The goal of this paper is to assess whether there is any correlation between police salaries and crime rates. Using public data sources that contain Baltimore Crime Rates and Baltimore Police Department (BPD) salary information from 2011 to 2021, our research uses a variety of techniques to capture and measure any correlation between the two. Based on that correlation, the paper then uses established social theories to make recommendations on how this data can potentially be used by State Leadership. Our initial results show a negative correlation between salary/compensation levels and crime rates.

翻译：本文旨在评估警察薪资与犯罪率之间是否存在相关性。利用包含2011年至2021年巴尔的摩犯罪率及巴尔的摩警察局薪资信息的公共数据源，本研究采用多种技术方法捕捉并度量两者间的关联性。基于该相关性，本文进一步运用成熟的社会学理论，就州级领导层如何潜在利用此数据提出政策建议。初步研究结果显示，薪资/薪酬水平与犯罪率呈负相关关系。