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Police Officer Assignment and Neighborhood Crime

Bocar A. Ba,P. Bayer,Nayoung Rim,Roman Rivera,M. Sidibé

Published 2021 in Social Science Research Network

ABSTRACT

We develop an empirical model of the mechanism used to assign police officers to Chicago districts and examine the efficiency and equity of alternative allocations. We document that the current bidding process, which grants priority based on seniority, results in the assignment of more experienced officers to less violent and high-income neighborhoods. Our empirical model combines estimates of heterogeneous officer preferences underlying the bidding process with causal estimates of the effects of officer experience on neighborhood crime. Equalizing officer seniority across districts would reduce violent crime rate by 4 . 6 percent and significantly decrease inequality in crime, discretionary arrests, and officer use of force across neighborhoods. Moreover, this assignment can be achieved in a revenue-neutral way while resulting in small welfare gains for police officers, implying that it is more equitable and efficient.

PUBLICATION RECORD

  • Publication year

    2021

  • Venue

    Social Science Research Network

  • Publication date

    2021-09-01

  • Fields of study

    Not labeled

  • Identifiers
    DOI 10.3386/w29243
  • External record

    Open on Semantic Scholar

  • Source metadata

    Semantic Scholar

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