How Much do Elections Increase Police Responsiveness? Evidence from Elected Police Commissioners

• In Event: Policing Policy and its Implications

Brief Overview

How much do elections increase police responsiveness to public preferences? We examine the introduction of elected police officials in the UK in 2012 to study the effect on drug arrest and personnel policy.

Authors

• Tobias Nowacki, Stanford University

• Daniel Thompson, University of California-Los Angeles