by-asset][1] [1]: http://reason.com/blog/2017/06/13/poor-neighborhoods-hit-hardest-by-asset The original excel file was converted to CSV Inspiration This dataset comes from a Freedom of Information Act request. I love datasets like these because of the potential for finding new socioeconomic insights and improving government accountability. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_Information_Act_(United_States) [2]: http://reason.com/blog/2017/06/13/poor-neighborhoods-hit-hardest-by-asset