567. Do the Police Have a Management Problem?

In policing, as in most vocations, the best employees are often promoted into leadership without much training. One economist thinks he can address this problem — and, with it, America’s gun violence. SOURCES Kenneth Corey , director of outreach and engagement for the Policing Leadership Academy at the University of Chicago and retired chief of department for the New York Police Department. Stephanie Drescher , operations captain in the City of Madison Police Department. Max Kapustin , assistant professor of economics and public policy at Cornell University. Jens Ludwig , economist and director of the Crime Lab at the University of Chicago. Sandy Jo MacArthur , curriculum design director for the Policing Leadership Academy at the University of Chicago. Sean Malinowski , D.O.J. strategic site liaison for the Philadelphia Police Department and retired chief of detectives from the Los Angeles Police Department. Sindyanna Paul-Noel , lieutenant with the City of Miami Police Department. Michael Wolley , deputy chief of operations with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department. RESOURCES: " Policing Leadership Academy (PLA) Graduation of Inaugural Cohort ," by the University of Chicago Crime Lab (2023). " Policing and Management ," by Max Kapustin, Terrence Neumann, and Jens Ludwig ( NBER Working Paper, 2022). " Getting More Out of Policing in the U.S. ," by Jens Ludwig, Terrence Neumann, and Max Kapustin ( VoxEU, 2022). " University of Chicago Crime Lab Launches National Policing and Community Violence Intervention Leadership Academies ," by the University of Chicago Crime Lab (2022). " What Drives Differences in Management? " by Nicholas Bloom, Erik Brynjolfsson, Lucia Foster, Ron S. Jarmin, Megha Patnaik, Itay Saporta-Eksten, and John Van Reenen ( NBER Working Paper, 2017). " Management as a Technology? " by Nicholas Bloom, Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen ( NBER Working Paper, 2017). " Measuring and Explaining Management Practices Across Firms and Countries ," by Nick Bloom and John Van Reenen ( NBER Working Paper, 2006). " Crime, Urban Flight, and the Consequences for Cities ," by Julie Berry Cullen and Steven D. Levitt ( SSRN, 1997). EXTRAS: " Why Are There So Many Bad Bosses? " by Freakonomics Radio (2022). " What Are the Police for, Anyway? " by Freakonomics Radio (2021). Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.