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balsama/boston-police-report-parser
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Parses data from Boston Police Public Journal PDFs.

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Boston Police Journal Parser
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[![Boston Police Journal Parser](webroot/android-chrome-192x192.png "Boston Police Journal Parser")](webroot/android-chrome-192x192.png)BPD releases their journals in PDF format... like this one:
[https://boston-police-journal-parser.herokuapp.com/examples/district\_journal\_arrests\_public.pdf](https://boston-police-journal-parser.herokuapp.com/examples/district_journal_arrests_public.pdf)

This tool parses the PDF files into json. It also has a web interface currently hosted on Heroku:

###  Health Score

13

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LowBetter than 1% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity2

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity21

Early-stage or recently created project

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

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