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“Militarized police units are more often deployed in areas with high concentrations of African Americans, even after adjusting for local crime rates and other community traits. But I find no firm evidence that SWAT teams lower an agency’s violent crime rate."
Militarization Fails to Enhance Police Safety or Reduce Crime but May Harm Police Reputation
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
Vol. 115 Issue 37, pp. 9181–9186,
2018
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