Using new data at the police department level, I propose an identification strategy to estimate the causal effect that … police militarization has on reducing violent crime. I show that previous estimates are likely to be contaminated by … the displacement of violent crime to neighboring areas. Police departments overmilitarize because they do not consider …

British Columbian Civil Liberties Association (AIC-BCCLA) fall within the mandate of the Military Police Complaints Commission … Military Police functions for which the MPCC has oversight. As a retired army officer teaching politics at Canada's Royal …