
Use Pop Datasets in ChatGPT
Search problem-oriented policing research and aggregate crime data, then build cited, locally grounded SARA response plans in ChatGPT.
Publishing status
The production MCP server, privacy and support pages, app metadata, logo, and review cases are ready for OpenAI submission. Until OpenAI approves and publishes the app, developer mode remains the way to test the same production tools in ChatGPT.
Publication is subject to OpenAI review and is not guaranteed. Once published, users will be able to discover Pop Datasets in ChatGPT without creating a custom app.
Test now
- In ChatGPT, open Settings → Security and login and enable Developer mode.
- Open Settings → Plugins and create a developer-mode app.
- Name it “Pop Datasets” and paste this deployment's MCP endpoint.
- Confirm that ChatGPT discovers four read-only tools.
Developer-mode apps require a public HTTPS endpoint. This deployment needs no Pop account and exposes no write actions.
Step 2
In a new chat, select Pop Datasets from the + menu under More. ChatGPT can then use:
searchandfetchfor guides, projects, policies, sources, and datasetsfind_agenciesfor structured agency discoveryget_agency_contextfor aggregate trends, NIBRS summaries, and comparable agencies
The app supplies sources and aggregate data; ChatGPT drafts the explanation or plan. Treat generated plans as decision support requiring local validation and human review.
Test prompts
- What does POP research say about thefts from cars in parking facilities? Cite the guides you use.
- Fetch Guide 71 and draft three alternative SARA response plans for recurring vehicle break-ins downtown.
- Find Texas city agencies with NIBRS data and explain what local data I would need before comparing their burglary patterns.
- Build an assessment framework for a POP response, including baseline, outcome, displacement, and equity measures.
App listing copy
- Name
- Pop Datasets
- Subtitle
- Policing research & data
- Category
- Education
- Description
- Search problem-oriented policing guides, real-world POP projects, police policies, open-data sources, and aggregate U.S. agency crime data. Pop Datasets helps researchers, analysts, practitioners, journalists, and community partners find cited evidence and draft SARA response plans with clear assumptions, alternatives, equity considerations, and assessment measures.
The app is read-only, requires no account, and uses public research and aggregate agency-level data. It does not provide real-time incidents, criminal records, or information about individual people.
Want to inspect the underlying records first? Start with the POP guides, project library, or SARA model. See the Privacy Policy and support page. Use of the app is subject to the Terms of Use and Data Disclaimer.