Police Frisks

Author:

Abrams David S.1,Fang Hanming2,Goonetilleke Priyanka2

Affiliation:

1. Law School and Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (email: )

2. Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania (email: )

Abstract

The standard economic model of police frisks implies that the contraband hit rate should rise when the number of frisks falls, ceteris paribus. We provide the first empirical corroboration of such models of police behavior by examining changes in frisks following the killing of George Floyd in 2020. We find that hit rates from pedestrian frisks rose as police frisks fell dramatically. Using detailed data, we rule out several alternative explanations, including changes in street population, crime, and police allocation. Our findings provide quantitative estimates that can contribute to the important goals of improving and reforming policing.

Publisher

American Economic Association

Subject

General Medicine

Reference8 articles.

1. Abrams, David S., Hanming Fang, and Priyanka Goonetilleke. 2022. "Do Cops Know Who to Stop? Assessing Optimizing Models of Police Behavior with a Natural Experiment." Unpublished.

2. An Alternative Test of Racial Prejudice in Motor Vehicle Searches: Theory and Evidence

3. City of Chicago. 2020. "Crimes - 2001 to Present." Chicago Data Portal. https://data. cityofchicago.org/Public-Safety/Crimes-2001- to-Present/ijzp-q8t2 (accessed January 4, 2021).

4. Chicago Police Department. 2020. "Chicago Shootings-2015-2020."

5. Chicago Police Department. 2021. "ISR Data". https://home.chicagopolice.org/statistics-data/ isr-data/ (accessed January 4, 2021).

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