ABSTRACT

Research has begun to explore to what extent I-502, the initiative authorising the retail distribution of recreational marijuana in Washington State, influenced a range of public safety outcomes. However, despite a growing body of research exploring potential impacts on crime, absent from this research has been a more nuanced analysis of officer workload. Specifically, an analysis into calls for service received and initiated by police. To document to what extent I-502 is associated with changes in the type of calls police agencies respond to, this research uses an interrupted time series, to analyse data provided from two border-straddling cities (Pullman, WA, and Moscow, ID). Findings indicate that recreational sales of marijuana is associated with noteworthy changes in police resourcing in the legalised state setting and the magnitude of those changes vary based on call type.

摘要

研究已经开始探索 I-502（授权在华盛顿州零售休闲大麻的举措）在多大程度上影响了一系列公共安全结果。然而，尽管越来越多的研究探索了对犯罪的潜在影响，但这项研究没有对警官的工作量进行更细致的分析。具体来说，是对警察收到和发起的服务电话的分析。为了记录 I-502 在多大程度上与警察机构响应的电话类型的变化相关，本研究使用中断的时间序列来分析来自两个边境城市（华盛顿州普尔曼和莫斯科州）提供的数据.