Rabbits and predators continue to remain underrepresented in Zootopia’s Police Department. Three alternatives are considered each of which involves various levels of government involvement: maintaining status quo by letting the market decide the allocation of marginalized mammals; indirect government involvement by incentivizing recruitment; and direct government involvement by mandating a minimum of marginalized mammals the department must hire. Incentivizing recruitment should be the alternative implemented. It best balances equity, liberty, and efficiency and is a compromise between no government involvement and direct government involvement.
Rabbits and predators continue to remain underrepresented in Zootopia’s Police Department. Three…show more content… Before Judy Hopps became Zootopia's well-known police officer, she was known for being the first rabbit police officer in Zootopia's Police Department history. She was a token within it, regulated to parking duty. Her partner, Nick Wilde, recently became the first fox police officer. The marginalization towards rabbits is not the only ongoing discrepancy within Zootopia's police department. Historically regarded as having a biological component that makes them more predisposed to violence, the predator population has faced constant prejudice from Zootopia's majority prey population. During the panic over predator attacks, Officer Benjamin Clawhauser, a cheetah and one of the few predators on the force, had to move down to the basement of the department due to "imaging issues." Instead of having a police force representative of Zootopia's population, the current police force of Zootopia has marginalized minorities in Zootopia, such as rabbits and mammals within the predator community, from having the same employment opportunities available to mammals within the prey
