Firstly, where is pulling back policing happening? I don't know of a single city that has actually reduced their police size to any real sense?
Additionally, how do we know this isn't just correlation and not causation? Inflation is higher, more people are addicted to things, housing insecurity is rising.
Most metropolitan areas. Seattle [1][2] and Minneapolis [3] have both established public policies of not responding to, citing, or arresting for a wide range of offenses.
> I don't know of a single city that has actually reduced their police size to any real sense?
Minneapolis has reduced the number of police officers, through various means, by 30%. [4]
> Additionally, how do we know this isn't just correlation and not causation?
Because we have multiple studies proving a causal relationship. [5][6]
[1] https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/times-watchdog/sea...
[2] https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/seattle-police-bellevue-oth...
[3] https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-poli...
[4] https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/minnesota-supreme-cou...
[5] https://rss.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/rssa.12142