'..The Ostroms stood against the consolidationist movement and in particular UNIGOV. They championed instead a polycentric system of governance that put more direct authority in local communities and citizens, and held the public entities to be responsive to the demands of the local communities..''So we head back to the municipalities debate -- what are the responsibilities of the public sector, who is responsible for the services to be rendered, and how are they going to be paid for? The Ostroms stood against the consolidationist movement and in particular UNIGOV. They championed instead a polycentric system of governance that put more direct authority in local communities and citizens, and held the public entities to be responsive to the demands of the local communities. Jayme, Liya and I published a series of papers individually, jointly and in different combinations over the past decade looking at policing services and the frustrations with the failure of these services to meet the demands of the local communities that they supposedly serve. What the Ostroms have to say about ways to improve policing has tremendous relevance for today's discussions. Consider this essay by Rashawn Ray,
"Bad Apples Come From Rotten Trees in Policing", and what solutions would both be desirable and feasible. Fixing the problem is imperative, doing so in a way that actually achieves the goal must become paramount.
We don't have community policing. That's no accident, January 15, 2019
Please watch this video with Jayme and Liya discussing our work, and also look out for work by
Tate Fegley, who just defended his PhD and also works on the thorny issue of policing.'
- Dr. Peter Boettke,
The Problem of Policing and Local Public Economics, June 3, 2020
Context'Derek Chauvin, the officer who mudered George Floyd, had 18 complaints against him. He was diciplined twice. Why was he still on the force?'
- Mish,
Why It's Impossible to Get Rid of Bad Cops, June 6, 2020
De-escalation Keeps Protesters And Police Safer. Departments Respond With Force Anyway, June 1, 2020
Cops Kill Because We Gave Them The Legal Framework To Do It, May 30, 2020
Minneapolis City Council vows to break up police .. 'Our efforts at incremental reform have failed, period.'