[jonlucc]

I assume it would be easier to get the data directly from the state government, right?

[tyingq]

If it's aggregated from multiple places, probably not. Cross-agency requests, I imagine, aren't fun. Especially when it's potentially pissing off the receiver of the request. I assume Washington is big on "state rights". They would need to at some point if they planned on using it in court, but paying a small sum for already aggregated would potentially make the planning part faster.

[topshelfdata]

Yes, that is correct. What we have is a subset of what the state makes available as a public record.

The state has this data, and much more already.

[phil21]

Probably not easier at all, quite the opposite.

Raw data may be very available, but to the average investigator not of much use without reporting and analysis being done for them.

[CaptSpify]

I'd imagine that the state wouldn't be eager to cooperate.