In response to high-profile cases of police misconduct, reformers are calling for greater use of civilian allegations …

-opening. DV calls to police and to the hotline increased during the initial shutdown, but DV crimes decreased, as did arrests for … calls to the police and to the hotline. Our results highlight the heterogeneous effects of the pandemic across DV measures …

The three lockdown periods across 2020-2021 due to COVID-19 had significant consequences for police. Pandemic lockdown … Wales. The analysis demonstrates the existence of two counter-prevailing dynamics in the working world of police in England … police and the public and senior officers' sensitivity to the needs of the workforce, were foci of concern and discussion. On …

We document a reduction in police reporting of domestic violence during shelter-in-place (SIP) orders issued by city … governments in March and April of 2020. Using data from 18 large U.S. city police departments, we exploit the unique timing of … city-specific SIP orders to identify a decrease as high as 11 percent in police reports of domestic violence. Lockdowns …

An influential literature has used the aftermath of terrorist attacks to estimate large effects of police street … circumstances. This paper exploits a natural experiment that aimed to increase police presence in more than 6,000 well-defined areas … by police officers, we first document exogenous and discontinuous changes in patrolling intensity. We do not find that …