567. Do the Police Have a Management Problem?
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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).