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This statement is completely at odds with the available evidence, which clearly establishes a strong causal connection between police & public safety. Where are the fact-checkers? Where is the little disclaimer from Twitter letting people know this claim is disputed? https://twitter.com/tiffany_caban/status/1357802042757152772
Here’s a paper showing significant crime declines in Washington, D.C., caused by boosts in police presence: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=461280
Here’s one showing that boosting patrols in Philadelphia led to an estimated crime drop of 43%—73%: https://www.law.upenn.edu/live/files/8949-179jrss831pdf
Here’s one showing that boosting patrols in Philadelphia led to an estimated crime drop of 43%—73%: https://www.law.upenn.edu/live/files/8949-179jrss831pdf
This paper documents a return of $1.63 on every additional dollar spent on policing in 2010: https://eml.berkeley.edu/~jmccrary/chalfin_mccrary2018.pdf
This one documents significant crime declines resulting from boosting discretionary stops in crime hotspots in New York: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283878402_Do_Stop_Question_and_Frisk_Practices_Deter_Crime_Evidence_at_Microunits_of_Space_and_Time
This one documents significant crime declines resulting from boosting discretionary stops in crime hotspots in New York: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283878402_Do_Stop_Question_and_Frisk_Practices_Deter_Crime_Evidence_at_Microunits_of_Space_and_Time
This paper shows a significant increase in crime resulting from abrupt declines in volume of police activity in five cities (declines driven by pattern and practice investigations initiated by the federal government): https://www.nber.org/papers/w27324
This paper finds that police in New York City prevented more than 60,000 violent crimes between 1989-1998: https://media4.manhattan-institute.org/pdf/cr_22.pdf
This study establishes a strong causal connection between police response times and clearance rates in Manchester, England: http://www.restud.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/DetectedResponse09.pdf
This study establishes a strong causal connection between police response times and clearance rates in Manchester, England: http://www.restud.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/DetectedResponse09.pdf
This study documents a strong effect of police on a host of crimes like robbery, auto theft, and murder: http://www.princeton.edu/~smello/papers/cops.pdf
And this one documents significant crime declines caused by surfers in police in high crime neighborhoods in New York: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0157223
And this one documents significant crime declines caused by surfers in police in high crime neighborhoods in New York: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0157223
I could go on, and on, but you get the idea. To claim that police have no effect on crime can really only be the product of two things: ignorance or deviousness.
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