Copwatch India A Centre for Liberty Project
What the record shows

Patterns dashboard

Anonymised aggregates drawn only from published records. Verification and institutional action are reported separately.

Small sample

The public dataset currently contains 7 published records. Counts are shown, but percentages are withheld until at least 20 records are published. The records are not a representative sample of policing across India.

6
States with a published record
0 records
At V3 verification
6 records
With an assessed institutional action
3 records
With a concluded institutional action
By category

Allegations recorded in published incidents

These counts show recorded allegations regardless of their individual evidence position; they are not counts of proven misconduct. Overlapping allegations are counted separately, so percentages may sum to more than 100%.

Protest policing3 records
Public beating3 records
Custodial death2 records
Custodial torture2 records
Other1 record
Verification

How far material facts have been verified

Verification describes the support for material facts. It does not state that an authority acted or that misconduct was legally proved.

StatusMeaningPublished records
V2An attributable claim or public record has been reviewed7 records
V3At least one material fact has been independently corroborated0 records
Follow-up coverage

What we checked, and what we did not

A check describes a bounded search. “No new development found” and “unable to establish” are never combined. A check older than 180 days is shown as stale for this dashboard; its original date and finding remain visible.

0 records
Records with a published follow-up
7 records
Records never re-checked
0 records
Records whose latest check is stale
ProceedingTrackedCurrent checkStaleNever checkedDevelopment foundNo new development foundUnable to establish
Official response2002000
Suspension2002000
Other action2002000
Investigation opened2002000
Inquiry opened2002000
Order issued1001000

The denominator is the number of currently displayed proceedings of that type, not every incident in the database. Outcome columns use only the latest published check targeting that exact proceeding.

Institutional actions

What institutions did

Each row counts records with that action and status. One record may have several actions. Initiation or pendency is not a finding.

Inquiry opened · Pending2 records
Investigation opened · Pending2 records
Suspension · Concluded2 records
Official response · Concluded1 record
Official response · Initiated1 record
Order issued · Pending1 record
Other action · Initiated1 record
Other action · Pending1 record
Authority context

Independence and legal effect

These are kept separate so an internal departmental action is not presented as equivalent to an external court finding. Counts overlap where a record has more than one action.

Independence

Internal3 records
Unknown2 records
External2 records

Legal effect

Unknown3 records
Internal Administrative3 records
Informational1 record
Binding1 record
Concluded actions

How conclusions relate to the allegation

Only concluded actions have dispositions. “Closed without findings” is counted as no finding, not as a pending action or an exoneration.

Procedural Only2 records
No Finding1 record