The purpose of this study is to examine the George Floyd effect on depolicing. Police misdemeanor and felony arrests by the Houston Police Department (HPD), with these police actions serve as the primary measures of law enforcement behavior. Specifically, we break down police misdemeanor and felony arrests among Hispanic, Black, and White residents. An Interrupted Time Series Analysis model is used in the analysis. The primary findings suggest that there was an initial steep drop of police arrests immediately after the Floyd incident for both misdemeanor and felony arrests. The long-term effect, however, remains present in only misdemeanant arrests. Police felony arrests went back to pre-incident levels within a short period of time. In addition, it is noted that the pattern of arrests between Blacks and Hispanics is similar. Some policy implications and the limitations of the study are discussed in a concluding section.

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乔治·弗洛伊德事件与解除警务之间的联系：来自三个种族和族裔群体的警察逮捕的证据

本研究的目的是探讨乔治·弗洛伊德对去警务的影响。休斯顿警察局 (HPD) 的警察轻罪和重罪逮捕，这些警察行动是执法行为的主要衡量标准。具体来说，我们详细分析了警察对西班牙裔、黑人和白人居民的轻罪和重罪逮捕情况。分析中使用中断时间序列分析模型。主要调查结果表明，弗洛伊德事件发生后，警方因轻罪和重罪逮捕的人数最初急剧下降。然而，长期影响仅存在于轻罪逮捕中。警方重罪逮捕人数在短时间内就恢复到了事件前的水平。此外，值得注意的是，黑人和西班牙裔之间的逮捕模式相似。结论部分讨论了一些政策影响和研究的局限性。