Every professor out there claims there is no Ferguson effect based on playing with statistics.
For various reasons I have carefully studying the behavior of the DC police department in the past couple of years.
They are classic “Ferguson effect” cops. They will not respond to a dangerous situation in a dangerous neighborhood. They will intentionally sit and wait, usually about a half hour, before venturing out of the station.
They get paid the same either way.
I ain’t sure what “statistics” are being talked about. Number of responded calls versus number of crimes? There would be a discouragement effect too, in which the people in the area get the message “don’t bother.”
Washington DC hasn’t had a good chief since Maurice Cullinane retired back in the 1970’s.