Well, there was an interesting discussion on fivethirtyeight.com this week about resiency requirements for police officers. Minneapolis used to have a residency requirement until 1999. Today, they’re one of the lowest cities in the country in terms of percentage of police officers who live in the city. (at least, this is true for white officers.)
Here are some articles on residency requirements:
Article about residency req’s in Cleveland and Minneapolis
Governing Magazine article on residency requirements (focused on Detroit)
Stateline (Pew Trust) analysis of residency requirements as public policy